Avient Introduces Wide-Format Unidirectional Composite Tape

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Avient Corporation will highlight its portfolio of advanced composite materials and engineered fiber solutions at the upcoming Composites and Advanced Materials Expo (CAMX), including the launch of its new Polystrand™ 50-inch-wide Continuous Fiber Reinforced Thermoplastic Unidirectional Tape and GridCore™ Composite Utility Poles, September 9–11 at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Florida.

Avient’s new Polystrand™ tape offers a wide-format, fiberglass-reinforced unidirectional composite material to enable enhanced manufacturing efficiency and increased production scalability. It will be available in a variety of resins, including polypropylene (PP), polyethylene (PE), polyethylene terephthalate glycol (PETG), and amorphous polyethylene terephthalate (aPET). The customizable tapes, manufactured in Englewood, CO, will advance innovative opportunities for thermoplastic composites in existing and developing markets.

Avient will also showcase its new GridCore™ Composite Utility Poles, engineered to enhance electrical grid resilience as an alternative to traditional wood, steel, or concrete poles. Compared to poles made from these traditional materials, GridCore fiberglass-reinforced thermoset poles are lighter weight, enabling ease of installation. They are also more durable compared to wood poles, requiring less maintenance and offering pest resistance. These advantages can provide a lower total system and lifecycle cost compared to other materials. The addition of GridCore poles expands Avient’s portfolio of pultruded composite materials for the electrical transmission and distribution market. Its Glasforms™ pultrusions for insulators, arresters, cross arms, and GridCore utility poles are manufactured in Birmingham, AL.

The Avient exhibit will also feature the following composite technologies:

Thermoplastic Composites:

• Polystrand™ Continuous Fiber Tapes & Laminates: fiber reinforced unidirectional tapes and multi-axial laminates
• Hammerhead™ FR Flame Retardant Composite Panels and Hammerhead™ Thermoplastic Composite Panels
• ThermoBallistic™ Ballistic Resistant Composite Panels

Thermoset Composites:

• Gordon Composites™ Thermoset Laminates & Barstock: continuous glass and carbon fiber bar stock, laminates, and composite springs for high-temperature industrial applications
• Gordon Glass™ Archery Bow Limbs
• Glasforms™ Pultruded Rods, Tubes, and Custom Profiles
• GlasArmor™ Ballistic Resistant Panels

Engineered Fiber Solutions:

• Fiber-Line™ Engineered Performance Enhancing Fiber Processes: including Coating, Twisting, and customized Braiding of aramid, glass, carbon, HMPE, and LCP fibers
• Fiber-Line™ Extrusion Process: thermoset pultruded rods and custom extrusion-coated fiber

Avient is committed to helping customers meet sustainability goals through its advanced composites portfolio. Composites are inherently lightweight alternatives to metal and other materials, enabling sustainability initiatives such as material reduction and fuel economy improvements in many end products.