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Today's KNOWLEDGE Share: Composite helmet ALUULA Composites, an advanced materials technology firm, has collaborated with mountain sports brand Black Diamond Equipment to develop ultralight and strong composite materials for use in the next generation of Black Diamond’s pinnacle climbing helmet, the 2023 Vapor!  Aluula developed a custom penetration shield. The crown of the Black Diamond helmet uses Aluula Gold composite material. Aluula composites combine thin polymer films with ultrahigh molecular weight polyethylene (UHMWPE) fibers woven in various configurations (e.g., 0/90° and bias fabrics) to meet the technical requirements of different applications!  Aluula’s material is said to have a 44% higher strength-to-weight ratio than previously used Kevlar (aramid) and reduced the weight of the helmet’s penetration shield by 40%; the new version of the Vapor weights in at 155 grams in total (compared to the previous model at 186 grams), ensuring that climbers never compromise perfo

Today's KNOWLEDGE Share: 200 Repetitions: The Durability and Reusability of Aluminium Formwork Did you know that aluminium formwork can be reused up to 200 times?  Key benefits of aluminium formwork: - Durability: With a lifespan of 200 repetitions, it's a game-changer for sustainable construction!  - Speed: Faster construction times mean projects can be completed more efficiently!  - Cost-effective: Its reusability makes it a smart investment for long-term projects!  - Eco-friendly: Less waste and reduced carbon footprint make it a green choice! Source:Visit MY BLOG http://polymerguru.blogspot.com #aluminium #constructionprojects #aluminiumprofile   #aluminiumformwork   #innovation   #buildingmaterials   #ecofriendly  

  The bioderived “smart sutures” could help patients heal after bowel resection or other types of surgery. Inspired by sutures developed thousands of years ago, MIT engineers have designed “smart” sutures that can not only hold tissue in place, but also detect inflammation and release drugs. The new sutures are derived from animal tissue, similar to the “catgut” sutures first used by the ancient Romans. In a modern twist, the MIT team coated the sutures with hydrogels that can be embedded with sensors, drugs, or even cells that release therapeutic molecules. “What we have is a suture that is bioderived and modified with a hydrogel coating capable of being a reservoir for sensors for inflammation, or for drugs such as monoclonal antibodies to treat inflammation. Remarkably, the coating also has the capacity to retain cells that are viable for a prolonged period,” says Giovanni Traverso, an associate professor of mechanical engineering at MIT, a gastroenterologist at Brigham and Women’s

Infinity Recycling, Invest-NL and LyondellBasell announced they have invested in Pryme N.V., an innovative cleantech company, located in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. The group of investors contributed nearly EUR 13 million to support the commercialization of Pryme’s pyrolysis process to convert used plastic into valuable products on an industrial scale. Pryme is currently building an advanced recycling plant in Rotterdam that is expected to start production later this year and plans to build a second larger-scale plant in 2025. Cost-effective Approach to Pyrolysis with High Conversion Rate: “We are excited to welcome this group of strong investors at our side,” said Chris Herve, CEO of Pryme. “Just like earlier investments by Infinity Recycling and Stichting Multistrat opened doors and allowed us to gain important market knowledge, we expect our new investors to each bring valuable experience and perspective to further develop our technology. With this dedicated support comes responsibi

Today's KNOWLEDGE Share: GF Filled Polymer Let's imagine we do a fatigue test on a 40% GF filled polymer. Visually, such material will always show what appears to be a brittle failure. Even a less severe quasi-static tensile test will typically show failure at 1 or 1.5 % strain, which we mentally associate with "BRITTLE FAILURE". However, you'd be surprised to see to what an extent such failures are largely due to plasticity/ductile mechanisms. If we do our fatigue test (with a classic stress ratio R=0.1 ) at 1 Hz and then we repeat it on a fresh sample at 2 Hz, very often we will observe that life-time is the same, despite doubling the number of cycles ! This indicates that failure is essentially controlled by the underlying creep and accumulated plastic strain. A totally ductile mechanism ! If we were to observe failure two times faster, i.e. at the same number of cycles, this would point towards a dominant crack growth/brittle mechanism. In real life, we may al

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Today's KNOWLEDGE Share: CarbonCast: C-GRID carbon fiber grid used in precast insulated wall panels C-GRID is a carbon fiber grid, the enabling technology that gives CarbonCast products their outstanding strength and thermal efficiency. How was C-GRID developed? C-GRID was first developed by Chomarat over 20 years ago in collaboration with Oldcastle Precast, a founding member of AltusGroup. C-GRID’s strength, non-corrosiveness and ultra-low thermal conductivity made it an idea connector truss for insulated precast wall panels. Manufacturing technique produces C-GRID C-GRID is formed in a continuous rotary laid-scrim process in which machine and cross direction carbon tows are aligned in a 0/90-degree orientation and then impregnated with a proprietary thermoset epoxy resin system. Strength: C-GRID’s strength is achieved by selecting large carbon tows with high tensile strength values and impregnating them in our proprietary epoxy resin system.  Depending on the requirements of