‘Synteliac’ series is the new flagship blade family in andro range that consists of various kinds of fiber blades. The special materials adopted by ‘Synteliac series’ are ‘Zyreema Carbon’ and ‘Voltema Carbon’ those are different from the artificial fibers for existing fiber blades of andro. Current naming system of andro blades is to add additional name after the main name depending on the type of construction and the kind of special material, followed by additional symbol indicating playing strategy or speed of blade. Depending on that system, four models of ‘Synteliac’ series are named as ‘Synteliac ZCO OFF/S’, ‘Synteliac ZCI OFF’, ‘Synteliac VCO OFF’ and ‘Synteliac VCI OFF’. High elasticity is one important advantage of ‘Synteliac’ series according to Andro. Andro promotes ‘SPEED WINS’ as the motto of the ‘Synteliac’ series.

‘Synteliac VCI OFF’ is the inner fiber model whose artificial fiber is ‘Voltema Carbon’. ‘VCI’ is the abbreviate of ‘Voltema Carbon Inner’. ‘Voltema’ is a kind of liquid crystal fiber, differently speaking Arylate fiber. (The reason why many TT makers including andro are calling ‘Arylate fiber’ in different names is to avoid trademark dispute. But, it will be all right that we think of ‘Voltema Carbon’ as ‘ALC’. So ‘Synteliac VCI OFF’ is a kind of inner-ALC blade.) The concept of ‘Synteliac VCI OFF’ is to make the feeling natural and to increase the stability by placing the artificial material right on the center layer.

The information says that Simon Gauzy is now trying ‘Synteliac VCI OFF’ as his new blade, although his official equipment is still ‘Gauzy SL OFF’. TTGearLab will update the information if the new equipment of Simon Gauzy is fixed.

‘Synteliac VCI OFF’ is one of the new flagship blades of andro. And, probably it will be the next blade of Simon Gauzy.

Above is the construction of ‘Synteliac VCI OFF’. Voltema Carbon (= ALC) is inserted between the middle layer and the center layer. The top layer is Limba, the middle layer is Ayous, and the center layer is also Ayous. Overall thickness is around 5.9mm.

Above picture shows the shape of ST (= straight) handle. The size of ST handle is around 28mm (width) x 23mm (height).

The FL (= flared) handle (not shown in the picture) is similar to the handle of Butterfly ‘Timo Boll’ series or ‘InnerForce Layer’ series which is narrower but thicker than the FL handle of ‘Viscaria’. The width is around 26mm (at top) ~ 27mm (at bulge) ~ 25.6mm (at narrowest point) ~ 34mm (at the end), and the height (thickness) is around 24mm (at thumb) ~ 25.5mm (at the end). And, it is different from the handle of outer-fiber models (= ZCO and VCO) of ‘Synteliac’ series. It is interesting that different shapes are being applied for inner-fiber models and outer-fiber models.

At foreside of handle, there are two Aluminum panels. At the position close to thumb small rounded plate with ‘a’ logo is applied. And, below it long Aluminum panel with ‘Synteliac’ logo is applied.

Transparent plastic lens is applied at the end of handle. ‘VCI’ and ‘OFF’ are shown in this plastic lens.

There isn’t any printing or lens at the backside of the blade.

The size of head is around 158mm x 153mm. (It is written as 158mm x 152mm on the catalog.)

A small booklet that explains the materials and constructions of ‘Synteliac’ series is included in the box.

The color of Voltema (= Arylate) fiber is green. Voltema fiber and Carbon fiber are arranged both in vertical direction and horizontal direction.

It seems that two – ‘Synteliac ZCO OFF/S’ and ‘Synteliac VCI OFF’ – among four models in the series are especially important because those two have clearer characteristics. ‘Synteliac ZCO OFF/S’ is the fastest blade, and ‘Synteliac VCI OFF’ is the most controllable blade in the series.

The booklet in the box explains the characteristics of two fibers – Voltema (= Arylate) and Zyreema (= Zylon). The own names of andro are being used to avoid trademark dispute.

‘Synteliac’ series is expected to be chosen by many andro contract players in the future. ‘Synteliac VCI OFF’ is being tested by Simon Gauzy.

TTGearLab is preparing for the comparison of ‘Synteliac’ series with existing fiber blades.

Following are the performance indices of Synteliac VCI OFF (avg.weight = 88.6g) :

Ep = 1.80

Ec = 1.78 (Ec/Ep = 0.99)

Vp = 1.26

Vl = 1.28 (Vl/Vp = 1.01)

Please note that above are average values and can be updated by further measurement.

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