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The Ultrex Difference

The Ultrex Difference. Ultrex: Built to Perform. What is it? Thin, strong cables of glass are saturated with specially compounded resins A composite material = fiberglass. Ultrex as a Composite Material.

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The Ultrex Difference

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  1. The Ultrex Difference

  2. Ultrex: Built to Perform • What is it? • Thin, strong cables of glass are saturated with specially compounded resins • A composite material = fiberglass

  3. Ultrex as a Composite Material • Composite materials are produced in fiber form, reducing surface flaws • Materials work together as a composite to provide unique properties that are typically superior to individual materials in isolation • Continuous fibers are used, which yield higher performance properties • Ultrex is fiberglass

  4. Why Does Integrity Use a Composite Material? • Designed to produce specific attributes or properties and meet specific requirements • Provide superior performance properties

  5. Why Fiberglass? It’s benefits: • Strength • High strength to weight ratio • High tensile strength • High impact strength • Dimensional stability • Low Coefficient of Thermal Expansion (CTE)

  6. Ultrex as Pultruded Fiberglass What is it? • The manufacturing process for producing continuous lengths of reinforced fiberglass shapes with constant cross sections

  7. A Typical Pultrusion Process

  8. Key Pultruded Fiberglass Process Benefit Produces a thermoset vs. a thermoplastic (PVC/Vinyl) material Ultrex Vinyl

  9. Key Benefits of Ultrex • Strength • Dimensional stability • Durability • Low maintenance • Thermal efficiency • Environmentally friendly

  10. Ultrex’s Strength *Performance characteristics based on data on Ultrex, a pultruded fiberglass material used in Integrity from Marvin

  11. Dimensionally Stable Graph illustrates expansion values in In/In/degreesFx10-5 *Performance characteristics based on data on Ultrex, a pultruded fiberglass material used in Integrity from Marvin

  12. Durable & Low Maintenance for years to come Vinyl can show its age after exposure to the elements

  13. The Finish – Durable & Low Maintenance for years to come AAMA 305-2000 Voluntary Specification for Fiberglass Reinforced Thermoset Profiles AAMA 613-97 Organic Coatings on Plastic Profiles AAMA 614-02 High Performance Organic Coatings on Plastic Profiles AAMA 615-02 Superior Performing Organic Coatings on Plastic Profiles

  14. Thermally-Efficient *Performance characteristics based on data on Ultrex used in Integrity from Marvin Windows and Doors

  15. Environmentally-Friendly • High mineral content • The pultrusion process and fiberglass ravings and mats require less energy than PVC and aluminum • Lower emissions • Reduce the consumption of natural resources

  16. Why Use Ultrex? • Provide superior performance properties • Outperforms and outlasts vinyl or roll-form aluminum • Expands at the same rate as glass, so it resists stress fractures and seal failures • Won’t discolor, warp, crack, corrode, dent, chalk, rust or fade, and remains virtually maintenance-free for years to come.

  17. Summary • Ultrex has predictable and superior performance characteristics over other materials • Fiberglass is a composite material that is a continuous fiber bonded with a resin • Pultrusion is the process of manufacturing fiberglass • Creates a thermoset vs. thermoplastic material

  18. Summary • Ultrex is the perfect material for products like windows and doors: • Strength • Dimensional stability • Durable and low maintenance • Thermally-efficient • Environmentally- friendly

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