Novotext
Novotext is a trade name for cotton textile-phenolic resin, essentially cotton-reinforced Bakelite. It was often used in car engines for gear wheels used to provide a direct drive to the camshaft as it is flexible and quiet-running.[1] One of the first luxury cars to use this material for its camshaft drive gears was the Maybach Zeppelin of 1928.[2] The material is known under various other names such as Turbax, Resitex, Celeron and Textolit.[3] In bar form it is also known as Cartatextiel and Ferrozell and in sheet form as Harex, Tufnol and Micarta.
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