| Textile fiberglass is long filamentous strands of glass used to produce structural products. Furnace types used to produce TFG include Gas/Air and Oxy-gas with and without electric boost.
One of the more common textile fiberglass products produced is e-glass. This is used in printed circuit boards due in part to its low sodium content using non-alkaline borate compounds. Textile fiberglass can also be used as a reinforcement fiber in composite materials.
There are various diameter glass fibers which are classified as A, C, E, and S. E glass has the greatest use in the composite products that are captured in the application section below.
The boric oxide addition rate is approximately 5 – 7% of the glass batch. It is added to the batch as boric acid or boric oxide; however, mineral borates in fiberglass such as Colemanite could also be used. |