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Vive La
Revolution!!!
Perhaps you've noticed...?
There's a revolution going on! At most every juncture where human meets
machine, polymer composites are infiltrating key positions.
Nearly every major manufacturing industry,
from automobiles and aerospace to medical and construction equipment, has
already or is now in the process of converting steel, aluminum, bronze and
other corrosive components to some sort of fiber-reinforced composite.
Polymer
Composites were first developed during the
1940’s for military and aerospace applications.
Since the advent of advanced composite
technology early in the 1960s roughly 30% of all polymers now produced go
to the manufacture of materials destined to replace the aluminum, wood or
steel doors, windows, rebar, bridge decks, utility poles, grating, cooling
towers and pipelines typically used in civil engineering and building
projects.
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The U.S. composites industry
alone grew from $5 billion in 1998 to $8 billion in 2003 and has continued
to expand by 10% to 15% annually ever since, yet the fact is that this
manufacturing revolution has barely scratched the surface of its own
potential.
In the last decade, fiber reinforced polymer composites have found
increased application in the construction, medical appliance, automotive,
transportation, energy-technology, and infrastructure maintenance sectors.
In areas such as bridge repair and design, mooring cables, structural
pilings, industrial pipeline and modular/panelized construction of
all kinds, FRP is widely considered the superior working material.
The 3070 flush industrial-duty fiberglass
doors and door systems we manufacture using our proprietary pultrusion
technology deliver features, advantages and benefits that are
superior to both hollow-metal steel doors and gel-coated FRP in nearly
every capacity, as demonstrated by the info available throughout this
website and across our network:
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