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Free Form Fibers has developed and refined the CVD process.
Our process efficiently converts chemical precursors (usually in gas form) directly into continuous filaments of nearly any
material having a CVD precursor. Because this process is free-form, impurities are eliminated and the filaments have no
dissimilar material core substrate. With short development cycles, new high-performance fiber materials can be produced
specifically for your application, resulting in quicker market entry.
Benefits of this process include:
- Filaments can be produced up to 20 times faster than existing processes
- Filaments can be produced using less energy and creating less pollution
- Platform process reduces development time
- The FFF process makes new filament materials with superior performance characteristics possible for the first time
- Coatings of different materials can be applied
- Material composition and fiber diameters can be changed “on the fly” to allow transitioning from one material to another, or to produce other variations in product specifications such as crystal size
- Fiber diameters between 10 and 300 microns
Free Form Fibers maintains reactors dedicated to the production of glassy carbon, boron carbide (B4C) and silicon
carbide (SiC) fibers for use in wear-resistant and high-temperature applications. For a list of other fiber materials capable
of being produced by this process please view our Materials Table.
Single crystal tungsten filaments used in scientific instruments can be produced using Free Form Fibers' process at a fraction of the cost of other processes
Free Form Fibers' process features new materials never before available such as this 100 micron tungsten carbide filament
Tungsten Carbide filament fracture surface and cross section with hardness tests. Free Form Fibers' Tungsten Carbide filaments exhibit extreme hardness properties never before achieved with Tungsten Carbide.
