New Kevlar®AP for Advanced Performance
DuPont™ Kevlar® AP is a next-generation fiber that offers advanced performance, value, and increased design flexibility in many applications.
Kevlar® brand fiber is well known for its excellent strength, exceptional quality, proven performance, and light weight — and now it offers advanced performance.Over the years, it has earned a worldwide reputation for helping to dramatically improve the performance of a wide variety of consumer and industrial products.
Now, our scientists have developed the next generation of advanced fiber technology. DuPont™ Kevlar® AP (Advanced Performance Technology) offers even more advantages than the standard DuPont™ Kevlar® product, including enhanced performance, improved cost-effectiveness, and increased design flexibility, to build leaner, more robust products.
DuPont™ Kevlar® K29 AP and Kevlar® K49 AP are the first of these next-generation fibers to become commercially available.
Featured
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High Performing Fibre Optic Cables with Kevlar®
DuPont™ Kevlar® K29 AP and Kevlar® K49 AP fibre reinforcement help provide improved flexibility in the design and manufacturing of fibre optic cables.
Product Data Sheets
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CASE STUDIES
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Offshore Rig Evacuation Chutes
Viking Life-Saving Equipment is committed to safety at sea and goes to extraordinary lengths to protect customers from offshore danger. Find out how Viking uses DuPont™ Kevlar® and DuPont™ Nomex® fibre in offshore-rig evacuation chutes.
INFORMATION & IDEAS
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Increasing Kevlar® Production
The new plant near Charleston, South Carolina, together with our other global assets, helps DuPont meet strong and growing global demand for Kevlar®.
USES AND APPLICATIONS
Ropes & Cables
Automotive Components
Automotive Hoses
Belts Made of DuPont™ Kevlar®
Aerospace, Marine, & Rail
Kevlar® for stronger Brake Pads, Clutches and Gaskets
Marine Composites
Kevlar® for Oil & Gas Applications
Fiber Optics
Honeycomb Core Technology – Aerospace & Marine
Sporting Goods Apparel & Accessories