Fiberglass (American English) or fibreglass (Commonwealth English) is a common type of fiber-reinforced plastic using glass fiber. The fibers may be randomly...
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Fiberglass mesh is a neatly woven, crisscross pattern of fiberglass thread that is used to create new products such as tape and filters. When it is used...
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Fiberglass molding is a process in which fiberglass reinforced resin plastics are formed into useful shapes. The process usually involves first making...
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Fiberglass sheet laminating is the process of taking a thin fiberglass sheet and laminating it to another material in order to provide strength and support...
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International Fiberglass was a fiberglass molding company founded in Venice, California in about 1963, best known for their large molded fiberglass roadside...
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Fiberglass reinforced plastic grating (also known as FRP grating, glass reinforced plastic grating or fiberglass grating) is a composite material manufactured...
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Glass wool (redirect from Fiberglass insulation)
practices are not always followed, and fiberglass is often left exposed in basements that later become occupied. Fiberglass insulation should never be left exposed...
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Owens Corning (redirect from Owens-Corning Fiberglass)
insulation, roofing, and fiberglass composites and related materials and products. It is the world's largest manufacturer of fiberglass composites. It was formed...
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Building insulation material (redirect from Fiberglass batting)
High-density fiberglass Plastic fiber, usually made from recycled plastic. Does not cause irritation like fiberglass, but more difficult to cut than fiberglass. Not...
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piece of fiberglass that was contoured to his face. This mask later evolved into a helmet-cage combination, and single piece full fiberglass mask. Today...
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Reflex Fiberglass Works was an American aircraft and boat manufacturer based in Walterboro, South Carolina and founded in 1996. The company specialized...
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Sousaphone (section Fiberglass)
century, some sousaphones have also been made of lighter materials such as fiberglass & plastic. The first sousaphone was built by James Welsh Pepper in 1893...
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The Eames Molded Plastic & Fiberglass Armchair is a fiberglass chair, designed by Charles and Ray Eames, that appeared on the market in 1950. The chair...
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occur naturally, as Pele's hair. Glass wool, which is one product called "fiberglass" today, was invented some time between 1932 and 1933 by Games Slayter...
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in which an athlete uses a long and flexible pole, usually made from fiberglass or carbon fiber, as an aid to jump over a bar. Pole jumping was already...
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the early 1950s of flexible vaulting poles made from composites such as fiberglass or carbon fiber allowed vaulters to achieve greater height. The present...
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in 1947 when Bill Tritt began building small fiberglass boat hulls in his Costa Mesa, California fiberglass shop. Bill Tritt had a keen interest in boats...
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Filament winding (section Fiberglass impregnation)
the fiberglass band. Fiberglass direct rovings are immersed in a resin bath where they are coated with resin system. Each strand in the fiberglass roving...
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Fibre-reinforced plastic (redirect from Fiberglass-reinforced polymer)
Fibre-reinforced plastic (FRP; also called fibre-reinforced polymer, or in American English fiber) is a composite material made of a polymer matrix reinforced...
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position. Fiberglass kayaks Today almost all kayaks are commercial products intended for sale rather than for the builder's personal use. Fiberglass hulls...
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fiberglass. The production models used fiberglass bodies. The first were produced by two different companies - Contemporary Fiberglass and Fiberglass...
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The Holloways (redirect from Sul Fiberglass)
The Holloways were an English four-piece indie rock band from North London. Their single "Generator" reached number 14 in the UK Singles Chart on June...
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Excoriation disorder (redirect from Imaginary foreign objects e.g. fiberglass, etc)
Excoriation disorder, more commonly known as dermatillomania, is a mental disorder on the obsessive–compulsive spectrum that is characterized by the repeated...
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Asphalt shingle (section Fiberglass)
compared with four nails. In 1960 fiberglass mat bases were introduced with limited success; the lighter, more flexible fiberglass shingles proved to be more...
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doors slide or swing horizontally. Doors are made of wood, metal, or fiberglass, and may be insulated to prevent heat loss. A typical version of an overhead...
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Boron (section Boronated fiberglass)
all fiberglasses contain boron, but on a global scale, most of the fiberglass used does contain it. Because of the ubiquitous use of fiberglass in construction...
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Deck (ship) (section Methods in fiberglass)
deck in fiberglass is the same as for building a hull: a female mould is built, a layer of gel coat is sprayed in, then layers of fiberglass in resin...
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Tower on the Maumee (redirect from Fiberglass Tower)
instead of Fiberglass) comes from Owens-Corning's use of Fiberglas as the trademark name of its glass fiber products, as the generic name fiberglass could...
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the mid-1960s, boats made of fiberglass (aka "glass fiber") became popular, especially for recreational boats. Fiberglass is also known as "GRP" (glass-reinforced...
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car production than fiberglass. Duroplast is difficult to dispose of responsibly, a similar problem encountered with fiberglass. As discarded Trabants...
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