Teijin Carbon and A&P Technology launch TPUD biaxial braided fabric

 Teijin Carbon and A&P Technology launch IMS65 PAEK Bimax biaxial fabric, a rate-enabling solution using Teijin Carbon’s Tenax TPUD IMS65 PAEK product, a thermoplastic unidirectional (UD) tape. It is designed to meet growing demand for scalable, high-speed production of composites in aerospace, space, defence and other evolving markets.

Teijin’s Tenax TPUD IMS65 PAEK is a high-quality UD tape based on polyaryletherketone (PAEK) resin slit into narrow widths and braided by A&P Technology into a 65” wide +/-45° fabric. The +/-45° braid architecture has minimal crimp, offering a high translation of tape properties while providing excellent
drapability for complex geometries. With a fibre areal weight of just 184 gsm and 34 percent PAEK content, IMS65 PAEK Bimax enables out of autoclave (OoA) processing and vacuum bag only (VBO) consolidation, significantly reducing manufacturing time while enhancing mechanical performance and impact resistance.

Features and benefits of IMS65 PAEK Bimax fabric:

• High fibre volume and low crimp for superior mechanical performance
• Extreme drapability for deep-draw parts
• Reduced lay-up time per layer – 65” wide fabric enables quick laydown of biaxial reinforcement
• Native air evacuation pathways for optimal consolidation of thick components
• Room temperature preform placement with spot tacking to simplify production workflows

This innovative braided fabric meets or exceeds the properties of existing National Center for Advanced Materials Performance (NCAMP)-qualified PAEK prepregs, offering a robust and scalable solution for next-generation composite structures.

about Teijin Carbon
Teijin Carbon, a subsidiary of the Teijin Group, specialises in the development and production of carbon fibres and carbon fibre-based materials. Under the brands Tenax and Tenax Next, Teijin Carbon offers high-performance material solutions for industries such as aerospace, automotive, energy, electronics, civil engineering and sporting goods.
Teijin’s carbon fibres enable the creation of lightweight yet highly strong components – about a quarter of the weight of steel while offering 10 times the strength. They are also highly fatigue resistant, corrosion resistant and chemical stable. Teijin Carbon has production facilities in Japan, the United States, Germany and Vietnam, and sales offices all around the world.

about A&P Technology
A&P is a world-leading producer of braided fabrics, sleevings and preforms designed to increase performance, lightweight parts and expedite the composite manufacturing process. A&P designs and builds its own state-of-the-art machinery in-house enabling quick builds to support high volume applications. This machinery can be modified to handle unique fibre offerings like Teijin’s slit tape thermoplastics.