Glossary

FLEXON® Battens

FLEXON® is APCO's batten system reinforcing leading edge and ribs. Per the manufacturer 'indestructible' and 'memory free' — the battens need no special care and no special folding technique.

Also known as: Flexon · FLEXON Rod · FLEXON batten system

What the manufacturer says

Two original statements from the APCO product pages:

“APCO’s FLEXON® battens — indestructible, no need for special care or folding methods”

“APCO’s flexon battens — memory free, do not require any special care or folding technique”

“Memory free” means the battens keep no crease memory — the canopy can be packed normally, without a special packing technique.

Where it is used

In the datasheets the system appears as “Rib Reinforcement: FLEXON® batten system” and as “L/E FLEXON battens®” (leading edge). Whether a specific model uses FLEXON is in its datasheet under “Rib Reinforcement”.