Polymers in Sport and Leisure

References and Abstracts
An injection moulder in Japan made 30,000 stadium seats,
of which some developed a centre crack soon after
installation. The seats had been moulded from orangepigmented
HDPE. After several tests, it was found that
the cracked seats had roughly half the impact strength of
the good seats. It was hypothesised that the resin of the
cracked seats had encountered excessive heat in the
moulding process, followed by rapid cooling. This would
have set up internal stresses in the part, resulting in
cracking during use.
USA
Accession no.764507
Item 66
Plastics News International
Jan./Feb.2000, p.18
QUANTUM LEAP FORWARD FOR STADIUM
SEATING
This article tells the story in detail of how Camatic, a
Melbourne, Australia-based seating manufacturer is,
through the use of gas-assisted injection moulding,
pioneering a new era in sports stadium seating with its
“Quantum” chair.
CAMATIC
AUSTRALIA; HONG KONG; KOREA; MALAYSIA; NEW
ZEALAND; SINGAPORE; SOUTH AMERICA; TAIWAN
Accession no.762998
Item 67
Rubber and Plastics News 2
21, No.6, 20th Dec.1999, p.5
POLYMERS, ELASTOMERS PLAY INTO
SPORTING GOODS MARKET
Lauzon M
This article gives information on sporting goods made
from ultra-soft thermoplastic elastomers. Details are given
on Versaflex CL2000 from GLS Corp., J-Soft from J-Von
which can be brightly coloured and has excellent water
resistance, also on QST TPE that bonds to engineering
resins, simplifying production of underwater diving
equipment. Polyurethanes are also discussed for their use
in production of water skis, cross-country skis and
snowboards.
GLS CORP.; J-VON N.A.LLC; QST INC.; BAYER
CORP.; TUBBS SNOWSHOE CO.
Accession no.761837
Item 68
Industria della Gomma
43, No.7, Sept.1999, p.58-9
Italian
SIGNS OF RECOVERY FOR THE FOOTWEAR
SECTOR
The structure of the footwear industry in Italy is examined,
and statistics are presented for Italian production and
exports of machinery used in this sector. Injection
moulding machines and raw materials for footwear
manufacture featured by a number of companies at the
Simac exhibition (Bologna, 5th-8th May 1999) are
reviewed.
MAIN GROUP; BGM SPA; GUSBI; API; ICI
POLYURETHANES; KEMI SRL; WITCO CORP.
EUROPEAN COMMUNITY; EUROPEAN UNION; ITALY; UK;
USA; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD
Accession no.758770
Item 69
Materiale Plastice
36, No.3, 1999, p.180-4
Rumanian
INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH FOR GETTING
MICROCELLULAR PU ELASTOMERS FOR
SPORTS SHOE SOLES
Bolcu C; Martin O; Lucaciu N; Banut C; Szabo E
Timisoara,Technical University
This paper contains an experimental study carried out at
industrial phase using the foaming installation in order to
obtain soles for sports footwear. The raw material was a
microstructure PU elastomer synthesised using the system
PADE/MEG/SP-2. This paper contains both the functional
parameters for the synthesis of the shoe soles and the best
formulas for the system PADE/MEG/SP-2. Finally, the
physical-mechanical characteristics of the microstructure
PU elastomers obtained using the foaming installation
are presented. 3 refs.
EASTERN EUROPE; RUMANIA
Accession no.758039
Item 70
Plastics News(USA)
11, No.41, 29th Nov.1999, p.15-6
EVER-IMPROVING PLASTICS GET IN THE
GAME
Lauzon M
A review is presented of product developments in the
sports and leisure markets, which have improved
performance and design features due to their use of
polymeric materials. In particular, water sports goods are
described which have taken advantage of the new soft
feel materials. Product developments in snow, water and
land sports are described.
USA
Accession no.757722
Item 71
Macplas International
No.6, May 1999, p.88-9
SIMULATED MOULDING
This article explains some of the difficulties of injection
moulding large toy cars and bicycles, and how the use of
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