Products and End Markets

Engineered Yarns' products are linear composite materials based on man-made fiber substrates, usually treated with polymeric systems to enhance functional properties. Product end-markets include: electrical equipment, paper machine clothing, transportation, telecommunications, aircraft and composite industries.

Manufacturing Methods

State-of-the-art, unique manufacturing methods utilized by Engineered Yarns for the development of final products include:

Helical wrapping or serving Cross-head extrusion coating Custom monofilament extrusion Chemical impregnation Hot-melt adehsive coating

Whatever your end product has to endure, and wherever it has to operate, our engineering can increase its reliability.

Materials Selection Engineered Yarns' wide selection of materials assures that the most appropriate substrate and solution or coating will be readily available for the manufacturing of each customer's particular product. As an ecologically-minded company, Engineered Yarns relies on environmentally-friendly technologies for their production processes.		Textilur® extrusion coated yarns for industrial applications. The combination of a high tenacity,multifilament core yarn and selected polymer coatings enables EY to custom engineer yarns to meet the application requirements.
Man Made Fiber Selections Include: Nylon Polyester Aramid High Molecular Weight Polyethylene Fiberglass Carbon	Aqueous Polymer Systems Used for Impregnation Include: Urethane Acrylic Epoxy Fluorocarbons Nylon
Polymer Systems Used for Hot Melt and Extrusion Include: Polyester Elastomer Nylon Polypropylene EVA Polyvinylidene Fluoride Ionomer Thermoplastic Urethane

End Markets

Engineered Yarns' customers share a common philosophy - there is no substitute for excellence at the first step of the manufacturing process. Our major products and end markets include: Textilur® - Extrusion Coated Yarns - for electrical harness braids used primarily in the industrial and military transportation and heavy equipment markets. Paper Machine Clothing Yarns - multicomponent wrapped and chemically treated yarns for press and dryer felts. Also, extrusion coated monofilament and multifilament constructions. Hot Melt Adhesive Coated Yarns & Monofilaments - for stabilization of composite preforms and packaging applications. Adpro® Yarns - specially treated to promote fiber adhesion to rubber and plastic compounds, such as hoses, mechanical rubber goods and composites. Custom-engineered and Treated Yarns - typically used in component parts in the marine and airframe industry, aircraft engines, safety equipment, ropes, wire and cables, filtration, gaskets and packings. The success of our customers' end product rests on solid ground - the correctly engineered yarn, developed, manufactured and tested to meet their specifications. At Engineered Yarns, we are constantly aware of our responsibility to provide you with a product to which you can trust your reputation.

Textilur® for electrical harnesses. Hot melt yarn stabilized fabrics (illustrated in green) for composite preforms.