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ContiTech showed fabric for inflatable boat at Techtextil

13 May '15

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ContiTech (Continental AG), a leading provider of rubber and plastic products, recently unveiled a new material for rigid-inflatable boats (RIBs), at the Techtextil expo in Frankfurt in Germany.

The material is extremely durable, offers high degree of dimensional stability, is suitable for very extreme conditions, and gives guaranteed ultra-high performance along with long service life. The innovative, coated fabric for life rafts is lightweight, robust, weatherproof, suitable for floats, flexible buoyancy tubes, and tent substructures, the company said in a press release.

ContiTech’s new material for rigid-inflatable boats (RIBs) can be used in most tough conditions. Rigid-inflatable boats are used by rescue services, the police, and fire brigades, for example, and must be suitable for deployment in extreme conditions. The special outer coating consists of highly wear-resistant, weatherproof chlorosulfonated polyethylene (CSM). A carrier made from high-strength, high-tenacity polyester ensures good structural strength. The inner coating is chloroprene rubber (CR) for good bonding capacity.

Jens Löschner, group manager coated fabrics from the engineered coated systems product market segment at ContiTech Elastomer Coatings said, “We only use highly robust materials that are particularly low-wear. We collaborate closely with our customers’ development departments and, thanks to our materials expertise and state-of-the-art process technology, we can offer them tailor-made solutions designed to meet their individual requirements.”

ContiTech also presented an innovative coated fabric for life rafts at Techtextil for the first time.

Löschner said, “The new material is particularly lightweight and yet extremely robust. The outstanding properties of this material mean that it is not only suitable for floats such as life rafts, but also for flexible buoyancy tubes and other flexible constructions such as tent substructures.” (GK)

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