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References and Abstracts Item 104 Urethanes Technology 16, No.3, June/July 1999, p.26-27 UK SURFERS BREAK FREE - THANKS TO LOCAL FIRM’S NEW SURFBOARD MAKING PROCESS White E Surfers in the UK now have access to what may be the best surfboard foam available anywhere, following 18 months hard slog by a small Redruth, Cornwall-based producer, Boatshed. And wave riders in the USA and other regions may also be able to use the Cornwall-developed PU material soon if Boatshed’s ideas about franchising the technology, plus current talks on a joint venture in the USA, are successful. Boatshed’s research and development efforts have led to the successful development of a super-white, highly compression resistant PU foam based on MDI, together with a foam delivery process - all trade named Homeblown - for making surfboard blanks. Surfboards are hand-made from the blanks by craftsmen, and then coated with a transparent glass fibre-reinforced polyester resin. Details are given. BOATSHED LTD. EUROPEAN COMMUNITY; EUROPEAN UNION; UK; WESTERN EUROPE Accession no.741773 Item 105 Plastverarbeiter 49, No.10, Oct.1998, p.118-20 German SIGNALS POINT TO GROWTH The article is based on a paper by Bayer AG. In 1997 more than 7 million tonnes of PU were produced. 70% of this went into four industries: furniture and mattresses, automotive, construction and technical isolation. The turnover of Bayer’s PU business in 1997 was DM4 billion, an 11% increase over 1996. For the first half of 1998 a 5- 6% increase in turnover over the first half of 1997 is expected. More than a fifth of the total European PU consumption takes place in Germany. New developments using PU include automotive bumpers with 1.5mm thick PU outer layer made using RIM, snowmobile bonnets, snowboards and inline skates. BAYER AG WORLD Accession no.739964 Item 106 Machine Design 71, No.12, 17th June 1999, p.50-4 CHAMPIONS OF INNOVATION Edited by: Parks E Innovative designs for sports equipment are described as they compete for the NASDAQ-AMEX Sports Product of the Year. Described are a snowboard on wheels for grass and asphalt surfaces, a helmet which accommodates a ponytail, a stroke coach for baseball, a grip for baseball bats which gives more control, and the Skyball raquet and ball game. USA Accession no.739869 Item 107 Machine Design 71, No.12, 17th June 1999, p.52-3 GRAND SLAM DESIGNS The design and manufacture is described of baseball bats, balls and catch mits designed for younger players. The barrel of the bat is stretch blow moulded from PETP, filled with air and plugged with PVC. The ball is a compression moulded rubber core with polyurethane foam on the outside. One type of glove, the Glove Radar incorporates a velocity sensor to measure the speed of the ball just before it is caught, whilst another, the Lucky Catch Cap, can be transformed from a cap to a catch mit. ODDZ ON INC.; SPORTS SENSORS INC. USA Accession no.739868 Item 108 Rubber and Plastics News 28, No.18, 5th April 1999, p.38 RUBBER KEY IN DOZEN GOLF BALL INTRODUCTIONS Van Benthuysen R This article highlights new golf balls filled with tungsten, which cuts down on other fillers and makes the core of the balls more rubber-rich. A dozen new balls have been introduced this year by Dunlop/Maxfli and by Spalding. Background details on both companies are also included. SPALDING; DUNLOP/MAXFLI USA Accession no.739633 Item 109 Materials World 7, No.7, July 1999, p.403-5 CARBON GOES FOR GOLD IN THE 2000 OLYMPICS Commander M When you are sailing in a one-design class of boat, finding the extra edge over the competition is hard. Even so there are one or two areas where an individual sailor can bring technology to bear to his or her advantage. In the Laser dinghy, about the only scope is with the tiller and tiller extension. It is now becoming increasingly common for both these items to be made in CFRP rather than the traditional aluminium that is sold with every new boat. C2 COMPOSITES 40 © Copyright 2001 Rapra Technology Limited
