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the DEG stadium, and ThyssenKrupp Services was called in, and recently delivered a state-of-the-art protective shield over the boards that surround the ice surface; known as “the glass,” it is, of course, actually made of completely transparent plastic. Still, that is not a material usually associated with the name ThyssenKrupp. “As a trade organization, our range of products comprises a broad variety of materials,” explains Werner Eschbach, managing board member of ThyssenKrupp Schulte GmbH, a subsidiary of ThyssenKrupp Services. An expert who has been in the business for more than 25 years, he is responsible for the plastics division. “You have to be excited about the material you sell,” is his motto. “That’s the only way to be successful in the plastics market, which has been shaped by medium-sized businesses.” The order from the DEG certainly will not do much to increase overall sales in plastics trading (an area in which ThyssenKrupp Services is the world market leader), but it is a good reference project that TK Magazine | 1 | 2004 | The Margard ® product is stronger than glass. No matter how hard the puck hits it, the fans behind it are safe – so they can follow the fast and exciting game of ice hockey without fear of injury. And with unbridled enthusiasm. RINK ‘GLASS’ 75 convinces potential customers. The “Margard ® ” polycarbonate sheets can live up to the demands of puck security, transparency and translucency, and that isn’t just an advertising statement, but the result of extreme tests. A test certificate lists exactly what the transparent material had to stand up to: the puck was shot at the polycarbonate material 30 times at a 90-degree angle, and another 24 times at a 45-degree angle, at a speed of 50 meters per second. A SHIELD WITH STRONG PUCK SECURITY But that’s not all, as the test certificate attests: “24 hours before the test, the glass element was put in a climate chamber and cooled down to 0 degrees centigrade, since such temperatures are the norm in ice sport arenas at ground level and have a decisive influence on the toughness of the glass.” The result: “No changes to the barrier. The tested barrier withstood use without damage. It is thus proven to be puck-secure, in accordance with the test conditions detailed above.”
76 RINK ‘GLASS’ The testing completed, it was possible to give fans sitting behind the glass in Düsseldorf new transparency and a high degree of security, leaving them free to enjoy an unforgettable sporting experience: they feel so close as to be almost a part of the action, separated from the players by only a thin, transparent band, and with a lively cacophony of sound from punchy music and an excited, roaring crowd all around them. The pucks that slam up hard against the glass – the vulcanized rubber disks appear to be headed directly for the fans, only to bounce harmlessly back into play – only add to the excitement. And it’s all thanks to polycarbonate sheets. TRANSLUCENT BEAUTY IN AN ICE-COLD ENVIRONMENT Do the technical details interest the fans? Probably not much. But as in real life, creating transparency is a lot of work, and Eschbach takes a very basic approach: “We are service providers and put ourselves in the customers’ shoes to find out what they need. That’s what we deliver.” The puck remains safely on the ice Eschbach mentions a whole range of products, which have to do with another material that is just as important to him – acrylic, with its wonderful aesthetics that can be praised to the heavens. Luxury furniture made of acrylic, highly creative art works made of Plexiglas ® , “transparent objects of beauty” called light sculptures, in which light and Plexiglas ® meet and communicate. “The Plexiglas ® brand signals reliability, quality and innovation,” and ideally complements polycarbonate, Eschbach concludes. Polycarbonate was manufactured for the first time in 1953 by the Bayer scientist H. Schell and was already being mass produced in 1958. D.W. Fox discovered Polycarbonate for General Electric. The applications are unlimited: as roofing for greenhouses, as a material for futuristic bathtubs, barrel vaulting, protective shields and visors, and as automotive glass and protective machine guards. Compared with some of these applications, the barrier in Düsseldorf’s DEG stadium appears relatively simple, but it is not only about using plastics in aerospace or aircraft technology or some of the other TK Magazine | 1 | 2004 |
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