What Is Chopped Strand Mat

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What is chopped strand mat. It can be used alone or in conjunction with fiberglass fabrics or woven roving in larger fabrications. It is typically processed using the hand lay up technique where sheets of material are placed on a mold and brushed with resin. Jsc polotsk steklovolokno offers the chopped strand mat with weight 300 450 600 g m2 and width 125 cm csm 300 125 csm 450 125 csm 600 125 to its consumers. Chopped strand mat weight is specified in ounces per square foot.

Chopped strand mat csm is a widely used traditional reinforcement solution. Fabricators generally tear apart chopped strand mat rather than cut it. It consists of glass fibers laid randomly across each other and held together by a binder. Also called csm chopped strand mat non woven fiberglass mat material is typically used for repair work and laminate build up.

Available online in various quantities and sizes or request our free print catalog. It easily conforms to moulds and has fast wet out properties. Available in various lengths and three different weights. Chopped strand mat csm is made up of chopped strands of glass fibre laid randomly and held together with a binder or stitching.

Chopped stand mat can be chemically or mechanically bound. Chopped strand mat conforms readily and is well suited to use for odd shaped parts. Fibreglass chopped strand matt is made up of glass strands randomly laid and held together with a binder either emulsion bound or powder bound. In the case of polyester and vinylester resins an emulsion bound matt is used and in the case of an epoxy resin a powder bound matt would be used.

Because the binder dissolves in resin the material. Chopped strand mat is produced by chopping continuous strand roving into short 1 5 to 3 inch lengths and dispersing the cut fibers randomly over a moving. With chopped strand mats as a general rule estimate the resin reinforcement ratio at 2 1 by weight. Chopped strand mat csm is a random fiber mat that provides equal strength in all directions and is used in a variety of hand lay up and open mold applications.

Use weights per lineal yard to estimate resin requirements. Mat is often used as the first layer before the gelcoat in a laminate to prevent print through. Chopped strand mat is most frequently used with polyester resin to quickly build thickness for parts and between layers of fabric for building molds. Chopped strand mat is designed to cover a wide range of layup techniques.

Chopped strand mat is the least expensive fiberglass and is often used in mold construction or projects where thickness is needed. Long fiberglass strands laid randomly in a styrene binder. Chopped strand mat or csm is a form of reinforcement used in fiberglass.