Resin Coated Fabrics provide high tear resistance.

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CHEMFAB XPS line of coated fabrics utilize specialty formulated resin blend to provide good release properties and chemical resistance, as well as high crease resistance, flex fatigue resistance, and conformability. Applications include release sheets and conveyor belting in textile, chemical, and industrial processing, packaging, and composite molding.



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New Chemfab® Xps(TM) Product Line Introduced



MERRIMACK, NH - Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics announces the introduction of a new patent-pending product line based on advanced coating technology. The CHEMFAB XPS line of coated fabrics utilizes a specialty formulated resin blend to provide the outstanding release properties and chemical resistance as our traditional CHEMFAB PTFE-coated fabrics, while significantly improving tear and crease resistance, flex fatigue resistance and conformability.

Developed by Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics' industry leading R&D team, CHEMFAB XPS coated fabrics can be used in the same applications as our regular PTFE-coated fabrics with excellent results. Applications include release sheets and conveyor belting in textile, chemical and industrial processing, packaging, composite molding and numerous others.

Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics is a division of Saint-Gobain, and is part of its High Performance Materials business. Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics is leading the way in advanced-technology polymer products for the most demanding industrial applications. Performance Plastics makes products ranging from fluid handling hose and tube, machined and molded fluoropolymers, and medical-grade silicones; to release liners, PTFE coated fabrics and tapes, membranes, foam seals, gaskets and bonding tapes; and precision bearings, spring energized seals, radomes, and composites for aerospace.

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