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Huntsman Advanced Materials is sponsoring the first ever racing boat prototype to incorporate up to 50% of natural flax fiber in the composite structure. The boat, which has been called the ‘Araldite’, takes its name from Huntsman’s award winning Araldite range of products.
Online PR News – 20-September-2010 –Huntsman Advanced Materials is sponsoring the first ever racing boat prototype to incorporate up to 50% of natural flax fiber in the composite structure. The boat, which has been called the ‘Araldite’, takes its name from Huntsman’s award winning Araldite range of products.
‘Araldite’, is a 6.5m long and 3m wide, ergonomic, lightweight Mini Transat racing boat prototype - the smallest offshore racing boat allowed to cross the Atlantic. Designed by Regis Garcia to showcase the possibilities of incorporating flax fibers into the composite structure of an open sea sailing prototype, the boat was built at the IDB Marine de Tregunc shipyard in Brittany, France. As official sponsor, Huntsman has also played an active role in the technical development behind the project.
The ultimate goal was to adopt a cleaner production process whilst combining the renewable properties of flax with the well-known, high-performance characteristics of carbon fiber, without compromising the light weight or mechanical properties of the sailing prototype.
In order to achieve this, Lineo, a Belgium company specializing in flax reinforcements, provided the diverse fibers, specially treated to ensure perfect compatibility between the flax and the Araldite warm curing system.
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