3M Nextel Woven Ceramic Fabrics

Woven ceramic fabrics and woven industrial Fabrics are engineered to perform at
fabrics from 3M allow engineers and designers continuous temperatures up to 2200°F
with high temperature applications to create (1204°C).
new, imaginative solutions for previously
impossible problems. When used in industrial furnaces, Nextel
Woven Ceramic Fabrics can serve as thermal
3M Nextel Woven Ceramic Fabrics are barriers to separate different temperature zones
designed to meet the toughest thermal, or the fabrics can serve to prevent particulate
mechanical and electrical performance shedding.
requirements. Nextel Woven Ceramic Fabrics
outperform the useful limits of other high Some typical applications of Nextel Woven
temperature textiles such as aramids, carbon, Ceramic Fabrics are as follows:
glass or quartz. Nextel Woven Ceramic

Application Fabric
3M Nextel Woven Fabric
312 440 550 610 720
Aerospace
Radomes ü ü
Thermal shields ü ü
Micrometeorite debris shields ü
Ceramic- matrix composites ü ü ü
Metal- matrix composites ü
Polymer- matrix composites ü ü ü
Automotive ü
Electronic
Diffusion furnaces ü
Industrial
Furnace linings
Galvanized steel furnaces
Porcelain furnaces ü ü
Furnace zone dividers ü ü
Door seals ü ü ü
Tube seals ü ü
Gaskets ü ü
Expansion joints ü

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3M Nextel Woven Fabric 312 - Typical Properties
Style Weight Available Thickness Thread Count Yarn Air Weave Breaking Strength
Width Type Permeability without Sizing*
(Sized) (Sized) Warp Fill w/o Sizing Warp Fill
per per
oz/yd2 inch inch inch inch ft3/min/ft2 lb/inch lb/inch
(g/m2) (m) (mm) (cm) (cm) (l/min/dm2) (kg/cm) (kg/cm)
Industrial
AF-10 8.6 38 0.015 46 46 600d 15 5 harness 115 140
(292) (0,97) (0,38) (18) (18) served (46) satin (20) (25)
roving
AF-11 7.6 38 0.010 24 23 1200d 40 Plain 120 135
(258) (0,97) (0,25) (9) (9) roving (122) (21) (24)
AF-12 8.1 58 0.013 25 25 1200d 15 5 harness 130 150
(275) (1,47) (0,33) (10) (10) roving (46) satin (23) (27)
AF-14 9.0 38 0.014 20 17 900d 30 Plain 150 135
(305) (0,97) (0,36) (8) (7) 1/2 (91) (27) (24)
AF-20 13.4 36 0.020 30 26 1800d 15 5 harness 170 150
(454) (0,91) (0,51) (12) (10) roving (46) satin (30) (27)
AF-30 17.6 36 0.030 19 18 1800d 50 Crowfoot 200 180
(597) (0,91) (0,76) (7) (7) 1/2 (152) satin (36) (32)
AF-40 24.0 36 0.037 32 20 1800d 35 5 harness 300 190
(814) (0,91) (0,94) (13) (8) 1/2 (107) satin (54) (34)
AF-62 29.5 4, 12, 30 0.054 40 20 1800d 100 Plain 260 190
(1000) (0,10; 0,30; (1,37) (16) (8) 1/2 (305) double (46) (34)
0,76) layer
Aerospace
AF-10 8.6 38 0.015 46 46 600d 75 5 harness 220 220
(292) (0,97) (0,38) (18) (18) served (229) satin (39) (39)
roving
AF-10 7.2 38 0.010 46 46 600d 15 5 harness 115 140
w/o (244) (0,97) (0,25) (18) (18) served (46) satin (20) (25)
sizing roving
AF-11 7.6 38 0.010 24 23 1200d 75 Plain 140 140
(258) (0,97) (0,25) (9) (9) roving (229) (25) (25)
AF-11 7.4 38 0.009 24 23 1200d 40 Plain 120 135
w/o (251) (0,97) (0,23) (9) (9) roving (122) (21) (24)
sizing
AF-12 8.1 58 0.013 25 25 1200d 100 5 harness 220 220
(275) (1,47) (0,33) (10) (10) roving (305) satin (39) (39)

AF-12 7.9 58 0.011 25 25 1200d 15 5 harness 130 150

w/o (268) (1,47) (0,28) (10) (10) roving (46) satin (23) (27)
sizing
* Tested at room temperature.

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3M Nextel Woven Fabrics 440 - Typical Properties
Style Weight Available Thickness Thread Count Yarn Air Weave Breaking Strength
Width Type Permeability without Sizing*
(Sized) (Sized) Warp Fill w/o Sizing Warp Fill
per per
oz/yd2 inch inch inch inch ft3 /min/ft2 lb/inch lb/inch
(g/m2 ) (m) (mm) (cm) (cm) (l/min/dm2 ) (kg/cm) (kg/cm)
BF-20 14.9 36 0.020 30 26 2000d 15 5 harness 250 220
(505) (0,91) (0,51) (12) (10) roving (46) satin (45) (39)
BF-30 20.4 36 0.030 21 20 2000d 35 Crowfoot 290 260
(692) (0,91) (0,76) (8) (8) 1/2 (107) satin (52) (46)
BF-40 26.4 36 0.038 32 20 2000d 35 5 harness 340 260
(895) (0,91) (0,97) (13) (8) 1/2 (107) satin (61) (46)

3M Nextel Woven Fabric 550 - Typical Properties

Style Weight Available Thickness Thread Count Yarn Air Weave Breaking Strength
Width Type Permeability without Sizing*
(Sized) (Sized) Warp Fill w/o Sizing Warp Fill
per per
oz/yd2 inch inch inch inch ft3 /min/ft2 lb/inch lb/inch
(g/m2 ) (m) (mm) (cm) (cm) (l/min/dm2 ) (kg/cm) (kg/cm)
CF-40 27.6 36 0.037 32 20 2000d 35 5 harness 340 260
(936) (0,91) (0,94) (13) (8) 1/2 (107) satin (61) (46)

3M Nextel Woven Fabrics 610 and 720 - Typical Properties

Style Weight Available Thickness Thread Count Yarn Air Weave Breaking Strength
Width Type Permeability without Sizing*
(Sized) (Sized) Warp Fill w/o Sizing Warp Fill
per per
oz/yd2 inch inch inch inch ft3 /min/ft2 lb/inch lb/inch
(g/m2 ) (m) (mm) (cm) (cm) (l/min/dm2 ) (kg/cm) (kg/cm)
610 11.0 36 0.011 27.5 27.5 1500d 20 8 harness 230 260
DF-11 (373) (0,91) (0,28) (11) (11) roving (61) satin (41) (46)
610 19.3 36 .019 23.5 23.5 3000d 13 8 harness 300 260
DF-19 (654) (0,91) (0,48) (9) (9) roving (40) satin (54) (46)
720 11.2 36 0.013 27.5 27.5 1500d 20 8 harness 160 160
XN-513 (380) (0,91) (0,33) (11) (11) roving (61) satin (29) (29)
720 18.8 36 0.022 23.5 23.5 3000d 30 8 harness 180 180
XN-625 (637) (0,91) (0,56) (9) (9) roving (91) satin (32) (32)
* Tested at room temperature.

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