Auxetic protection from high psi failures and
explosive events

ADVANCED FABRIC TECHNOLOGIES INDUSTRIAL BLAST CURTAINS

ADVANCED FABRIC TECHNOLOGY BLAST CURTAINS ARE FULLY ENGINEERED SYSTEMS FOR BOTH ONSHORE AND OFFSHORE INDUSTRIES WHILE PROTECTING PERSONNEL AND ASSETS FROM POSSIBLE MANIFOLD RELEASE OF 15,000-25,000 PSI.

WE ALSO PROVIDE TIME AND HUGE COST SAVINGS ALL OUTLINED IN THE LINK BELOW:

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XTEGRA BLAST CURTAINS

PROVIDING BLAST MITIGATION SAFETY ON OFFSHORE INSTALLATIONS WORLDWIDE

Xtegra Safety Blast Curtains save time and money when carrying out pressure testing for API Standard 53 - 4th Edition, Blowout Prevention Equipment Systems for drilling wells. The blast curtain wraps around the choke and kill cement and standpipe manifolds so that operators can carry on working during pressure testing, which is required every 14 or 21 days, dependent on geographical location requirements.

Advanced Fabric Technology blast curtains can proudly protect oil well services, oil operators, oil field services, offshore installations, oil refineries, and industrial plants. Advanced Fabric Technologies blast mitigation offers lightweight safety solutions in austere environments and rough conditions.

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Addition of curtain has provided increased protection of personnel during high-pressure testing by isolating the equipment during the tests
Protection of drill floor area has permitted simultaneous productive operations (tripping pipe) and allows the pressure testing of the Manifolds offline
An average cost saving of $170,000 (£117,000.00) per pressure test on the RGV across the 6 first BOP tests, giving a potential saving of $1.2 million (£900,000.00) on the current well (WFD) that could be realized, assuming 8 tests- Figures from TOTAL E&P

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ADVANCED FABRIC TECHNOLOGIES INDUSTRIAL BLAST CURTAINS

Advanced Fabric Technologies (AFT) is a textile engineering and manufacturing company with a focus on auxetic solutions for material systems. The company has extensive experience developing techniques and manufacturing processes for the fabrication of auxetics that offer better strength and energy absorption than conventional materials.

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AFT provides complete product development from understanding and prioritizing customers’ requirements; developing numerical and analytical models to allow rapid evaluation and optimization of the most cost-effective design; prototype development and testing to prove the suitability of the design; and full-scale production.

AFT’s high-traction senior staff has decades of research and product development experience. The company has provided engineering solutions for the leaders in the Oil and Gas industry.

Auxetic materials, including auxetic yarns, are characterized by their negative Poisson’s Ratio. Unlike conventional materials, when stretched, auxetic materials become thicker in the direction perpendicular to the strain. Weaving wrapped fibers with composites creates fabric that thickens and strengthens when hit by explosive forces.

Auxetic yarns, when combined with other yarns and fibers, can be tailored to provide high-strength, energy-absorbing, special-purpose products and fabrics. Characteristics include: