DuPont has worked closely with Airbus to help them provide lightweight, composite materials like honeycombs made of Nomex® and Kevlar®, which are used in the Airbus A380 to help increase airplane fuel efficiency and reduce aviation emissions. Watch a video about French engineer Nadege Louerat who helped build one of the biggest airplanes in the world. For more information about honeycomb core technology in aerospace, please click here.
DuPont™ Nomex® and Kevlar® Used in Lightweight Aircraft
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Kevlar® Engineered Elastomer
Kevlar® Engineered Elastomer helps improve resistance and reduce tears in tires, belts, and other automotive, industrial, and consumer materials. Learn how this highly branched para-aramid pulp, based upon a proprietary technology helps allow uniform dispersion in rubber formulations and efficient reinforcement for improved performance.
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Kevlar® Aramid Pulp
DuPont™ Kevlar® aramid pulps are highly fibrillated chopped fibers that can be used as specialty additives in automotive brake pads, gaskets, and automatic transmission papers, and as a viscosity control additive for adhesives and sealants. Learn how Kevlar® aramid pulp helps enhance performance through high temperature reinforcement and viscosity control.
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Kevlar® Fibers
DuPont™ Kevlar® fibers are used to help provide strength, flexibility, and lightweight protection in everything from yarns and woven ballistic fabrics to ropes and apparel.
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Kevlar® AP
Kevlar® AP for Advanced Performance dramatically improves cost-effectiveness and design flexibility to help manufacturers build leaner, more robust consumer and industrial products. Discover the benefits of this next-generation fiber that builds on the excellent strength, exceptional quality, proven performance, and lightweight qualities of Kevlar® brand fiber.
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Nomex® KD Spunlaced Technology
DuPont™ Nomex® KD spunlaced product is an innovative filter media made of DuPont™ Nomex® and DuPont™ Kevlar® brand fibres. It helps provide higher filtration performances, improves reliability at lower operating and material cost.
