Custom-Made Braids and Tape

In addition to our selection of standard programs, Eurocarbon specializes in producing a wide range of custom braids and custom-made tape tailored to your specific application requirements. These custom reinforcements offer a significant advantage: they can be precisely engineered to match the performance demands of your component. This leads to optimized functionality and can reduce material costs or enhance mechanical properties compared to standard solutions.

Thanks to our experience, we can engineer custom braids and custom-made tape constructions to meet the demands of high-performance composite applications across various industries.

To create a custom braid or woven tape, we require a minimum set of technical specifications, as outlined in the sections below. In the next sections the required information is described.

Minimum Required Information for Custom Braids

To design a new custom braid, we require the following specifications:

• Diameter measured at a 45-degree braiding angle (or at a specific angle).
• Fiber materials: e.g. carbon, e-glass, aramid, etc.
• Hybrid construction? We can braid combinations such as carbon and glass. The standard ratio is 50/50, but alternative ratios are possible.
• Weight of the braid at a 45-degree angle, or areal weight at 45 degrees.

If you have an existing braid sample for evaluation, please provide a piece approximately 20 cm in length.

Minimum Required Information for Custom-Made Woven Tapes

To define a custom-made tape, the following information is needed:

• Tape width
• Weight per m²
• Fiber type in warp (e.g., fiberglass, aramid, carbon)
• Fiber type in weft: (e.g., fiberglass, aramid, carbon)
• Weave style (plain, twill, satin, or other – see options below)
• Threads per cm in warp (if available)
• Threads per cm in weft (if available)

If the thread density is unknown, we require the warp/weft ratio by weight. Please also provide a 20 cm sample for assessment if available.