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Although setting up an electrospinning experiment is a breeze, researchers are just beginning to understand the complicated combination of physics, fluid mechanics, and polymer science that produces these micro- and nanoscale fibers.
Spin city: fiber technique fuels materials research
To help in wood-plastic product development, M-Base Engineering + Software in Germany has created the first database of properties of natural fibers and plastic compounds containing these fibers.
Wood-plastic composites: weathering quality issues: recent research sheds light on the complex interactions between ingredients in wood composites that affect weather-ability, color loss, and resistance to moisture, mold, and aging
Evan Paul, a Forest Ethics paper campaigner, says, "While it's better to be growing kenaf instead of logging, we want to really look at the whole life cycle of natural fibers.
The paper chase: the paperless office is still a distant dream. In the interim, we should be recycling more and developing alternatives to wood-based paper
For these reasons, imports of paper and board and papermaking fiber to China are significant.
China needs vast recovered fiber imports
But even though most soluble fibers lower cholesterol, says Jenkins, "it's not true of them all.
Fiber: separating fact from fiction
One of the major contributions that Allied Fibers has made to fiber technology is its development of high modulus, low shrinkage DSP [TM] tire cords, dimensionally stable polyester engineered to improve tire uniformity, reduce sidewall indentations and minimize tires' rolling resistance.
Allied Fibers
Many new breakthroughs and innovations in fiber optics and associated technologies will be presented at OFC/NFOEC 2007 - the largest and most comprehensive international event for optical communications.
Data Transmission at Record Rates, Better Food Inspection Technology, Space Laser Communication at OFC/NFOEC Meeting
It's testing an exterior car body panel made of Azdel Superlite (a low-density version of Azdel formable composite sheet) made with random glass fibers in a PC/PBT matrix.
Composites: new rapid molding technologies and unusual reinforcement at Paris JEC Show
He suspects it will take less time to turn nanotubes into functional fibers for making macroscopic materials.
Nice threads: the golden secret behind spinning carbon-nanotube fibers
Separating fiber types: Develop technologies to separate: (1) mechanical and unbleached kraft fibers from lignin-free; (2) unbleached kraft from mechanical and lignin-free; (3) mechanical from unbleached kraft; (4) offshore OCC from domestic OCC.
New directions in recycle: recycled fiber collection and use has increased dramatically in recent years. New technology can help papermakers improve the quality, of this increased quantity
One of the most important characteristics of a rubber composite reinforced by such fibers is its fatigue resistance.
An experimental study on fatigue mechanism: fatigue of PET cords in compounds
The report profiles 531 companies including many key and niche players worldwide such as Acordis, Far Eastern Textiles and Yizheng Chemical Fiber Co.
View World Textile Fiber Production Output (1991-2003) - Textile Materials - Global Strategic Business Report

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