AGY, a leading US manufacturer of high-performance glass fibre reinforcements based in Aiken, South Carolina, has teamed with Weselberg, Germany-headquartered A+ Composites, a custom producer of unidirectional thermoplastic tapes, to commercially launch a new class of ultra-lightweight, high-performance thermoplastic tapes used for both wrapped and layered composite applications.

The collaboration showcases AGY’s newly developed lightweight single-end S2 Glass roving, which is integrated into unidirectional tapes featuring LM PAEK and PEI resin systems. The resulting tapes deliver exceptional strength, stiffness and impact resistance, optimised for aerospace, defence and high-performance industrial applications where structural performance and weight savings are critical.

Key benefits of the S2 Glass fibre unidirectional thermoplastic tape line include superior mechanical performance and thermal and electrical resistance.

Continuous fibre alignment ensures optimal load transfer in one direction and AGY’s S2 Glass provides a measurable boost in strength, stiffness, impact resistance and fatigue life.

The combination of LM PAEK or PEI with AGY’s S2 Glass offers low thermal and electrical conductivity, while enabling high-temperature performance, radar transparency and electrical insulation.

LM PAEK and PEI outperform thermosets in toughness and offer resistance to chemicals, fuels, oils and corrosion – all while minimising moisture uptake.

The tapes can also be reheated and reshaped, making them ideal for sustainable manufacturing and repairable parts design and no curing is required, supporting rapid cycle times and compatibility with automated out-of-autoclave processes.

The tapes are also thermoformable enabling complex geometries and integrate easily into automated systems and hybrid laminates with other fibre types.

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