Is Wilson the only brand using Graphite/Kevlar?

[Raul_SJ]

I like the feel of my old ProStaff 6.1 Graphite/Kevlar... Suspect it is due to the Kevlar as other pure graphite racquets do not have that feel.

Are the new Wilson "Braided Kevlar" similar to the materials of the older racquets?

 

[vsbabolat]

Prince is using Twaron an arimid fiber similar to Kevlar. By the way HEAD used Twaron starting in 1986 with the orginal Prestige Pro. It’s what made the Prestige Pro great and famous.

 

[Zoolander]

Think only the PS97 and the RF97A use braided graphite/kevlar. No others. Though Angell have the K7 with kevlar!

As VS said prince is now using twaron, im very keen to try the new tex tour 95 and 100p! I like how they added twaron and stiffened them up a bit.

 

[esgee48]

Dupont trademarked the name Kevlar, a polyaramid fiber. Twaron is also the same polyaramid made from a different series of reactions. Twaron is also trademarked. From what I understand, the reactions used by Dupont are more toxic and they have since licensed the process used to produce Twaron, though they continue to use the trademark Kevlar. Nature does not care what the trademark name is. The stuff is the same at a molecular level.

 

[vsbabolat]

Dupont trademarked the name Kevlar, a polyaramid fiber. Twaron is also the same polyaramid made from a different series of reactions. Twaron is also trademarked. From what I understand, the reactions used by Dupont are more toxic and they have since licensed the process used to produce Twaron, though they continue to use the trademark Kevlar. Nature does not care what the trademark name is. The stuff is the same at a molecular level.

Yes, Twaron is trade marked by https://www.teijinaramid.com/en/products/twaron/

 

[Kemitak]

Völkl C10 Pro is baked with the goodness of kevlar.

 

[Raul_SJ]

Think only the PS97 and the RF97A use braided graphite/kevlar. No others. Though Angell have the K7 with kevlar!

As VS said prince is now using twaron, im very keen to try the new tex tour 95 and 100p! I like how they added twaron and stiffened them up a bit.

Prince is using Twaron an arimid fiber similar to Kevlar. By the way HEAD used Twaron starting in 1986 with the orginal Prestige Pro. It’s what made the Prestige Pro great and famous.

If I recall correctly, the 2000 Pro Staff 6.1 spec was 80% Graphite 20% Kevlar.

Does "Braided Graphite/Kevlar" in the new Pro Staff essentially mean the same thing and break down in the same 80/20 percentages?

 

[scotus]

Dunlop also had racquets with Kevlar in it.

 

[tennistiger]

Völkl V1 also with Kevlar.

 

[Gee]

Angell K7 frames also have a construction with aramid fibres (ie kevlar).

 

[Raul_SJ]

I checked my old Pro Staff 6.1. It says 80% Graphite/20% Kevlar.

Why don't these new Pro Staffs specify Kevlar percentages?

 

[vsbabolat]

I checked my old Pro Staff 6.1. It says 80% Graphite/20% Kevlar.

Why don't these new Pro Staffs specify Kevlar percentages?

Because they don’t want to pay DuPont for the use of the word Kevlar.

 

[Raul_SJ]

Because they don’t want to pay DuPont for the use of the word Kevlar.

???
I think the specs already mention "Kevlar" when it says something like "Braided Kevlar".

 

[vsbabolat]

???
I think the specs already mention "Kevlar" when it says something like "Braided Kevlar".

Doesn’t say Kevlar anywhere. Says aramid
“Although the description has changed (due to a licensing agreement), this racquet's braided composition has the exact same ingredients as the previous generation”

https://www.tennis-warehouse.com/Wilson_Pro_Staff_RF97_Autograph_Black/descpageRCWILSON-PSRF97.html

 

[Raul_SJ]

Doesn’t say Kevlar anywhere. Says aramid
“Although the description has changed (due to a licensing agreement), this racquet's braided composition has the exact same ingredients as the previous generation”

https://www.tennis-warehouse.com/Wilson_Pro_Staff_RF97_Autograph_Black/descpageRCWILSON-PSRF97.html

OK. Why doesn't Wilson list the composite percentage, similar to the old Pro Staff with 80/20 Graphite Kevlar?
e.g., Graphite xx%/Aramid xx%.