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precautions in the design and construction of railway passenger rolling stock), as well as being successfully tested to the UK Ministry of Defence's Naval E n g i n e e r i n g S t a n d a r d 713 (smoke and toxicity). Other advantages claimed for Permaglass include strength, flexibiliW and high impact resistance, as well as the ability to withstand vandalism using sharp or blunt instruments or graffiti. The c o m p a n y t o l d Reinforced Plastics t h a t the material is suitable for panelling applications in railway carriages; it is currently undergoing trails.
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Permali Gloucester Ltd, 125 Bristol Road, Gloucester GL1 57T, UK.
Award w i n n i n g composite construction system A reinforced plastic construction system currently being used as a bridge enclosure for the A19 Tyne Tees viaduct in t he UK, r e c e n t l y won an a w a r d f o r its d e v e l o p e r Maunsell Structural Plastics of London, UK. The system, which consists of interlocking glass fibrereinforced plastic structural components, was placed second in the Castrol MultiPlant and Construction News Research and Development award. Maunsell says t h a t t h e geometry of the system components, most of which are p u l t r u d e d , p r o v i d e s for a large range of different: high p e r f o r m a n c e s t r u c t u r e s including floors, walls, columns, beams, roofs and complete cellular structures. The Tyne Tees b r i d g e , which is the first application of the system, is now nearing
completion. The project involved t h e i n s t a l l a t i o n of s o m e 16 000 m ~ of t h e composite system as a structural floor.
~-] C o m p o s i t e s used in all-plastic car seat
Maunsell Structural Plastics Ltd, Yeoman House, 63 Croydon Road, London SE20 7TP, UK," tel: 01-778-6060; fax: 01-659-5568; tx: 946171.
A prot ot ype all-plastic car seat: was exhibited by the West German company Bayer at the recent K89 exhibition in Dusseldorf, West Germany. Reinforced plastics play a
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B a y e r ' s all-plastic p r o t o t y p e c a r s e a t in which the load b e a r i n g structural e l e m e n t s of the back and seat, as well as the nonstructural side trims, are m a d e from glass r e i n f o r c e d Durethan.
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precautions in the design and construction of railway passenger rolling stock), as well as being successfully tested to the UK Ministry of Defence's Naval E n g i n e e r i n g S t a n d a r d 713 (smoke and toxicity). Other advantages claimed for Permaglass include strength, flexibiliW and high impact resistance, as well as the ability to withstand vandalism using sharp or blunt instruments or graffiti. The c o m p a n y t o l d Reinforced Plastics t h a t the material is suitable for panelling applications in railway carriages; it is currently undergoing trails.
de.,,e o~e:c by t~,~un,~;~ll S t l u c t c r l d t)l~s'i,'~ s b e i n g us=.d o r tbo. -!.,,~e 16.,~.s Vi, ich ~ct
Permali Gloucester Ltd, 125 Bristol Road, Gloucester GL1 57T, UK.
Award w i n n i n g composite construction system A reinforced plastic construction system currently being used as a bridge enclosure for the A19 Tyne Tees viaduct in t he UK, r e c e n t l y won an a w a r d f o r its d e v e l o p e r Maunsell Structural Plastics of London, UK. The system, which consists of interlocking glass fibrereinforced plastic structural components, was placed second in the Castrol MultiPlant and Construction News Research and Development award. Maunsell says t h a t t h e geometry of the system components, most of which are p u l t r u d e d , p r o v i d e s for a large range of different: high p e r f o r m a n c e s t r u c t u r e s including floors, walls, columns, beams, roofs and complete cellular structures. The Tyne Tees b r i d g e , which is the first application of the system, is now nearing
completion. The project involved t h e i n s t a l l a t i o n of s o m e 16 000 m ~ of t h e composite system as a structural floor.
~-] C o m p o s i t e s used in all-plastic car seat
Maunsell Structural Plastics Ltd, Yeoman House, 63 Croydon Road, London SE20 7TP, UK," tel: 01-778-6060; fax: 01-659-5568; tx: 946171.
A prot ot ype all-plastic car seat: was exhibited by the West German company Bayer at the recent K89 exhibition in Dusseldorf, West Germany. Reinforced plastics play a
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B a y e r ' s all-plastic p r o t o t y p e c a r s e a t in which the load b e a r i n g structural e l e m e n t s of the back and seat, as well as the nonstructural side trims, are m a d e from glass r e i n f o r c e d Durethan.
REINFORCED PLASTICS JANUARY1990