Glass Fiber—the Raw Material for Fiberglass Mesh

Glass fiber is an inorganic non-metallic material with superior performances. Its chemical composition is silica, aluminum oxide, calcium oxide, boron oxide, magnesium oxide sodium oxide, etc. Glass fiber is made from crystal balls or waste glass that requires the processes of high-temperature founding, brushing, winding, weaving, etc. Glass fiber is generally used as reinforcing material, electrical insulating material, insulation material, circuit board, etc. It is certainly the raw material for fiberglass mesh.

General Features

Compared to organic fiber, glass fiber has higher thermal resistance and higher strength of extension. It is non-ignitable, erosion resistant, and has a good heat insulation, sound insulation, and electrical insulating property. However, glass fiber is poor in abrasive resistance. Its major application includes electrical insulating materials, industrial filter materials, anti-corrosive materials, barrier materials, thermal insulation materials, acoustic materials, and vibration-absorptive materials. In addition, glass fiber can be used as reinforcing materials, which are used to reinforce plastics, rubber, gypsum, cement products, etc.

Fiberglass Mesh

The base material of fiberglass mesh is glass fiber woven fabric, which is coated with macromolecule latex-resistant layer. So it has good alkali resistance and flexibility that it is widely used in wall heat preservation, waterproof, and crack resistance. Fiberglass mesh features alkali-resisting fiberglass mesh that adopts non-alkali fiberglass yarn (whose major composite is silicate with good chemical stability) and is made by special organization structure under high-temperature heat setting treatment.

Nantong Huixin Glass Fiber Co., Ltd. is a professional producer of fiberglass mesh in China. Its fiberglass mesh is coated with phenolic resin, combining non-woven cloth and plastic membrane. Its products are one of the best basic materials for all types of resin grinding wheels. Huixin's export sales, including European, America and Southeast Asia, take up 40% of Huixin's production, the rest being sold in China. Although export sales proportion is not that high, all the products are strictly in line with export sales process and methods to gain popularity.

Industry Development

In recent years, the production and demand for composite materials have been on the rise in Europe and America. Composite materials market in China mainland is developing at a fast speed. Resin and glass fiber technology is making great progress. The producers' manufacturing ability has been improved. Glass fiber is a substitute material for metal and it has a wide application prospect in such fields as construction, ships, chemical pipelines, automobiles, aerospace, and wind power generation.

With the development of the market economy, glass fiber has become an indispensable raw material in construction, transportation, electronics, electric, chemical engineering, metallurgical, environmental protection, and national defense. A large number of excellent glass fiber companies have sprung up. Besides that, glass fiber has been applied in wind power market, which might be business opportunity. It is predicted that to the end of 2020, China will have invested ￥3,500,000,000,000 in the wind power generation industry, among which 20% requires glass fiber. This is without doubt a huge potential market for China's glass fiber companies.

Author: Liwei Chu 
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