Precision Cut Short Fiber
- Wide range of EFT short-cut fibers available for technical applications in addition to specialized contract cutting of customer fibers.
- “Infinite” range of short-cut fiber lengths from 0.25 mm to 75 mm, and staple lengths to several inches. EFT / customer defined to meet specific requirements.
- Cutting capabilities from laboratory samples on the order of grams to full truckload production orders.
- Ability to handle fiber tows from a few hundred to several million ends, either crimped or uncrimped.
- Precise control of fiber lengths.
- Both conventional textile-type and engineering fibers cutting.
- Custom size packages / packaging (water soluble bags, meltable bags) available.
- Complete laboratory, processing and applications engineering support provided.
Textile Type Fibers
Acrylic/PAN
Bicomponent Splittable Fibers
Bicomponent Thermal Binder Fibers
Cellulose Acetate
Lyocell (Tencel)
Microdenier Acrylic/Polyesters
Modacrylics
Nylon (polyamide)
Polyester (PET)
Polypropylene (PP) Polyethylene (PE)
Polyvinylalcohol (PVA)
Polyvinylchloride (PVC)
Rayon / Viscose
Engineering Fibers
Boron
Glass / ceramic
Liquid crystal polymers (Vectran®)
Melamine (Basofil®)
Meta-aramid (Nomex®)
Metal coated fibers
Carbon fiber (PAN or pitch)
Polybenzimidazole (PBI)
Polyetheretherketone (PEEK)
Phenolic (Kynol)
Polyimide (P84)
Polyphenylene sulfide (PPS)
PTFE
Quartz
UHMW PE (Spectra)