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Properties of Fabric Styles:

Style LS
Style HS
Style MS
Style S
Style SS

Metric System

North America
Latin America
Europe
Australia
New Zealand
Asia

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TYPICAL PHYSICAL PROPERTIES (English)

Click on any style or scroll down for more details, including strip tensile strength, widths and colors.

STYLE		LS	HS	MS	S	SS
Basis Weight, osy		1.25	1.03	.91	.71	.53
Weight, lbs/msf		8.68	7.15	6.32	4.93	3.68
Thickness, mils		8.2	7.8	6.3	5.1	4.2
Grab Tensile, lbs	MD CD	43 39	31 35	28 32	23 23	15 17
Elongation, %	MD CD	20 20	20 20	20 20	20 20	23 23
Trapezoid Tear, lbs	MD CD	14 16	9.0 15	8.0 14	6.0 8.0	5.0 8.0

Test Methods:

Basis Weight
Thickness
Grab Tensile
Elongation
Trapezoid Tear

ASTM D3776
ASTM D1777
ASTM D5034
ASTM D5034
ASTM D5733

STYLE LS		LS 9215	LS 9217
Color		Natural	Natural
Width, inches		113	126
Basis Weight, osy		1.24	1.15
Weight, lbs/msf		8.68	8.05
Thickness, mils		8.2	8.2
Strand Count/2 inch	MD CD	17 14	17 14
2 Inch Tensile, lbs	MD CD	63 57	61 57
2 Inch Tensile Elongation, %	MD CD	30 27	30 27

Style LS is our highest weight, strongest CLAF^® fabric, but it also heat seals at low temperatures and thermally bonds easily to:

polyethylene and polypropylene films
nonwovens
synthetic paper

STYLE HS		HS 1303	HS 9344	HS 1302	HS 1310	HS 9337
Color		Natural	Red	Natural	Natural	Natural
Width, inches		86	86	98	113	126
Basis Weight, osy		0.99	0.99	1.03	1.03	0.97
Weight, lbs/msf		6.88	6.88	7.15	7.15	6.74
Thickness, mils		7.8	7.8	7.8	7.8	7.8
Strand Count/2 inch	MD CD	19 13	19 13	17 14	15 13	13 14
2 Inch Tensile, lbs	MD CD	56 45	56 45	49 58	48 53	44 58
2 Inch Tensile Elongation, %	MD CD	35 29	35 29	29 29	30 30	27 31

STYLE MS		MS	MS
Color		9 Colors	9 Colors
Width, inches		98	113
Basis Weight, osy		0.88	0.91
Weight,lbs/msf		6.16	6.37
Thickness, mils		6.3	6.3
Strand Count/2 inch	MD	12	16
2 Inch Tensile, lbs	MD CD	39 50	47 46

Styles S and MS CLAF^® fabrics are available in ten colors suitable for US and European food packaging applications.

STYLE S		S	S 8520
Color		9 Colors	Natural
Width, inches		113	126
Basis Weight,osy		0.71	0.71
Weight, lbs/msf		4.93	4.93
Thickness, mils		5.1	5.1
Strand Count/2 inch	MD	16	14
2 Inch Tensile, lbs	MD CD	34 35	38 38

CLAF^® fabric styles S and MS process easily on tubing and form/fill/seal equipment. It's a mesh that processes like a film!

STYLE SS		SS 1603	SS 1602	SS 1601
Color		Natural	Natural	Natural
Width, inches		86	98	110
Basis Weight, osy		0.53	0.47	0.53
Weight, lbs/msf		3.68	3.26	3.68
Thickness, mils		4.2	4.2	4.2
Strand Count/2 inch	MD CD	11 13.5	10 13.5	9 13.5
Grab Tensile,lbs	MD CD	15 17	12.8 16.4
Elongation, %	MD CD	20 24	21 24
Trapezoid Tear, lbs	MD CD	5.1 8.4	4.3 7.3

CLAF^® fabric style SS has excellent extrusion lamination and extrusion coating properties. Adds strength and tear resistance to papers, films and foils.