References and Abstracts EUROPEAN COMMUNITY; EUROPEAN UNION; UK; WESTERN EUROPE Accession no.739245 Item 110 Plastics Engineering 55, No.6, June 1999, p.7 INJECTION MOULDED PP BOAT IS LAUNCHED Walker Bay has designed a multipurpose, affordable boat that is easily converted from rowboat to sailboat to motorboat. It is light and compact. The boat is injection moulded using Pro-fax SG-719 UV-stabilised, 20-melt flow, high-impact PP copolymer from Montell Polyolefins. WALKER BAY BOATS USA Accession no.739214 Item 111 Plastics Engineering 55, No.6, June 1999, p.7 REDESIGN BRINGS POOL GAME WITHIN CONSUMERS’ REACH A swimming pool basketball set was redesigned to reduce its volume, weight and price. The entire backboard, support system and base are rotomoulded from UV-treated LLDPE to eliminate the potential for rust and cracking caused by sunlight, while ensuring longevity under severe, outdoor conditions. MEESE ORBITRON DUNNE CO. USA Accession no.739213 Item 112 Reinforced Plastics 43, No.7/8, July/Aug.1999, p.56-7 TVR AND SCOTT BADER - A WINNING COMBINATION Riddle C Scott Bader Co.Ltd. Scott Bader has supplied materials for the manufacture of the reinforced plastic bodies of TVR sports cars for more than 20 years and the two companies have formed a close partnership. All mouldings are produced using hand lay-up techniques. Scott Bader’s development of a fully sandable gel coat provided TVR with a product ideally suited to its processing needs. The Crystic resin used to produce bodies, doors, bonnets and boot lids has cure characteristics designed to achieve stability rapidly, thus preventing distortion. TVR ENGINEERING LTD. EUROPEAN COMMUNITY; EUROPEAN UNION; UK; WESTERN EUROPE Accession no.737542 Item 113 ACS, Polymeric Materials Science and Engineering. Vol.76. Conference proceedings. San Francisco, Ca., Spring 1997, p.329-30. 012 LIQUID CRYSTAL POLYMER FABRIC REINFORCED POLYMERIC COMPOSITE MATERIALS Kim S H; Lim D K; Lee S G; Choi Y Y Hanyang,University; Chungnam,National University (ACS,Div.of Polymeric Materials Science & Engng.) High performance fibre reinforced polymeric composite materials provide various advantageous such as high strength, high modulus, light weight, dimensional stability and weather resistance, and the polymeric composites are widely used in aerospace, electronics, automotive and sports goods industries. Wholly aromatic copolyester liquid crystal polymer (LCP) fibres have attractive properties such as high modulus, high strength, excellent impact absorption, solvent resistance and reasonable processing temperature. Polyimides (PIs) are thermo-oxidatively and dimensionally stable and retain high mechanical strength at temperatures beyond the degradation of many other polymers. Short LCP fibre-reinforced polyimide composite materials have been studied. However, they cannot provide excellent mechanical properties caused by breakage of matrix polymer at the fibre crossover points. LCP fabric, rather than short fibre, is applied to the polymeric composite system in order to exert maximum strength of the LCP fibre without breakage at the fibre crossover points. The physical properties of composite materials are dominated by adhesion between interface of the reinforcement and matrix polymer. The LCP fabric has poor adhesion to polyimide; such poor adhesion between them is a major problem for production of high strength and high temperature composite materials. Emphasis is placed on the improvement of surface adhesion. 4 refs. KOREA Accession no.737073 Item 114 Industria della Gomma 42, No.9, Nov.1998, p.48-52 Italian BOAT USERS’ DESIRE FOR GREATNESS A review is made of boats featured at the 1998 Genoa Boat Show, including models constructed in plastics, coated fabrics and glass fibre-reinforced composites and large hybrid structures combining rigid and inflatable components. Statistics are presented for the Italian boat market. PLASTIMAR; GOMMONAUTICA; MERCURY MARINE; MOTONAUTICA DONATO; YAMAHA; ITALBOATS; MAR.CO; MURSIA; ARIMAR; PLASTIMER © Copyright 2001Rapra Technology Limited 41
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