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Date: 06/27/00 at 8:25 AM
Posted by: Dick Brown, ARC
E-mail: dbrown@arc-ag.com

In Reply to: Re: Textile reinforcements posted by Carl Howarth on 06/23/00 at 1:21 PM:

I believe that if you count engineered multi-ply fabrics as made by Brunswick or Johnson Industries, textile based reinforcements have gotten into volume production. These methods of fabrication overcome the problems that I think plague other methods. (1) reloading is continuous, so touch labor is kept to a minimum and (2) fairly conventional equipment is used so capital investment does not include the cost of invention.

While 3-D braiding and weaving can result in some very complex and near-net-shape preforms, capitalization of new equipment is a barrier to widespread use. Also, of course, the equipment is propritary and therefore it is difficult to spead the capitalization market.

To summerize, I think the cost issue goes beyond just the cost of production, it is the cost of spreading the technology.

Dick

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  Re: Textile reinforcements Carl Howarth   Posted at: 06/27/00 (4)

  Re: Textile reinforcements david   Posted at: 04/19/03 (0)

  Re: Textile reinforcements Dick Brown, ARC   Posted at: 06/27/00 (2)

  Re: Textile reinforcements david   Posted at: 04/27/03 (0)

  Re: Textile reinforcements david   Posted at: 04/21/03 (0)

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