Felt has a distinctive place in the world of materials—it is found throughout our daily lives, yet is usually unnoticed while in use. As a result, while engineers and designers regularly specify metal, plastic, rubber, or leather components, felt is often overlooked in their calculations. Across a variety of industries and in a remarkable number of applications, felt components can accomplish the job as well or better than these materials—and at a much lower cost.
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Felt:
- does not ravel or fray
- may be hard enough to turn
on a lathe or soft enough to
be sewn
- remains
physically unchanged as it wears due to its homegenous structure
- Is highly oil absorbent and
uncompromised by continued oil saturation
- has considerable resiliency;
a high-quality felt can be
compressed and released
thousands of times without
permanent deformation
- possesses excellent qualities
of insulation against cold,
heat, sound and vibration
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