Wonderful CFCL

The CFCL is aimed at prosthetic workshops, where a positive mould of a residual limb is turned into a finished socket. Prosthetists set the plan, and technicians do the cutting and laying at the bench. Carbon fibre cloth enters that routine as a layer: a piece is cut from the roll, laid over the mould and wetted with resin.

Width is the working advantage. At 1.0 m, the cloth covers a broad mould in a single piece, and a narrow job leaves plenty of cloth for a second piece beside the first. The technician marks the outline on the cloth, cuts it and returns the remainder to the roll. Offcuts wait on the roll for the next mould, so very little cloth sits idle between jobs.

Limb-fitting centres, the prosthetic units of rehabilitation hospitals and independent laboratories all make sockets by much the same sequence of mould, cloth and resin. A single listed width keeps the stock shelf easy to read, and a bench of one metre or more suits the cutting.

Ordering follows from the same simplicity. With one width under one item number, a buyer for a clinic or workshop names the item and the purchase is complete. Stock is counted by the roll, and the roll in daily use is the one that gets reordered.

In the end, the wearer receives a socket that follows the mould of their own limb, with the carbon fibre layer built in. Each person brings a different shape, so a workshop that holds a full metre of cloth can cut to suit the mould in front of it.

One generous width

The CFCL is 1.0 m wide, which gives the technician room for large pieces and for several small ones. One width keeps the item easy to describe.

One item number to order

A purchase names CFCL and nothing else. A repeat order repeats the same reference.

Cut only what a job uses

A piece is cut from the cloth for each mould, and the rest stays wound for later work. Nothing is cut in advance.

Room to lay out several pieces

A metre of width lets patterns sit side by side on the cloth. Marking out takes one sitting.

Large moulds covered whole

A broad piece can be cut in one go from the 1.0 m width. The cloth then lies over a larger mould without a join.

Stock that is simple to count

A workshop that holds one width counts its stock by the roll in a moment. The roll in daily use is the one to reorder.

Nothing to power or service

The CFCL is a non-powered material. Power supplies, calibration and servicing play no part, so the roll is ready for the bench.

A layer that follows the limb

The socket follows the form of the mould cast from the wearer's limb. The carbon fibre layer is laid over that shape and cured in place.

Prosthetic lamination as the intended purpose

Wonderful positions the CFCL for prosthetic lamination. Its metre of width suits steady work at the prosthetic bench.

r a positive mould

A positive mould is a solid copy of the limb. The cut piece is laid over it to form a layer of the socket.

Wetted with resin

Resin is applied once the cloth is in place. The cured result becomes part of the socket wall.

Cured layer in the socket wall

Cured, the carbon fibre layer sits inside the socket structure. The layer takes the form of the mould beneath it.

Several pieces from one width

A metre of width allows more than one pattern to be laid out together. Offcuts stay on the roll.

Non-powered material

The CFCL is a non-powered material, so the roll is ready to cut on arrival.

One item number

The width is covered by the item number CFCL. One number describes the whole item.

Made for prosthesis work

Wonderful positions the CFCL for prosthetic lamination. The width is set for work at the prosthetic bench.

The CFCL suits prosthetic workshops that build sockets from a positive mould and want carbon fibre cloth in a generous width. Its argument is the metre. At 1.0 m, one roll holds room for large pieces or several small ones, and a single item number covers the order. A workshop therefore cuts what each mould needs and returns the rest to the roll. The material is carbon fibre throughout, and the CFCL asks for no power, no calibration and no servicing. That leaves the bench routine of mould, cloth and resin as the only steps.