Applications & Uses

Wool must be natures wonder product. This 100 percent natural fibre is used in more ways and more applications that almost any other natural fibre. It has stood the test of time and commerce and it's endurance, stamina and acceptability has been this fibres mainstay

Felt made from wool has also stood the same tests and for the same reasons has prevailed as a versatile and much used product in nearly all areas of industry, office and home environments.

Listed below are just some of the limitless applications.

Acoustic - 

1.     Floating floors in recording studios.                        
2.     Pneumatic tool exhaust silencer.
3.     Engine covers. (Will not burn)
4.     Ship motor turbo chargers.
5.     Machinery mounting. (Stops sound moving through concrete slabs.
6.     Under commercial speaker units.
7.     Wall coverings.         

Bearing Housings - 

1. Oil and dust seals.
2. Washers from 6 mm diam to over 1 mtr diam.
3. Seals and strips from 1.6 m  thick to 25.4 mm thick.
4. Normally the felt is soaked in oil and acts as a seal to stop small particles of dirt & dust either getting in or out depending on the application.

Carpentry - 

1. Chisel honing felt wheels.
2. Ultra fine polishing using pumice, rottenstone and paraffin.
3. Felt pads on finishing sanders.

Dental Mechanics - Small hard felt polishing and grinding wheels used to shape an polish individual dentures and false teeth.

Door Seals - From commercial rotating doors to common household doors.

Etching Presses - To act as a cushion when printing.

Farm Machinery - Used in disk harrows, combines and headers as both dust and oil seals, friction pads and protectors.

Filter Felts - From oil filters to dust filters.

Floor Sanders - High density felt used as base for sand paper, does not break down with heat and acts as a cushion. Tough and reliable.

Glass Industry - 

1. Covers for glass cutting tables and breaker bars.
2. Polishing wheels up to and over 500 mm diameter.
3. Protector pads on "A" Frame on trucks and in factory.

Hospitals - Medical felts for varied applications.

Ironing Board Covers - Will last 10 times longer than foam.

Jewellery  Making - 

1. Wheels with slits cut out are spun at high speed horizontally. 
2. Ring polishing.
3. Bangle polishing.

Kitchen Companies - 

1. Lining of cutlery draws.
2. Polishing scratches from bench tops and cupboards.
3. Protective pads during transport.

Lapidary - Polishing wheels and bobs. 

Mandrel Mounted - felt bobs and kits.

Machinery Mounting - Placed under feet of machines. Stops vibration going into floor.

Mining Industry - Felt does not change it's characteristics with extremes of high and low temperatures and is ideal for the punishment of tough mining environments, the durability and characteristics of felt are ideal for such jobs. Australian Felt Specialists make seal kits for the bearings of the large mining trucks.

Musical Instruments -

1. Drum kits for high hats and drum deadening.
2. Valve felts on reed instruments.
3. Pipe organ vents.
4. Piano hammers and string dampers.
5. Drum beaters. (Kettle, Base etc)

Notice Boards - 6.4, 9.5 & 12.7 mm thick for home or business.

Office - Back Buddy, Lap Dog, Monitor Mat & Easy Slide.

Polishing Felts - 

1. Metal polishing.
2. Tungsten carbide tool sharpening felt wheels.
3. Marble polishing.
4. Plastic mouldings
5. Dies
6. Glass and windscreens.

Saddle Felts -

1. Saddle Blankets.
2. Bridle straps.
3. Harness felts.
4. Girth straps.
5. Ankle protectors.

Timber Mills & Converters - Lubrication wicks for band saw bands.

Tool & Die Making - Used for final polishing of moulds & dies.

Weather strips- In windows and under doors. Throw the old snake away.