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ISO 9001:2000

Basalt is an inert and naturally occurring material that is found worldwide. Basalt based materials are environment-friendly and not hazardous. Basalt continuous fibers are produced from basalt rock using single component raw material by drawing and winding fibers from the melt. Once the continuous basalt fibers have been produced, they are converted into a suitable form for particular application. Basalt continuous fibers can be processed to roving or to chopped basalt strand. Further basalt roving can be processed to roving fabrics or reinforcing net.

  Basalt fiber (Kamenny Vek) E glass
Specific gravity 2.66 g/cm3 2.5-2.6 g/cm3

Processing of basalt fibers does not require special equipment or technologies - all known processing including pultrusion, filament winding, SMC/BMC as well as conversion into regular textile, non-woven, UD and multi-axial fabrics can be used.

Our fibers are compatible with most types of resin such as epoxy, polyester, vinyl ester, phenolic, melamine, acrylate, and polyurethane resin systems.

Fiber's weight loss after 3 hours boiling in saturated cement solution.

Applications of our products include but not limited to high pressure vessels, tanks and cylinders, load bearing profiles, wind-mill blades, boats, SMC/BMC parts for automotive industry, concrete reinforcing bars, friction materials, concrete reinforcement and many others.

Thermal properties Basalt fiber
(Kamenny Vek)
E glass
Application temperature, °C -260 up to +560 -60 up to +460
Short-term maximum operation temperature, °C up to +700 up to +550
Heat conductivity, W/(m . °K) 0.031-0.038 0.034-0.04