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posted on 30/3/09 at 08:44 AM Reply With Quote
Who\'s heard of Basalt fibre?

The fibre is made from basalt rock which is crushed and then melted at temperatures of 1500°C. The extracted fibres are then transformed into a tube using the same technology as used to the Gitzo Carbon 6X tube. In fact, basalt tube shares many of the features of carbon fibre, like high thermal and dimensional stability, as well as being much lower in weight than aluminium - roughly 20%.





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posted on 30/3/09 at 08:56 AM Reply With Quote
Yes.... I have.... natural product, excellent fire-proof properties......

Brilliant use of Basalt IMHO......

Basalt is the molten rock that erupts from an active volcano

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Isn't it supposed to be really good in silencers?

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I suspect it's what the turbo insulating thing being shown in PPC is made from. Quite why you'ld want to make a tripod out if it I'm not so sure!!!
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I suspect it's what the turbo insulating thing being shown in PPC is made from. Quite why you'ld want to make a tripod out if it I'm not so sure!!!


Tripod will be steady as a rock?

presumably its strength to weight ratio is better than aluminium without costing as much as carbon fibre?





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I had never heard of it, so I did a quick google search.

Apparently it was only declassified in 1996!



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If its light and cheaper than CF, why isn;t it used more in motorsport etc?
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