Swift Makes Lightweight Canoes Built with TeXtreme

Canadian canoe manufacturer, Swift Canes & Kayaks, released a version of their Keewaydin 16 model, featuring TeXtreme Spread Tow carbon fabrics, in 2014, and are introducing their Prospector 16 model built with a TeXtreme hybrid fabric made of co-mingled carbon fibre and Innegra tapes at Toronto, Canada Boat Show this week.

“Advancements in carbon fibre technology are changing the way we design products. It has changed the approach of the automotive, sailing, hockey, cycling, and aerospace worlds, to name a few, and its effect on the paddle sports industry is growing exponentially. Using TeXtreme creates an ultra-lightweight canoe that’s got an unmatched strength to weight ratio. Using our signature resin infusion process, the TeXtreme cloth generates a unique pattern on the hull that’s coupled with increased abrasion resistance compared to our standard carbon cloth. If you want a canoe that’s as strong as it is light, there’s nothing out there like TeXtreme,” says Bill Swift, President of Swift Canoe & Kayak.

Oxeon explains, TeXtreme Spread Tow carbon fibre reinforcements are used in applications and products requiring weight savings, improved strength and stiffness. In general customers using TeXtreme achieves weight savings of about 20-30% on the finished composite parts, compared to when using conventional carbon fibre reinforcements.

Photo provided by Oxeon.

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For more information visit:

• http://www.textreme.com

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