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Glass Fibre Tubular Braids

Glass fibre tubular braids are high-performance reinforcement materials manufactured using braided E-glass yarns to create lightweight, flexible and highly conformable tubular reinforcements.

Due to their braided construction, glass braids provide excellent torsional strength, impact resistance and structural reinforcement while remaining easy to process around complex geometries and tubular components.

Braided reinforcements are widely used within composite manufacturing to improve repeatability, reduce material waste and support efficient production of strong, damage-tolerant composite parts.

Glass braids are commonly used across marine, automotive, industrial, sporting goods and structural composite applications where lightweight reinforcement and conformability are important.

Key Benefits

  • Excellent flexibility and conformability

  • Good impact resistance

  • High torsional integrity

  • Lightweight reinforcement solution

  • Suitable for tubular and complex geometries

  • Improved manufacturing repeatability

  • Easy to process and handle

  • Compatible with epoxy, polyester and vinyl ester resin systems

Product Range

Cristex supplies glass fibre tubular braids in lightweight, mediumweight and heavyweight constructions to support a wide range of reinforcement requirements.

Datasheets are available on request.

Available Grades & Specifications

Below is a selection of our glass fibre tubular braids. Additional specifications may be available on request.

Diameter at ±45º (mm) Weight at ±45º (g/LM) Weight (g/m²) Yield LM per Kg at ±45º Datasheet
5 5 293 217
10 9 293 109
15 15 318 67
20 18 287 56
25 23 292 44
30 28 297 36
40 36 287 28
50 46 293 22
60 56 297 18
70 72 237 14
80 84 334 12
90 84 297 12
100 112 356 9.3
Diameter at ±45º (mm) Weight at ±45º (g/LM) Weight (g/m²) Yield LM per Kg at ±45º Datasheet
10 20 640 50
15 34 720 29
20 41 653 24
25 51 650 20
30 68 720 14.7
40 81 645 12.3
50 102 650 9.8
60 122 648 8.2
70 152 692 6.6
80 152 607 6.6
90 183 648 5.5
100 203 647 4.9
125 244 622 4.1
Diameter at ±45º (mm) Weight at ±45º (g/LM) Weight (g/m²) Yield LM per Kg at ±45º Datasheet
10 31 987 32
15 46 977 22
20 61 971 16
25 76 968 13
30 102 1082 9.8
40 127 1011 7.9
50 152 968 6.6
60 203 1077 4.9
70 236 1073 4.2
80 244 971 4.1
90 284 1005 3.5
100 325 1035 3.1
125 365 930 2.7
150 487 1034 2.1
175 609 1180 1.6
200 609 970 1.6

Applications

Glass fibre braids are commonly used across a wide range of composite applications including:

  • Tubular composite structures

  • Marine reinforcement applications

  • Automotive and motorsport components

  • Sporting goods and performance products

  • Industrial composite profiles and tubes

  • Pipe reinforcement and wrapping

  • Structural composite assemblies

  • General GRP manufacturing

Their braided construction makes them particularly effective for reinforcingcurved, cylindrical and complex composite geometries.

Looking for lightweight braided reinforcement solutions?

Speak to our team about glass fibre braids and tubular reinforcement materials for advanced composite applications.

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