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Nomex: Keeping People and Equipment Safe
Nomex® is a meta-aramid fiber and is known for its exceptional heat resistance and strong mechanical properties. Its unique combination of features makes it a versatile material with a wide range of applications across diverse industries.
Ensuring Safety in High-Temperature Environments:
When you think fire safety, you think Nomex®. The ability of Nomex® to withstand extreme temperatures and flames makes it the ideal choice for firefighters, military personnel, race car drivers, and industrial workers facing heat and flash fire hazards.
Furthermore, the garments made from Nomex® offer excellent protection while maintaining breathability and comfort, hence allowing individuals to perform their duties not just safely, but also effectively.
Efficient Insulation for Enhanced Safety:
Whilst Nomex’s® fire-resistant qualities are well-known, it’s also a very good electrical insulator. This makes it a perfect item to be used in electrical equipment where insulation is required between the various parts of an electrical device. In these applications, Nomex® is typically used in the form of paper sheets and boards.
The high dielectric strength of Nomex® allows it to withstand extreme voltages without a breakdown. This makes it a perfect item for high voltage AC and DC motors, generators, transformers, and chokes.
Reinforcing Structures with Durability and Safety:
Nomex® paper plays a crucial role in creating fireproof honeycomb structures. When saturated with a phenolic resin, these honeycomb structures become incredibly strong and lightweight, and hence are ideal for use in aircraft, military equipment, marine vessels, sporting goods, and even automobiles. Their excellent heat resistance, combined with their strength and durability, make them a valuable asset in various industries.
Safe Power Distribution:
In power transformers, it is oil impregnated Nomex® paper which serves as a vital insulator between live conductive components. This then guarantees the secure and efficient functioning of transformers.
Nomex’s® diverse applications showcase its indispensable role in protecting people, equipment, and infrastructure from the dangers of heat and fire.
Hatim Dielectrics is an authorized distributor of Du Pont’s™ Nomex® Papers. The company also supplies its products to various OEMs in India and abroad.
Nomex® is a registered trademark of DuPont™