Making fiber reinforced plastic components (FRP components) is much the same: release agents are wiped or sprayed onto the surface of the mold so that the component can be taken out once it was cured.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Buffalo District, and the Inland Navigation Design Center are introducing new technology to the Black Rock Lock, Buffalo, New York, with the proposed use of fiber ...

Fiber-reinforced materials, having been prevalent in the aerospace industry for many years, are now being used in numerous other sectors such as automotive construction, medical engineering, and ...

Composite materials made of glass or carbon fibers are characterized by their low specific weight and outstanding mechanical characteristics. Fiber-reinforced components are already being successfully ...

Tokyo — Nissan Motor Co. Ltd. has long reserved costly carbon-fiber-reinforced components to such applications as the hood and roof of its low-volume, high-performance GT-R sports car. But thanks to a ...

The development work undertaken in Saxony formed part of CRRC’s overall “Next Generation Metro Train” project, which aims to redesign public transport, and underground systems in particular, making it ...

A team of engineering students at ETH Zurich (Zurich, Switzerland) is working to develop an autonomous agricultural robot to serve as a sustainable alternative for the use of herbicides in agriculture ...

If you want to bake a cake, you have to grease the baking pan beforehand; otherwise the cake will stick to it. Making fiber reinforced plastic components (FRP components) is much the same: release ...

Up to now, releasing components from moulds required release agents. The problem is that the residues of these agents left behind must then be removed, which is a costly affair. Now, there is an ...