Polymers in Sport and Leisure

References and Abstracts
Item 82
European Plastics News
26, No.11, Dec.1999, p.33-4
SPORTING CHANCES
Warmington A
Plastics are used in many different sports and leisure
applications, from clothing and camping gear to tennis
racquets and golf clubs. PUs and engineering plastics
made up 58% of the 39,000 tonnes of advanced materials
used in North America in 1997. It is forecast that
consumption of plastics in this sector, which refers mainly
to golf, skiing and tennis, will fall slightly in the coming
years, reaching 22,300 tonnes in 2002.
WORLD
Accession no.754605
Item 83
Adhasion Kleben & Dichten
41, Nos.7-8, 1997, p.13/6
German
THROUGH ADHESIVES TECHNOLOGY TO
HIGHEST PERFORMANCE IN SPORT
Shelford R
CIBA Specialty Chemicals Ltd.
In the field of high performance sports equipment
struggling with competition is just as hard as in sport itself.
Growing challenges for global competition on the other
hand are giving rise to steady further developments in
sports equipment which can only be achieved through
using adhesives technology. Changes in designs over the
last twelve years are examined along with the impact on
the use of adhesives arising from new lighter materials in
the construction of sports products, including kit light
aircraft and bicycles which need to be glued together.
Epoxide adhesives are discussed, as well as wood
adhesives, the effects of temperature and hardening and
the need to bond aluminium and carbon fibres, also the
application of adhesives to golf clubs with stainless steel
club heads and fibre glass reinforced plastic handles.
LOTUS; GIANT MFG.CO.LTD.
EUROPEAN COMMUNITY; EUROPEAN UNION;
SWITZERLAND; TAIWAN; UK; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD
Accession no.754456
Item 84
Advanced Materials & Processes
156, No.4, Oct.1999, p.8
THERMOPLASTIC ELASTOMERS ARE
EVERYWHERE
A special thermoplastic elastomer film is being used to
make the bladder of all NFL footballs and every football
produced by Wilson Sporting Goods. The TPU film is
supplied by Deerfield Urethane. Another TPU, provided
by Stevens Urethane, is used in an air bladder system for
antivibration gloves. Gillette’s Mach 3 razor has a softgrip
handle provided by a custom-blended TPE developed
by GLS. Advanced Elastomer Systems’ Santoprene 8000,
a colourable, soft-touch TPE, is specified by ACCO
Brands for its Swingline Contura line of staplers.
USA
Accession no.754180
Item 85
Scrap Tire News
13, No.10, Oct.1999, p.1/8
RUBBER BRICKS GIVE SPRUCE MEADOWS A
LEG UP
In the arena of professional jumping competition, the
stakes are high and the risks are great for both horse and
rider. In order to continue attracting the world’s best horse
jumpers, Spruce Meadows, located south cast of Calgary,
is constantly searching for new ways to improve the safety
of horses that compete there. To reduce the risk of horses
slipping on their way into competition, the facility needed
to find a safer material to surface walkways and entrances
to arenas. Spruce Meadows has partnered with the Tire
Recycling Management Association of Alberta (TRMA)
to install interlocking rubber bricks manufactured from
Alberta’s scrap tyres. Details are given.
ALBERTA,TIRE RECYCLING MANAGEMENT
ASSOCIATION
USA
Accession no.753909
Item 86
Injection Molding
7, No.11, Nov.1999, p.24-5
MEXICO AND CANADA: BOTH OPPORTUNITY
AND COMPETITION
Von Hassell A
Repton Group
Mexico and Canada are seen as export opportunities for
US injection moulders as well as a source of competition.
Both countries are potential markets for high value-added
and often complex moulded parts, but are also a major
and effective competitor for high volume, low-cost parts.
Data are given to demonstrate trade patterns, including
projected figures for changes in imports and exports of
key products with numerous injection moulded
components. US imports from Canada and Mexico and
exports from the US to Canada and Mexico for 2000-
2005 are given for automotive parts, medical devices,
consumer electronics, business electronics, toys and
sporting goods, packaging items, furniture and
components, and housing and components.
CANADA; MEXICO
Accession no.752961
Item 87
Revista de Plasticos Modernos
78, No.517, July 1999, p.59-67
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