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Insulating Telescopic Ladder for Telecom Works

admin — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 13:28:13 +0000

Telescopic ladder with dielectric strength up to 1000 Volts AC; red brilliant surface, easy to clean; free of fiberglass parts, the City Star telescoping ladders resist years in salty seawater, against agents in the atmosphere, against permanent UV rays.

The right ladder for:

electricians,
firemen,
food industry, chemical industry, pharmaceutical industry,
electronic and IT industry,
clean rooms,
cold rooms,
slaughterhouses,
food stores, supermarkets,
catering, restaurants, kiosks, canteens,
hospitals and laboratories,
offices and residential use.

It comes in 4 versions:

12 rungs=10 ft / 3.10 m
16 rungs=13 ft / 4.20 m
20 rungs=17 ft / 5.30 m
24 rungs=20 ft / 6.40 m

BNBM to challenge Saint-Gobain Isover

admin — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 07:54:59 +0000

The Spanish trade fair Construmat between 20-25 April 2009 will host some 100 Chinese companies in Barcelona. “One such firm is Beijing National Building Materials (BNBM), a state-owned group which aims to buy and develop insulation factories in Europe” More

Attention:
- Global production of fiberglass 2007 4.2 million tons, demand 4.5 million tons, prospects 2010 5.68 million tons
- China is the key driver (38.1 %) of global production in 2007
- Fiberglass is not recyclable (1) Crushing and granulation is one possibility but commercially non proven. (2) Tests have shown that it is technically possible to break down the molecule chains in uncured polyester by pyrolysis, and then reuse the resulting product as new polyester raw materials. However, pyrolysis is not currently financially viable.

Uraliter buys Ozler

admin — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 07:28:46 +0000

Spanish Uralita / URSA has bought family owned Ozler. The firms factory in Polati, 70 km from Ankara, produces 15 thousand tons of fiberglass per year. More

Scala Telescopica Isolante

admin — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 08:49:08 +0000

Shop “City Star Isolante“

Fiberglass Telesteps Patented in China

admin — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 15:34:29 +0000

Light insulating glass extendable ladder patent application No.：200621027669.8 Characteristic： using epoxy resin to produce light, portable and durable, affordable 200 kg per meter impact.

comment:

We wonder if similar ladders are reliable? Glass fiber reinforced polyester composites may undergo chemical and physical aging. The durability is governed mainly by the matrix degradation. The mechanical property reduction is not induced only by hydrolytic aging but rather by the formation of cracks due to moisture swelling, stress or temperature. That is the reason why it became of major interest to understand the microcrack nucleation mechanism in neat matrices, to study the crack propagation, and to evaluate the incidence of cracking on the tensile propery loss.

Recycling fiberglass?

admin — Mon, 08 Jan 2007 13:28:53 +0000

“Fiberglass” or “glassfibre” is material made from extremely fine fibers of glass. It is used as a reinforcing agent for polymer products. The resulting composite material, properly known as fiber-reinforced polymer (FRP) or glass-reinforced plastic (GRP), in popular usage is called “fiberglass. The advantages of the products are corrosion resistant, mechanical strength, low weight, chemical resistant, electrical and thermal insulating and many others.
Unfortunately fiberglass is much more difficult to recycle than materials like wood (100 % natural and industrial recycling), aluminium (75 % industrial recycling). Crushing and granulation is one possibility but commercially non proven.. Tests have shown that it is technically possible to break down the molecule chains in uncured polyester by pyrolysis, and then reuse the resulting product as new polyester raw materials. However, pyrolysis is not currently financially viable.
Fiberglass ladders are said to end up in a landfill.