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Springer Handbook of Pultrusion Technology by Raymond Meyer
We have needed this book for some time. There is a very wide spectrum of management personnel, engineers in continuing education, specifiers, designers, graduate students--not to omit investors-who need this material as an intensive short course and reference work permanently at hand. Even in recession conditions the pultruded product business has grown by double-digit percentages, and this level of demand will continue as the U. S. infrastructure is renovated. Demand has stirred competition, in turn leading to product refinement. This technology development is taking place in materials, such as processable epoxy systems; in exotic but reliable production systems; and in mold/part complexity. The Handbook of Pultrusion Technology is essential to orient us in the fundamentals. The substance in Ray Meyer's treatment of this RP process is not available in any other compilation. Joseph S. McDermott, Manager Reinforced Plastics/Composites Institute The Society of the Plastics Industry, Inc. vii Preface Since my retirement five years ago I have had several oppor tunities to review my files and draft reports on pultrusion, especially for overseas clients. This book resulted from organ izing and updating these reports and filling in some of the gaps in my information._x000D_ Table of contents :- _x000D_
1: General Information.- Description of Pultrusion Composite.- Description of Pultrusion Process.- Description of Pultrusion Machine.- History of the Pultrusion Process.- Pultrusion Markets.- 2: Pultrusion Part Design.- FRP Mechanical Property Design Criteria.- Structural Shapes.- Hollow Shapes.- Pultrusion Part Standard Tolerances.- Fabrication Techniques.- Mechanical Fasteners.- Adhesive Bonding.- Pultruded Product Case Histories.- 3: Pultrusion Die Design.- Pultrusion Die Design Suggestions.- Specific Pultrusion Die Design Criteria.- Special Pultrusion Die Considerations.- 4: FRP Raw Materials.- Unsaturated Polyester Resins.- Other Resins.- Thermoplastic Additives.- Inorganic Fillers.- Fibrous Reinforcements.- Organic Peroxides.- Internal Release Agents.- Pigments.- Additives.- Surfacing Mats and Veils.- 5: Formulations and Preparation.- Preparing Resin Mixes.- In Process Testing.- Published Formulations.- 6: Pultrusion Machines.- Brenner Pultrusion Machine.- Goldsworthy Machines.- Martin Hydraulics Machines.- Mec-Pro Corporation Machines.- Pultrusion Technology Machines.- Gatto Machinery Development Corp. Machines.- Morrison Molded Fiber Glass Company Machines.- 7: Pultrusion Machine Operation.- Calculating Glass Reinforcement Requirements.- Pultrusion Machine Start-up.- Pultrusion Resin System Comparison.- Pultruded Flat Sheets.- Annotated Bibliography.- Appendix A: Annotated Bibliography Authors Index By Item Numbers.- Appendix B: Glossary.- Appendix C: Pultrusion Product Trade Names.- Appendix D: List of trade Names.- Appendix E: Manufacturers Addresses.- Appendix F: List of Professional Organizations._x000D_