Bally Ribbon Mills
Products
Custom-designed woven materials for critical rigging and tie down applications
Bally Ribbon Mills (BRM), an industry leader in the design, development, and manufacture of highly specialized engineered woven fabrics, announces the availability of a wide range of lightweight two-and three-dimensional woven materials that serve as the structure or substrate for critical rigging and tie down applications that require strength, interlaminar shear, enduring resistance, or conductivity. Recent examples include specialized materials for load securement/stabilization equipment, chafing sleeves used for lifting and sling materials for safe load transfer at cargo control facilities, as well as webbing used to safely move chip manufacturing equipment around factories. BRM rigging and tie down webbing is also used as a sling in an actuator/drum serving as the strength tendon of a robotic arm used in a loading device being designed for a lunar habitat. BRM custom-designs specialty applications with high strength to weight ratios, flame/heat resistance, flexibility, low elongation, and abrasion resistance. Available in widths from one to six inches, BRM rigging and tie-down materials are manufactured in such high performance fibers as Kevlar, Vectran, Technora, Spectra, and Dyneema. For more information or to place an order for specialty rigging and tie-down materials, go to brm@ballyribbon.com.
High performance 3-D woven composites
In partnership with NASA, BRM recently developed the 3D Orthogonally woven 3DMAT Quartz Material for the Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle (MPCV) compression pads. BRM uses 3-D continuous weaving to create new joint structures and improve existing joints. Delivering the optimal blend of strength, durability, and structural integrity, BRM’s 3-D woven joints are available in “Pi – π,” double “T,” “H,” and other complex net shapes. 3-D woven joints from BRM lower weight and cost without sacrificing integrity and performance.
Nylon cure-tape for rubber hoses and roller covers
Bally Ribbon Mills (BRM), an industry leader in the design, development and manufacture of highly specialized engineered woven fabrics, announces the availability of nylon cure-tape for rubber hose and roller cover applications. The tapes are being manufactured in both preshrunk/heat set and Teflon-treated versions. BRM offers both plain and twill weave cure-tapes in three styles: 210 denier warp/plain weave is available in 1-inch, 1.5 inch, 2 inch, 2.75 inch, 3 inch, 3.5 inch, 4 inch and 6 inch sizes; 210 denier warp/twill weave is offered in 3 inch widths; and 420 denier warp/210 denier filling can be provided in 3 inch widths.
Industrial Fabrics
Specialty fibers used for cure wrap, structural reinforcement, and stress/strain measurement Bally Ribbon Mills (BRM), an industry leader in the design, development, and manufacture of highly specialized engineered woven fabrics, offers unique fabrics from specialty fibers ideal for industrial applications in the engineered rubber industry. BRM’s specialty fabrics, available in a wide variety of fiber combinations and weave structures, are used in the engineered rubber industry for the manufacture of rubber belting, rubber hoses, and other specialty rubber applications. Proprietary BRM fabrics are available for cure wrap for hoses to hold the rubber in place during the curing process, internal reinforcements to improve tensile resistance, and belting, in which layers of rubber sheet and fabric are combined to increase strength and elongation resistance. Also available are proprietary E-WEBBINGS smart technology fabrics, which is integrated into structural reinforcement for engineered rubber products. The textile is used to optimize the interface between the sensor and rubber substrate for translational stress and strain measurement.
Industrial Fabrics
Bally Ribbon Mills (BRM), an industry leader in the design, development, and manufacture of highly specialized engineered woven fabrics, offers unique fabrics from specialty fibers ideal for composite bearings and bushing liners in farm and industrial equipment. BRM’s proprietary fabric bearing and bushing liner imparts an abrasion resistant polymer on the wear surface between the bearing and the rotating shaft in small motors, farm equipment, construction equipment, and scissor lifts. They are also a good choice for applications where the bearing is either molded within a polymer housing, must withstand very high stress loads, or is chosen over metallic roller bearings because composite bearings are virtually maintenance-free.BRM’s composite fabric contains two to three inherently different fibers to take advantage of each fiber’s unique properties.
Industrial Fabrics That Solve Filtration Manufacturing Challenges
Bally Ribbon Mills (BRM), an industry leader in the design, development, and manufacture of highly specialized engineered woven fabrics, offers specialty fabrics constructed of specialty polymer fibers that help achieve filtration application manufacturing challenges, including reducing environmental impacts of manufacturing and energy production. Specialty fabric polymer selection is determined by the type of gas or air being filtered. Fabrics used are composed of either polyester or polyphenylene sulfide (PPS) for applications in which greater heat and acid resistance is required.
Nylon Cure-Tape
Bally Ribbon Mills (BRM), an industry leader in the design, development and manufacture of highly specialized engineered woven fabrics, announces the availability of nylon cure-tape for rubber hose and roller cover applications. The tapes are being manufactured in both preshrunk/heat set and Teflon-treated versions. BRM offers both plain and twill weave cure-tapes in three styles: 210 denier warp/plain weave is available in 1-inch, 1.5”-inch, 2-inch, 2.75-inch, 3-inch, 3.5-inch, 4-inch and 6-inch sizes; 210 denier warp/twill weave is offered in 3-inch widths; and 420 denier warp/210 denier filling can be provided in 3-inch widths.
Industrial Fabrics for Polymer Manufacturing and Rolled Raw Material Processing
Bally Ribbon Mills (BRM), an industry leader in the design, development, and manufacture of highly specialized engineered woven fabrics, offers specialty fabrics constructed of specialty polymer fibers ideal for polymer manufacturing and break bands for rolled raw material processing.BRM’s proprietary narrow fabrics feature woven structures with finished woven structural edges that provide a strong belting material. Able to withstand flex-fatigue caused by bending motions, the fabric’s fiber structure withstands wear surface abrasion from manufacturing processes and offers resistance to wear caused by the movement and interaction with material being processed.BRM also manufactures narrow fabrics that are used as break bands in the industrial processing of rolled raw materials, like weaving yarns and metallic wire processing equipment, where manufacturing efficiency requires tight control of the process and input volumes. With low elongation, high strength, and resistance to surface wear, BRM’s proprietary fabrics are ideal for manufacturing polymer fiber or metallic wire.
Nylon Cure-Tape for Rubber Hoses and Roller Covers
Manufacturing mill producing both preshrunk/heat set and Teflon®-treated tapesBally Ribbon Mills (BRM), an industry leader in the design, development, and manufacture of highly specialized engineered woven fabrics, announces the availability of nylon cure-tape for rubber hose and roller cover applications. The tapes are being manufactured in both preshrunk/heat set and Teflon-treated versions. BRM offers both plain and twill weave cure-tapes in three styles: 210 denier warp/plain weave is available in 1-inch, 1.5”-inch, 2-inch, 2.75-inch, 3-inch, 3.5-inch, 4-inch and 6-inch sizes; 210 denier warp/twill weave is offered in 3-inch widths; and 420 denier warp/210 denier filling can be provided in 3-inch widths.