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UniGrid™ Carbon/Carbon Composite Modular Fixture System > The heart of the system

       

The heart of the system

Carbon / carbon composites are made entirely of carbon, one of the most
common chemical elements on earth. This ecologically friendly
material will not creep and distort like metallic grids, because
carbon / carbon composites gain both strength and stiffness with
increasing temperature.

Schunk’s unique single strand construction permits fiber orientation
only in the load-bearing directions. This method provides great strength
but also great economy because no raw materials are wasted in
manufacturing or fabrication.

Each standard 24" x 36" x 0.4" (610 x 910 x 10 mm) UniGrid™ composite
grid weighs less than 7 lbs. (3 Kg.).

With such light weight and low thermal mass, you can use your energy to
heat parts, rather than grids. With 150 different locations for legs and
thousands of possible support combinations, each UniGrid™ composite
grid allows you the greatest flexibility for load support.
You know your business best, so you decide where the legs should be located.