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Pultrusion improves fire truck body
APPLI CATI e N, B r i g h t f u t u r e for GRP tanks in India GLASS fibre r e i n f o r c e d plastic (GRP) underground storage tanks are being used to p r o t e c t the e n v i r o n m e n t and c o n serve scarce p e t r o l e u m products in India. The resistance of oil companies to accepting GRP t an k s b e c a u s e o f their initial high cost was t e m p e r e d by an extensive promotional campaign launched by Indian glass fibre m a n u f a c t u r e r FGP Ltd. This was supported by the moulding community, and leading government institutes and regulatory authorities, such as the Department of Explosives. The result is a brighter future for GRP tanks in India. The country's largest
oil company, Indian Oil, a $6 billion firm, installed a 20 000 litre GRP tank in February 1994 at Kandla, a coastal area with a high water table. Based on its successful experience with this tank, Indian Oil is r e p o r t e d to be going ahead with further trials across the country before the end of this year. Another oil company, Bharat Petroleum, a $2 billion c o m p a n y , installed two 20 000 litre GRP tanks in D e c e m b e r 1989 in the coastal areas o f U r a n a n d Talasari. These tanks w e r e manufactured by Graphite Vicarb India Ltd, located at Nasik, using t e c h n o l o g y from Norwegian company Veroc, a licensee of
Modified Conformat helps sales hit the r o o f USING its technology in c o m b i n a t i o n w i t h Fibrmat's Conformat range of reinforcements, UK moulder Express Plastics has m a n u f a c t u r e d m o r e than 50 000 roofs for Leyland Daf. O v e r t h e last t w o years, Fibrmat has modified and i m p r o v e d t he Conformat design so that th e material m e e t s the required properties of reinforcement and Class 1 a u t o m o t i v e finish. This has b e e n achieved by the inclusion of monofilaments on one side of the mat up to l O O g / m 2 in combination with the reinforcing body, so that 'single layer' moulding is
Pultrusion improves fire truck b o d y
available to Express. The n e w XS range of p r o d u c t is specificaUy designed to give the market a p r o d u c t w h e r e surface finish and moulding efficiency are important, says Fibrmat. Fibrmat's sales director Nell Evans, says that with a fully computerized plant, able to tailor-make p r o d u c t s to c u s t o m e r s ' specifications, the combin a t i o n o f E x p r e s s and Fibrmat's d e d i c a t i o n to d e v e l o p m e n t g i v e s it a leading edge for t he future. F i b r m a t ; tel: + 443 5 5 2 - 3 8 3 5 1 ; f a x : + 443 5 5 2 - 3 0 3 8 6 ; or: Express Plastics; tel: + 44-50828000.
Reinforced Plastics October 1994
Owens-Corning. 50 0 0 0 u n d e r g r o u n d tanks are ow ne d by other In June 1993, Hinduindustries storing petrostan Petroleum, anot her leum products. $2 billion Indian oil company, installed a 16 000 M.K. Das, FGP Ltd; litre GRP tank, developed tel: + 9 1 - 2 2 - 2 0 4 - 9 2 1 1 ; by CPE, using technology f a x : + 91-22-204-4246. from the Glass Fibre Technology Centre of FGP Ltd. It is estimated that oil companies o w n 50 0 0 0 underground tanks of various capacities ranging from 9000 litres to 150 000 litres in retail outlets and term- A GRP underground tank installed by Indian inals. Another Oil at Kandla, India.
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A FIRE tuck body has compartments free from corrosion, electrolysis and cracking thanks to t h e use of p u l t r u d e d parts. US t r u c k manufact u r e r A m e r i c a n LaFrance, of Bluefield, Virginia, has desi gned and built the truck body using pultrud~d components to form the floors, vertical sides and tops of c o m p a r t m e n t s above the rear wheels. External ribs are used for rigidity and strength. According to the company, the pultruded parts provide a b e t t e r s u r f a c e fi ni sh than can be achieved
w i t h steel. P u ltru sio n also grants b e t t e r design flexibility, allowing e n g i n e e r s to fabricate parts with moulded supp o r t ribs, offsets for recessed doors, built-in ducts for ventilation and i n t e r l o c k i n g ribs. Another advantage is that t h e parts, w h i c h are bolted to one another and ont o a steel subf r a m e , can easily be replaced. The custom-made pultruded parts are supplied by US firm Creative Pultrusions. Kimberly Bakale, Creative Pultrusions; tel: + 1-814-839-4186; f a x : + 1-814-839-4276.
