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[varghese]

I'm starting a topic on various carbons being used in table tennis blades.

The carbons that I know are:

• Absolute Carbon - used in XIOM table tennis blades
• Energy Carbon - used in XIOM table tennis blades
• Arylate - used in Butterfly blades (is it really carbon?)

What is carbon really and what is it's characteristics help to make table tennis blades? Any chemist here to share the knowldge?

[729 fx]

Could not answer your question as I am no chemist, varghese.
But I can add to the list on the carbon blades :

Aviation carbon used in Galaxy blades
Tamca carbon in Butterfly blades


BTW, I think aralyte is not carbon but a different material.

[varghese]

Could not answer your question as I am no chemist, varghese.
But I can add to the list on the carbon blades :

Aviation carbon used in Galaxy blades
Tamca carbon in Butterfly blades

BTW, I think aralyte is not carbon but a different material.

You may be right. The arylate may not be a carbon - it may be some kind of fiber. Do you know whether Butterfly makes any fiber glass blade?

Aviation and Tamca are some new names. Are these some names given by the manufacturer themselves, or are they the chemical names like H2O which is the chemical name of water.

[acer800]

Wait, isn't Galaxy blades made from Kevlar too? My K5 has a blue/black layer beneath the top wood layer.

Sincerely,
-Acer800 (John)

Could not answer your question as I am no chemist, varghese.
But I can add to the list on the carbon blades :

Aviation carbon used in Galaxy blades
Tamca carbon in Butterfly blades


BTW, I think aralyte is not carbon but a different material.

[ejunkie]

There are too many to the new Timo Boll blades. Lets see, ALC (arylate carbon), T5000 (Tamca 5000), ZLC (ZL Carbon), and ZLF (ZL fiber).
ZL carbon, that's ZL fiber: Amultart, Mizutani Jun, Photino, etc.
ULC carbon, that's Uniaxial Light Carbon, construction process has all of the Carbon Fibers pointing in the same direction: Ishlion, Kreanga Carbon, etc.?
Arylate Carbon: Kong Linghui Special, Cofferlait, Iolite, Timo Boll Spirit, Viscaria, Michael Maze, Taksim, Matsusushita Pro Special, etc.
as well as the Tamca which has been mentioned.

[729 fx]

Are this names a marketing gimmick by the manufacturers? I think so.
But the material used may differs from different manufacturers, for example I have seen and played with glass fiber composite by 729, kevlar and also light carbon blades by Galaxy (YinHe), a couple carbon blades by Butterfly.

BTW, John, Galaxy blades do have kevlar as a composite materials in their K-series, whilst in the W-series it is light carbon.

[acer800]

Oh, I see! Thanks for the answer =).

Cheers,
-Acer800 (John)

Are this names a marketing gimmick by the manufacturers? I think so.
But the material used may differs from different manufacturers, for example I have seen and played with glass fiber composite by 729, kevlar and also light carbon blades by Galaxy (YinHe), a couple carbon blades by Butterfly.

BTW, John, Galaxy blades do have kevlar as a composite materials in their K-series, whilst in the W-series it is light carbon.

[rokphish]

tamca isn't new at all...

kevlar is synonymous to arylate if i remember correctly...

[acer800]

yeahh, I agree with you statement too. I think the only different is that kevlar is bullet proof I believe?

tamca isn't new at all...

kevlar is synonymous to arylate if i remember correctly...

[729 fx]

yeahh, I agree with you statement too. I think the only different is that kevlar is bullet proof I believe?

Kevlar is the material used to make bullet-proof vest for most of the enforcement agencies.