There many application areas conventional glass fabrics do not posses adequate bulk or thickness to meet an application requirement.Consequently KETEX developed a tri-dimensional bulky fabric with filling capacity and lower density than conventional glass fibre fabric.Improved flexing properties and softer feel texturised fabric is beneficial in a wide spectrum of end uses.

Texturised fibre glass fabrics are widely used for welding blankets,hot handling gloves,expansion joints, stress relieving blankets etc.

KETEX texturised glass fibre are strong replacement for asbestos. They are much stronger physically than comparable asbestos without any health hazards that rae associated with the manufacture and use of asbestos products. Further KETEX yarns are comfortable to handle without itching and discomfiture due to significantly reduced filament diameter and superior binder / overspraytechnology used in the manufacture of KETEX products.

Fabrics made of KETEX Texturised Fibre glass yarns are superior to comparable products of asbestos in every aspect. A table is reproduced here based on the results obtained by one of the manufacturer of fire proof fabrics :

From the results , fabrics made of texturised glass fibre yarns can give :

than , comparable fabrics made of asbestos.

Further fabrics made with texturised glass fibre yarns are not only stronger but they also retain much higher strength at elevated temperatures compared to asbestos products.

Figure below shows variation of tensile strength with temmperature for fabrics made with texturised glass fibre yarn & asbestos.

Warp direction tensile strength, tested after exposure to temperatures for 2 hours.