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Properties of Fabric Styles:

Style LS
Style HS
Style MS
Style S
Style SS

English System

North America
Latin America
Europe
Australia
New Zealand
Asia

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TYPICAL PHYSICAL PROPERTIES (Metric)

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, g/m2		42	36	31	24	18
Thickness, microns		208	198	160	130	106
Grab Tensile, N	MD CD	190 174	138 156	125 142	104 102	67 76
Elongation, %	MD CD	20 20	20 20	20 20	20 20	23 23
Trapezoid Tear, N	MD CD	62 71	40 67	36 62	27 49	22 36

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, meters		2.87	3.2
Basis Weight, gsm		42	39
Thickness, microns		208	208
Strand Count/5 cm	MD CD	17 14	17 14
Strip Tensile, N/5 cm	MD CD	280 254	271 254
5 cm Strip 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, meters		2.2	2.2	2.5	2.87	3.2
Basis Weight, gsm		33.5	33.5	35	35	33
Thickness, microns		198	198	198	198	198
Strand Count/5 cm	MD CD	19 13	19 13	17 14	15 13	13 14
Strip Tensile, N/5 cm	MD CD	249 200	249 200	218 258	211 236	196 258
5 cm Strip Tensile Elongation, %	MD CD	35 29	35 29	29 29	30 30	27 31

STYLE MS		MS	MS
Color		9 Colors	9 Colors
Width, meters		2.2	2.87
Basis Weight, gsm		31	30
Thickness, mils		160	160
Strand Count/5 cm	MD	12	16
Strip Tensile, N/5 cm	MD CD	209 205	173 222

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, meters		2.87	3.2
Basis Weight, gsm		24	24
Thickness, microns		130	130
Strand Count/5 cm	MD	16	14
Strip Tensile, N/5 cm	MD CD	153 156	169 169

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, meters		2.2	2.5	2.8
Basis Weight, gsm		18	16	18
Thickness, microns		107	107	107
Strand Count/5 cm	MD CD	11 13.5	10 13.5	9 13.5
Grab Tensile, N	MD CD	67 76	57 73
Elongation, %	MD CD	20 24	21 24
Trapezoid Tear, N	MD CD	23 19	37 32

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