Faroex Ltd is a recognized innovator in the pultrusion industry, pioneering the long lineal capabilities we take for granted today.

We currently operate six pultrusion machines ranging from 12” to 48“capacity.

Pultrusion is a composite processing technology with a high degree of dimensional control. Fiberglass reinforcement - organized by a series of guide plates and feeder tubes – is pulled through a bath of promoted resin and into the mouth of a heated steel die. The die is usually A20 tool steel that has been machined, hardened, and chrome-plated, to create a linear cavity that is identical to the desired profile. The resin-soaked reinforcement catalyzes and cures as it passes through its 40” length. The resulting profile is rigid, and can incorporate a wide range of reinforcement including cores.

With its innovative RF curing technology, Faroex can pultrude profiles >50mm in thickness with 75% glass fraction. The firm also has the capability of pultruding carbon fibre and epoxy resins.

Typical applications for pultrusions range from utilitarian, high strength track bars to cosmetic side body panels for transit vehicles.
Other applications include:

• replacement of extruded aluminum, for cost & corrosion
• wind turbine blade reinforcement
• transit & coach parts and assemblies
• parcel rack shells and heat ducts
• interior transit ad frames, speaker panels, lighting, & finish elements
• exterior impact & corrosion-and-leak-proof side panels and roof coves

Benefits of using pultrusion technology:

• cheaper than aluminum for complex profiles with >.125” nominal thickness
• higher dimensional tolerances than aluminum extrusion
• high strength-to-weight ratio
• very high tensile strength in long dimension
• good compressive strength
• variable flexural modulus
• impact resistant
• very low coefficient of thermal expansion

For more information about pultrusion, call or e-mail our technical sales representative and request Faroex’s “Pultrusion Technology Primer” – it’s everything you’ll need to know to get started on your pultrusion design project!