Defence
In the defence sector, Zorflex is used where protection to a wide range of chemical, biological or nuclear agents is required, for instance, in protective clothing, filters and decontamination wipes. Zorflex offers the most effective protection on the market today with low physiological burden at low carbon weights. Zorflex activated carbon cloth can be used in the following defence applicatons:
– CBRN protective clothing
– First responder
– Escape masks
– CBRN filtration media
– Decontamination wipes
– Missile decoy media
– Medical countermeasures
– Electrodes and super capacitors
Zorflex uses the latest cutting edge filter technology for clothing compared to other materials such as embedded carbon, carbon fixed to support media or membrane technologies which, in comparison to Zorflex, can be uncomfortable and less effective. 
Zorflex can be custom-made specifically for the NBC clothing market so that it is:
– Sweat resistant (so suitable for hot/desert environments)
– Repellent against liquid agent
– Flame retardant
– Antimicrobial
– Lightweight
– Breathable
– Extremely comfortable
Zorflex can be treated so that human sweat does not interfere with its performance and provides protection against liquid agent unlike other forms of carbon cloth. The cloth can also be laminated to other materials to provide a composite which is fire retardant. Zorflex can also be used in CBRN protective filters offering protection at faster airflow rates and when used as CBRN decontamination wipes the cloth offers scratch free and liquid free cleaning ideal for glass and sensitive equipment. The wipes also prevent spreading or off-gassing of harmful agents making them easier to dispose of.
Further examples of the use of Zorflex in the defence market include medical wound dressings for military use and missile decoy due to the thermal heat properties of the carbon cloth.
High demand for Zorflex by the defence clothing market, coupled with our commitment to provide the world’s highest quality CBRN material, has led Chemviron Carbon Cloth Division to significantly boost capacity. The Company has invested in additional equipment in the Durham, UK facility to enable the production of 1.5m-wide cloth specifically for the defence clothing market.
Chemviron Carbon and it's Cloth Division are members of CBRN UK the UK industry's Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear Defence Special Interest Group. Click on the CBRN UK logo below for more information.
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- Medical
- Defence
- Industrial
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