Carbonfiber Reinforced Fiberglass Pools

Kevlar reinforcement in the pool shell laminate offers tremendous flexural and tensile strength improvement compared with typically constructed standard fiberglass pools.

Carbon Reinforcement is strategically integrated into critical swimming pool locations to provide improved flexural and tensile strength to give a more substantial swimming pool.

However, standard fiberglass pool manufacturers only use Vinyl Ester Resin as one layer on the swimming pool. Vinyl Ester Resin is generally double the cost of a Polyester Resin, a cheaper resin used to provide bulk to the swimming pool. Unfortunately, even with this one layer of Vinyl Ester Resin, osmosis has still on occasion appeared, and swimming pools have on occasion failed using this standard manufacturing method. This may have been because manufacturers attempt to use as little Vinyl Ester Resin as possible, given it is generally double the cost of the cheaper Polyester Resin.

Carbon Reinforcement Introduction

High-performance fibers have been used in many cutting-edge applications. For example, DuPontTM Kevlar® is used in bulletproof vests, body armor, military vehicles, wind turbines, and aerospace applications. In addition, carbon Fiber and Basalt Fiber are used in aerospace and high-performance automotive applications.

When combined through Carbonfiber Reinforcement technology, Composite brings a new level of performance to composite swimming pools.

In manufacturing Carbonfiber Reinforcement Pools, the factory uses Corrosive Resistant Vinyl Ester Resin for each layer of the swimming pool construction (except the gel-coat layer). It is one of the essential layers that have been introduced over the last 20 years. Vinyl Ester Resin is a high-performance resin that provides improved strength properties and inhibits water penetration into the laminate, commonly referred to as osmosis.

So why is it important to have improved flexural and tensile strengths? With changing weather conditions, we are exposed to greater extremes of weather, from floods to droughts. As a result, anything installed in the ground is exposed to extremes of ground movement.

Fiberglass pools using the Carbonfiber Reinforced Technology provide additional flexural and tensile strength properties through high-performance fibers such as DuPont™ Kevlar®, Carbon Fiber, and Basalt Fiber to better withstand these ground movement changes.

The Carbonfiber Reinforced Step Technology

Traditional fiberglass pools provide flexibility, and they also have the weakness of not feeling solid underfoot as the pool shell is designed to flex.

Carbonfiber Reinforced Fiberglass Pools, through its reinforcement technology, have reduced step and bench deflection providing a "solid" foundation for entry and exit steps, benches, and sun decks compared with typically constructed fiberglass pools.

The Carbonfiber Reinforced Technology provides the pool owner with a feeling of a solid foundation while still maintaining the many benefits of structural flexibility in the design of the swimming pool shell.

Note: Testing shows that Kevlar Composite Pools are 111% stronger than a standard fiberglass swimming pool.