Standard Fibres

Precision short cut fibers for Batteries

Polymeric fibres have been used within Lead Acid Battery (including EFB, AGM, Wet, Gel) Plates as a physical reinforcement of the plate. This is an important component which makes a significant impact on the performance; by reinforcing the plates, improving strength and rigidity to help combat severe road conditions and prevent plate failure via dislocation of the active material from the grid. Following testing involving vigorous vibration of the plates, mimicking general use, the kind of vibration the battery and the plates may be subjected to during normal road conditions & then dropped from a height; to simulate potential impact; e.g. pothole, collision, etc. We can then quantify the level of paste that is dislocated. In these tests, plates without fibre were shown to lose an average of 35% of their active material, whereas plates reinforced with Goonvean Fibres? standard polymeric fibres lost less than 1%. Providing an essential level of support to the functionality and performance of the battery of the battery. Key to this high level of paste retention is the high accuracy of cut and absence of any fusion (0%) of the fibres which can score the plates or give rise to uneven dispersion and therefore weak areas.