VALMEX smart

VALMEX smart

VALMEX smart

Product catalog summary
Introduction
VALMEX® smart coated technical textiles are designed for innovative applications in tensile architecture. Mehler Texnologies, with 60 years of experience, offers products that comply with stringent EU directives, ensuring all components are REACH compliant.

Product Specifications
The VALMEX® SHADOW series includes three types of fabrics: Type I (700 g/m²), Type II (900 g/m²), and Type III (1050 g/m²). All types feature a PVDF tempered lacquer finish on one side, providing protection against microbial and fungal attacks and UV exposure. The base fabric is made of PES, with varying yarn counts and weaves.

Performance Characteristics
  • Tensile Strength: Ranges from 3000 N/50 mm to 5700 N/50 mm depending on the type.
  • Tear Strength: Ranges from 300 N to 900 N.
  • Adhesion: Consistent at 25 N/cm across all types.
  • Temperature Resistance: Cold resistance down to -30°C and high temperature resistance up to +70°C.
  • Light Fastness: Value greater than 6.
  • Crack Resistance: No cracks after 100,000 foldings.
  • Burning Behaviour: Flame retardant as per DIN 4102 B1.


Sustainability and Recycling
Mehler Texnologies emphasizes sustainability, with all fabrics being 100% recyclable. The company participates in external recycling systems and the VinylPlus initiative, demonstrating a commitment to environmental responsibility.

Additional Resources
Mehler TensileDraw is a free software for 3D model design, compatible with AutoCAD® and RHINO®. A technical guideline for permanent structures is available, providing insights into textile architecture.

Conclusion
Mehler Texnologies invites collaboration and offers extensive support for projects involving technical textiles, ensuring high-quality, sustainable solutions.
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Catalog excerpts

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We would like you to enjoy the benefits. architecture applications. 60 years of experience in Please expect more from us and get in touch with one of the textile industry have shaped a huge knowledgebase with an incommensurable know-how advantage. VALMEX smart Mehler Texnologies is your reliable partner for tensile Let us assist you with your next project. ...More Assistance! Mehler TensileDraw is a free plug-in software package for 3D model design, which is fully AutoCAD® and RHINO® ...More Guidance! If you are new to the sector, Mehler Texnologies would like to offer you a warm welcome to the world of textile architecture. That‘s why we have authored a technical guideline to permanent structures in cooperation with the IMS Institute of Germany. If you have always wondered just how inspiring, limitless and unique textile architecture can be, this guide will provide you with valuable insights. ...More Sustainability! New fabric Carrying post-consumer-waste Manufacturing technical textiles EPCoat collects post-consumer-waste Extrusion Registration, Evaluation and Authorisation of Chemicals Mehler Texnologies strictly selects all product components Mehler Texnologies is in an ongoing process to enhance in conjunction with the most stringent EU directives and is their sustainability performance. One crucial factor is that fulfilling them as a pioneer in this industry. all our fabrics are 100% recyclable due to an exact tracing Coated Technical Textiles The global Partner for Your innovative applications Eco-care is our process for guiding our handling of energy Mehler Texnologies honour the commitment to environ- and resources, the use of environmentally sustainable mental responsibility and sustainability by participating components, and our activities in the area of recycling in external recycling systems and the „voluntary commit- coated fabrics. ment of the PVC industry“ VinylPlus. Mehler - Expect More... ...More Experiences!

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SHADOW FR 700 SHADOW FR 900 SHADOW FR 1050 Type I Measurement Methods/ Classifications Material Composition Type of coating PVDF tempered lacquer on top side, protected against microbal and fungal attack, UV-protected PVDF tempered lacquer on top side, protected against microbal and fungal attack, UV-protected PVDF tempered lacquer on top side, protected against microbal and fungal attack, UV-protected Base fabric Total weight Yarn count Base fabric Weave Cold resistance. High Temperature Note, Value Crack resistance Burning behaviour Light fastness Flame Retardent Flame Retardent Flame Retardent...

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