Chopping process is employed to manufacture several applications such as headliner reinforcement, panels, tanks & pipes, complex manufacture and gypsum reinforcement..

Chopping is most of the time the first step of a more complicated process. It consists in making glass strands from assembled rovings go between a roll with blades and an elastomeric roll. The chopped strands fall on a transportation carpet and give a chopped strand mat that can been used afterwards in different applications. For instance, in addition to a fabric to manufacture a complex, or with a binder to get a rigid and handable mat.