Ilaphu lefayibha ye-basalt likwabizwa ngokuba lilaphu elilukiweyo le-basalt fibre, lilukwe yi-basalt fiber esebenza kakhulu emva kokujija kunye nokulwa. Ifayibha ye-Basalt luhlobo lwelaphu eliphezulu elisebenza ngamandla, ukuthungwa okufanayo, umphezulu osicaba kunye neendlela ezahlukeneyo zokuluka. Isenokulukwa ibe ilaphu elicekethekileyo elinokungena kakuhle komoya kunye namandla anoxinano oluphezulu. Ilaphu eliqhelekileyo le-basalt fiber plain, ilaphu le-twill, ilaphu le-weft kunye nelaphu eliphindwe kabini, ibhanti ye-basalt fiber njalo njalo.
Isetyenziswa kakhulu kwi-electronics, kushishino lweekhemikhali, i-aerospace, ukwakhiwa kweenqanawa, iimoto, izakhiwo zokuhombisa kunye namanye amasimi, kwaye ikwayinto eyimfuneko esisiseko kwitekhnoloji yokusika. Ilaphu elisisiseko linokumelana nobushushu obuphezulu, ukugqunywa kobushushu, ukumelana nomlilo, ukuxhathisa umhlwa, ukumelana nokwaluphala, ukuxhathisa kwemozulu, amandla aphezulu, inkangeleko ekhazimlayo njl.njl. Lisetyenziswa kakhulu kwi-electronics, imboni yeekhemikhali, i-aerospace, ukwakhiwa kweenqanawa, i-automobile, ukwakhiwa kokuhombisa kunye neminye imimandla, kwaye ikwayisiseko sezinto eziyimfuneko kwi-teknoloji yokusika.