Mast Carbon Advanced Products is now the exclusive UK manufacturer of the C-tex brand of activated carbon textiles for use in medical devices and a wide range of other filtration applications.
Mast Carbon Advanced Products, a developer of activated carbon products, is now the exclusive UK manufacturer of the C-tex brand of activated carbon textiles for use in medical devices and a wide range of other filtration applications.
C-tex activated carbon textiles feature an extensive pore structure, ensuring they are extremely versatile in the adsorption of most organic species from vapour and solution, says the company.
Standard grades of C-tex are manufactured from knitted, woven or felted viscose rayon through a high temperature carbonisation and activation process.
C-tex is composed entirely of activated carbon filaments in a textile form, resulting in an activated carbon content of 100% - making C-tex 70% more adsorptive (weight for weight) than its carbon-loaded textile rivals, says the firm.
"C-tex offers great advantages over granules and powders in many applications," said Andy Blackburn, managing director of Mast Carbon Advanced Products.
"The C-tex matrix improves adsorption rates, ensuring less product is required to equal granular performance".
"In the majority of applications, this results in smaller and lighter adsorption equipment, bringing cost-savings and significant performance benefits for the OEM and the end-user".
Numerous types and grades of C-tex can be mass-produced to suit different application requirements at Mast's production facility in Plymouth, UK, with laminating, cutting and converting facilities also available.
In addition to manufacturing standard and bespoke activated carbon textiles, the company also provide extensive services in design, consultancy, product and applications development to research and industry.