oil company, Indian Oil, a $6 billion firm, installed a 20 000 litre GRP tank in February 1994 at Kandla, a coastal area with a high water table. Based on its successful experience with this tank, Indian Oil is r e p o r t e d to be going ahead with further trials across the country before the end of this year. Another oil company, Bharat Petroleum, a $2 billion c o m p a n y , installed two 20 000 litre GRP tanks in D e c e m b e r 1989 in the coastal areas o f U r a n a n d Talasari. These tanks w e r e manufactured by Graphite Vicarb India Ltd, located at Nasik, using t e c h n o l o g y from Norwegian company Veroc, a licensee of
Modified Conformat helps sales hit the r o o f USING its technology in c o m b i n a t i o n w i t h Fibrmat's Conformat range of reinforcements, UK moulder Express Plastics has m a n u f a c t u r e d m o r e than 50 000 roofs for Leyland Daf. O v e r t h e last t w o years, Fibrmat has modified and i m p r o v e d t he Conformat design so that th e material m e e t s the required properties of reinforcement and Class 1 a u t o m o t i v e finish. This has b e e n achieved by the inclusion of monofilaments on one side of the mat up to l O O g / m 2 in combination with the reinforcing body, so that 'single layer' moulding is
Pultrusion improves fire truck b o d y
available to Express. The n e w XS range of p r o d u c t is specificaUy designed to give the market a p r o d u c t w h e r e surface finish and moulding efficiency are important, says Fibrmat. Fibrmat's sales director Nell Evans, says that with a fully computerized plant, able to tailor-make p r o d u c t s to c u s t o m e r s ' specifications, the combin a t i o n o f E x p r e s s and Fibrmat's d e d i c a t i o n to d e v e l o p m e n t g i v e s it a leading edge for t he future. F i b r m a t ; tel: + 443 5 5 2 - 3 8 3 5 1 ; f a x : + 443 5 5 2 - 3 0 3 8 6 ; or: Express Plastics; tel: + 44-50828000.
Reinforced Plastics October 1994
Owens-Corning. 50 0 0 0 u n d e r g r o u n d tanks are ow ne d by other In June 1993, Hinduindustries storing petrostan Petroleum, anot her leum products. $2 billion Indian oil company, installed a 16 000 M.K. Das, FGP Ltd; litre GRP tank, developed tel: + 9 1 - 2 2 - 2 0 4 - 9 2 1 1 ; by CPE, using technology f a x : + 91-22-204-4246. from the Glass Fibre Technology Centre of FGP Ltd. It is estimated that oil companies o w n 50 0 0 0 underground tanks of various capacities ranging from 9000 litres to 150 000 litres in retail outlets and term- A GRP underground tank installed by Indian inals. Another Oil at Kandla, India.
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A FIRE tuck body has compartments free from corrosion, electrolysis and cracking thanks to t h e use of p u l t r u d e d parts. US t r u c k manufact u r e r A m e r i c a n LaFrance, of Bluefield, Virginia, has desi gned and built the truck body using pultrud~d components to form the floors, vertical sides and tops of c o m p a r t m e n t s above the rear wheels. External ribs are used for rigidity and strength. According to the company, the pultruded parts provide a b e t t e r s u r f a c e fi ni sh than can be achieved
w i t h steel. P u ltru sio n also grants b e t t e r design flexibility, allowing e n g i n e e r s to fabricate parts with moulded supp o r t ribs, offsets for recessed doors, built-in ducts for ventilation and i n t e r l o c k i n g ribs. Another advantage is that t h e parts, w h i c h are bolted to one another and ont o a steel subf r a m e , can easily be replaced. The custom-made pultruded parts are supplied by US firm Creative Pultrusions. Kimberly Bakale, Creative Pultrusions; tel: + 1-814-839-4186; f a x : + 1-814-839-4276.