Polymers in Sport and Leisure

References and Abstracts
Item 37
Scrap Tire News
14, No.7, July 2000, p.1/10
RUBBERCYCLE MAKES PLAYGROUNDS
SAFER
When Rubberecycle opened nearly eighteen months ago,
it already had the tyre contract for Ocean County, New
Jersey in hand and an eager parks and recreation
department ready to install the company’s signature
product - Playsafer - a crumb rubber surfacing material
for use on playgrounds and recreation areas. In fact,
Rubberecycle has been a part of the county’s solid waste
management plan since March 1997. The system at
Rubberecycle consists of a two-stage ambient processing
operation followed by a cryogenic system and a
hammermill for final granulation to 100 mesh size. Details
are given.
RUBBERCYCLE
USA
Accession no.783765
Item 38
Rubber World
222, No.2, May 2000, p.30/6
OVERMOLDING AND CO-EXTRUDING MELT-
PROCESSIBLE RUBBER ON RIGID
SUBSTRATES
Santoleri D; Armour J
Ferro Corp.
Soft-touch materials are frequently used in combination
with rigid substrates nowadays, for example in car
interiors, hand tools, personal care items, and sporting
goods. Manufacturers are challenged to find the best
means of joining hard and soft materials. This article looks
at traditional methods and also a variety of new processing
techniques such as: co-injection moulding, two-shot
moulding, insert moulding, and co-extrusion. It also
examines the properties of melt-processible rubber (MPR)
and describes over-moulding and co-extruding with MPR.
BLACK & DECKER; DYNABRADE; WATERLOO
INDUSTRIES; LESUER
USA
Accession no.783619
Item 39
Machine Design
72, No.15, 3rd Aug. 2000, p.72-6
REINFORCED PLASTICS MAKE METALS
LOOK WEAK
Johnson P; Greene T
Applied Fiber Systems Ltd.
The construction and compression moulding basics of
continuous fibre reinforced thermoplastic composites,
highly drapable and conformable versions of which have
recently been developed, are detailed. Mould design
considerations are also summarised and variations of the
compression moulding process used to make composite
parts, such as kayak paddles, are described. These
variations are single-press/heated-cooled platens, hot/cold
shuttle press and single-press/heated-cooled moulds.
Some mechanical and thermal properties of these
composites are compared with those of standard,
unreinforced and discontinuous reinforced products.
USA
Accession no.783469
Item 40
European Plastics News
27, No.6, June 2000, p.29
GAS-ASSIST TO THE FORE
A new golf cart roof has been produced in the USA using
gas-assisted injection moulding. It is one of the largest
parts ever manufactured in this way. This article takes a
detailed look at its development and production.
CINPRES; THOMSON PLASTICS; MODEL DIE &
MOLD; MONTELL; MOLDFLOW; MILACRON
EUROPEAN COMMUNITY; EUROPEAN UNION; UK; USA;
WESTERN EUROPE
Accession no.783349
Item 41
Materie Plastiche ed Elastomeri
65, Nos.1/2, Jan./Feb.2000, p.34/41
Italian
UNTIL THE BOAT LEAVES
Nazari G
Developments in the use of plastics, composites and
coated fabrics in boat construction are examined on the
basis of craft featured at the 1999 Genoa Boat Show. Some
statistics are presented for the Italian boating market.
UCINA; SELVA; CAROLINA SKIFF INC.; NEVEUX
LOISIRS; EURO TANK NORD; MARTINI;
MARIPOSA; WATERGAMES; SAPIENS & SAPIENS
EUROPEAN COMMUNITY; EUROPEAN UNION; FRANCE;
ITALY; USA; WESTERN EUROPE
Accession no.783044
Item 42
Plastics and Rubber Weekly
No.1850, 18th Aug.2000, p.7
HOMEBLOWN - SURF BOARD FOAM THE
NEW WAY
Boatshed has established itself as the UK’s leading
supplier of surfboard blanks, with a 60% share of the
market, estimated to be worth 300,000 pounds sterling.
In addition, 15% of its production is exported to Europe.
The company’s own manufacturing technology,
HomeBlown, was developed around MDI rather than TDI,
the material most commonly used in the manufacture of
surfboard blanks. One of the main drivers in using MDI
was to minimise the health risks to employees and to
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