Product Properties and Applications
Ropes and Cables
Sonobuoy Cables	Seismic/Magnetometer Tow Cables
Sidescan Sonar Cables	Towed ASW Sensor Systems
Thermistor Cables and Strings	Aircraft Geophysical Tow Cables
Drill Hole Logging Cables	Pumped Water Sampler Cables
Environmental Ocean Sensors	Aerial Camera Tethers
Fishing System Sensors	Divers Comm/Strength Members
Air Tow Cables (Countermeasures)	Array Cables
Subsea Mooring Lines	Balloon Tethers
Parachute Cords	Taglines-River/Canyon
Helicopter Sling Legs	Aircraft Target Tow Cables
Astronaut Safety Tethers	Center Core Strength Members
Pull Through Cables	Ship Handling Cables
Helicopter Rescue Hoist Cables	Choker/Snatch Cables
Fish Net Trawl Ropes	Stainless Wire Replacement
Optical Fiber Tension Members	Deep Sea Winch Systems
Aircraft Cable	Deck Pendants
Robotic Cables	Automotive Cables


Industrial/Military/Aerospace
Cut Resistant Gloves	Fragmentation Fabric
Prison Industry Garments	Oil Well Tension Members
Chain Saw Chaps	Heat Resistant Belting
High Pressure Inflatables	Tape Reinforcement
Abrasion Resistant Baggage	Chemically Resistant Packings
Chemically Resistant Gaskets	Nonwovens
Adhesive Reinforcement	Speaker Cones
Voice Coil Wraps	Geotextiles
Filtration Applications	Cut Resistant Clothing
Concrete Reinforcement	Pressure Vessels
Electronic Reinforcement	Sewing Thread
Radome Composites	Aerostats
Dirigibles	Airbeams
Pneumatic Muscles	Cryogenic Applications
Specialized Value Composites


Sporting Goods
Sailcloth	Mountaineering Ropes
Skis and Snowboards	Fishing Pole Reinforcement
Bow Strings	Bicycle Components
Reinforced Hulls	Golf Clubs
Tennis Racquets and Strings	Mainstays
Backstays	Running Rigging
Standing Rigging	Fishing Line
Hockey Sticks

Product Properties and Applications

Ropes and Cables

Ropes and Cables Demand a Balance of Outstanding Properties

Vectran HT is solving performance problems in critical marine, military, and industrial rope and cable applications. High strength with no creep allows manufacture of high performance ropes that are stable to extended loads. Superior abrasion resistance, excellent moisture resistance, and exceptional property retention over broad ranges of temperature and chemical environments, provide solutions to industrial wear and degradation problems experienced with existing fiber products. Vectran HT is an outstanding candidate for replacement of steel and stainless steel constructions.

Industrial/Military/Aerospace

The first use of Vectran fiber was for demanding and specialized military applications. The unique properties of this high-performance fiber satisfy many of the military and aerospace needs of today. In fact, the airbags above made with Vectran fiber successfully cushioned the 1997 Mars Pathfinder landing on the surface of Mars. The success of the landing has led to the selection of this same technology using Vectran fiber for two additional rover landings in 2004. A stellarstrength fiber,Vectran offers exceptional flex fatigue resistance, providing superior load handling characteristics for tow ropes, cargo tie-downs and inflatables.

Sporting Goods

Recreation and Leisure

Vectran fibers are an excellent option for recreation and leisure products such as sailcloth, reinforced hulls, fishing poles and lines, golf clubs, bicycle forks, skis, tennis racquets, snowboards, and paragliders. Performance is critical in many specialty sporting goods applications. Of particular importance are the unique vibration damping characteristics of Vectran fiber combined with high strength, minimal moisture absorption and excellent flex/fold/abrasion/impact resistance.

Archers have benefited from bow strings made with Vectran fiber. Offering archers a high-performance option with no measurable creep, Vectran fiber has solved problems associated with string relaxation.