COMPASS Knitted Fabrics

COMPASS knitted (multiaxial) fabrics are made up of two or more layers of unidirectional E-CR glass fibers stitched together with a light polyester thread using a state-of-the-art knitting machine. The crimping effect associated with the woven fabrics is eliminated since the fibers are stitched together. This increases the mechanical properties while reducing other problems that are common with woven fabrics, such as resin-rich areas and fiber print through.

The COMPASS knitted fabrics are available in a variety of fiber orientations and with or without a chopped roving backing. Since all our COMPASS knitted fabrics are manufactured with E-CR glass fibers, these fabrics inherit the same advantages that are common to all our E-CR glass products. The E-CR glass formulation has a proven history of superior, all round performance in a wide variety of composite materials applications. Click here for details on the E-CR glass advantages. For technical details on the COMPASS knitted fabrics, please see the data sheets linked to the table below.

Knitted fabrics are commonly used to make fiberglass products for infrastructure applications, marine applications, and wind turbine blades. However, we are confident you can think of many other applications for our COMPASS knitted fabrics.