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applications for electrical and electronics marketsinclude light poles, circuit boards, electrical junction boxes and ladder rails. The benefits of using composites in these applications include high strength, low weight, dimensional stability, design flexibility, cost performance and corrosion resistance.  When used on its own in the form of shingle, plied or cabled yarn, glass strand can be woven, braided or sleeved. Covering consists of winding the strand around an electrical conductor to provide it with an insulating sheath. Braiding is the operation carried out on suitable machinery which produces a tubular sleeve. Weaving of glass strand has few characteristics which distinguish it from the techniques employed in the traditional textile industry, using natural or synthetic materials. Mechanical strength and temperature stability were the factors which favored the use of glass filament technical fabrics in industry as an insulator for electrical conductors. In association with lacquers and coatings, it is used for covering wires and cables.  Its mechanical and electrical characteristics allow very thin coverings to be produced, thereby reducing the volume of electrical equipment.  Glass strand fabrics occupy an important position in the electronics industry, where they are used to produce copper-plated laminates in printed circuit board manufacture.  © Isola |
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Reinforcements commonly used for electrical/electronic applications include: 
Chopped strands for thermoplastic reinforcement
Continuous filament mat
Rovings for pultrusion
Rovings for spray-up/gun rovings
Rovings for weaving
Technical fabrics
Plied yarns
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