Hardy Zenith – SINTRIX™ Rods
News from Kinetic / Fairpoint Outdoors
Hi folks.
This press release is pretty long, but it’s not every day we get the chance to introduce the most significant development in rod design for 25 years. So let us introduce you to the new Hardy Zenith rods and the revolutionary technology behind it. Everyone who has tried putting pressure – a lot of pressure – on these new rods are jaw-dropping surprised that a light fly rod showing excellent casting performance can be this strong. You simply have to try it to believe it!
SINTRIX™
The most significant development in rod design for 25 years!
What Is SINTRIX™ (silica nano matrix) Technology?
SINTRIX ™ is the trade-marked brand name for Hardy & Greys new composite rod material. The material was initially developed by 3M in the USA for the aerospace industry. The specific mix of material used for SINTRIX ™ is exclusive, and therefore unique to Hardy & Greys .
SINTRIX ™ material provides rods which are 60% stronger, up to 30% lighter and with hugely improved impact resistance over conventional carbon fibre. Initially the new technology will be used in Hardy fly rods but eventually SINTRIX™ will also be used in other types of rods as well.
SINTRIX™ is an enhanced fortified matrix resin which supports and bolsters the carbon fibres in a rod blank to withstand a far higher degree of bending and loading than ever before. Through technology, exclusive to Hardy & Greys Ltd, specially treated silica nano spheres are blended into a SINTRIX™ resin. Thousands of the nano spheres surround every individual carbon fibre giving a very even distribution of the particles throughout the resin which results in rods with unparalleled smooth casting actions.
This technology is radically different to any previous nano rods using titanium nano or carbon nano tubes. These previous carbon nano technologies simply attempted to reinforce the carbon and not the all-important resin. The bending strength of a SINTRIX™ fly rod is vastly improved over outdated common designs. Controlled testing has proven that SINTRIX ™ fly rods are over 60% stronger and up to 30% lighter than previous carbon rods. A SINTRIX™ fly rod will bend further without damage and will also take incidental impacts far better than any conventional fly rod design.
At Hardy & Greys Ltd. They believe that SINTRIX™ is THE new generation of carbon fibre technology and is the most significant breakthrough in rod development since the move from glass to carbon fibre twenty five years ago.
Testing SINTRIX ™
On a recent test trip to Florida five Hardy & Greys product developers caught around one thousand fish on SINTRIX™ rods. The fish ranged from 5 lbs to 350 lbs and the idea was to put the SINTRIX™ blanks in situations beyond normal use. Despite their best efforts to test the rods to destruction the testers did not break a single SINTRIX™ rod! Some of this action is available to view on YouTube.
Andy Mill, Hardy & Greys US based consultant and five time gold cup Tarpon tournament winner said about SINTRIX™ rods: “These new SINTRIX™ rods are the most powerful, lightest, smoothest casting rods designed – EVER!”
Sintrix facts:
· Sintrix should not be confused with today’s now standard [run of the mill] nano technologies.
· It is not based on the use of carbon nano tubes nor is it based on titanium nano particles. This material is based on the use of silica spheres which are much stronger in compression and far more easily distributed evenly throughout the material, which results in a significant improvement.
· Previous nano based materials enhanced material strength by up to 10% but there was a trade off as they degraded some of the other material properties.
· Sintrix gives over a 60% improvement in strength without the corresponding degrading of other properties.
· For those of you who remember the leap in performance which was achieved by using carbon instead of glass will know what we mean when we say this is the best thing to hit rod design in a decade or more.
Zenith – SINTRIX™ Rod
The new Zenith series harnesses the industry changing properties of Hardy & Greys SINTRIX material within an ultra advanced four section design to produce a range of rods that offer user friendly, ultra high performance and incredible strength to weight ratio.
• Manufactured with Hardy & Greys SINTRIX material – providing up to 60% increase in compressive strength
• Incredible strength to weight ratio
• Tolerates impacts far better than any conventional fly rod design
• High performance, fast action design
• Top of the line Titanium guides from REC and Fuji
• Stunning Hardy designed two part skeletal reel seat
Hardy Zenith rods are available in the shops from winter/spring 2011. It comes in sizes from 8’ # 4 to 10’ # 8
Expected price level Hardy Zenith 8’ # 4 :
€: 673
For further information on Kinetic, Viva, Move Mountains, Westin, Unique Flies, Hardy, Greys, Eagle Claw, Fishpond, Rio, Rooster Tail, Good Year Boots and Fox Light in Scandinavia, please visit http://www.kineticfishing.com/
Please notice: Outside Scandinavia these products might be distributed by other companies. Prices in Euros mentioned in our press releases cover all of Finland.
Marketing coordinator, Peter Kirkby
Direct: +45 48 10 38 26
Fairpoint Outdoors: +45 48 10 38 00
E-mail: peter@fairpoint.dk
To locate nearest dealer:
Denmark: 48 10 38 26
Sweden: 020 -79 89 74
Norway: 80 06 10 41
Finland: +45 48 10 38 26
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Jan Svenstrup - jan@wildwater.dk
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