The Main Applications of Aramid Fiber

Aramid fiber (AF), short for aramid fiber, is a special fiber of all-aromatic polyamide with excellent performance in elastic modulus, tensile strength, wear resistance and chemical stability.

Aramid Fiber is used in special protective clothing

Military and police combat environment is complex and changing, emergency combat protection requirements are demanding, high-risk industries laborers work in dangerous and harsh jobs, operating personnel safety and security is difficult to protect. Aramid fiber, relying on its excellent wear resistance, impact resistance, fire resistance, and high-temperature resistance, as well as its flexibility, performs well in special protective clothing and protective gloves, providing both excellent protection and a high level of wearing comfort.

Aramid fiber is also used in bulletproof equipment for national defense, military and police, and security products. Aramid fiber is currently the most suitable material for manufacturing bulletproof products. Aramid fiber-metal-based materials assembled into rebound armor vehicles, bulletproof cash transport vehicles, and Aramid fiber-resin-based materials used for bulletproof helmets and other hard equipment. Aramid woven fabric reinforced polyethylene composite materials are used for soft protective equipment, such as bulletproof vests. As a reinforcing material, aramid fibers exhibit excellent impact resistance, absorb and consume bullet fragments and bullets, prevent penetration, and effectively act as a cushion as a second line of defense, "grabbing" bullets or fragments and greatly reducing the erosion force of gunfire.

Aramid fiber is used in automotive parts

The world is currently experiencing an unprecedented energy crisis. To address the urgent need to lighten vehicles, improve fuel efficiency, and reduce energy consumption and emissions, various types of automotive hoses have been challenged with high temperature, high pressure, permeability, and durability. In recent years, high-performance rubber hoses made of aramid fiber have been widely used in major automobile production factories around the world. The hose can withstand long-term work at a temperature of 150 degrees, has a long lifespan, a small porosity, and far superior performance to ordinary automotive products. Similarly, aramid fibers play an irreplaceable role in most automotive parts such as brake pads, bumpers, engine shells, and shock absorbers.

Aramid fiber is used in special ropes, cables, lines, and belts

In the fields of aviation parachutes, extreme sports climbing ropes, support ropes, and high-tonnage ship mooring ropes, high-end ropes made of aramid fiber not only have the characteristics of ordinary ropes, such as tensile strength, wear resistance, cut resistance, and moderate flexibility, but also have smaller material density, stronger resistance to corrosion and destruction, and greater resistance to mold, insects, and eggs. It performs well in the field of marine and deep-sea engineering and can withstand years of seawater erosion and parasitic destruction by various marine organisms. In addition, ropes made of aramid fibers are widely used in sports equipment, fishing instruments, aviation and aerospace components, and intelligent electronic manufacturing.