Fiberglass Fabrication Types and Terms
Types of Fiberglass Fabrication
- are tanks or storage areas
fabricated of fiberglass. Food industries, chemical plants and water
treatment facilities use fiberglass enclosures.
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is composed of a series of parallel and intersecting parallel lines
of
fiberglass.
- , including open, closed and centrifugal
molding, shapes fiberglass products using a hollowed form. The mold
from which
the fiberglass is created is usually a metal.
- are made of a mix of glass fibers and resins.
- are sheets made of a mix of fine filaments of glass and resins.
- are heavy-duty, durable, waterproof units
that are used to store such things as fishing tackle, pool equipment
and paint
and liquid products. Larger storage boxes may also double as seating.
- are fiberglass containers ranging in size that are
used to store gases, liquids and sometimes solids. Many food
plants and chemical
plants will make use of fiberglass tanks.
Fiberglass Fabricator Terms
- Generally, the ratio of diameter
to length. In composites, it is the ratio of the fiber or filler in the
composite matrix.
- Capable of being secured or fastened using a bond or
rope. Fiberglass is bondable because the resins and glass that are combined
to create fiberglass are bond forming.
- The act of creating or maintaining equal tension in
parallel fibers. Catenary also refers to having the property of this
tension.
- A reinforcement of fiberglass that uses short
strands of continuous rovings arranged in random order and held together
with a binder.
- Amaterial, such as fiberglass reinforced plastic (FRP),
composed of two or more distinct substances. They combine to form functional
or structural characteristics not available with a single material.
- The process of increasing density of materials. As
with fiberglass laminates, compression results in the product becoming
smaller and pressed together.
- Sizing-coated parallel filaments drawn together
into single or multiple strands and wound into a cylindrical package.
- Also referred to as a "dome," it is an upside
down-shaped cup made of fiberglass, which covers the tops of buildings,
churches and other forms of architecture.
- A common surface coating that forms a tight surface structure,
is strongly adhesive and shrinks little, if at all.
- General term for a filamentary material whose length is
at least 100 times its diameter. Fiber also refers to parts of a single
unit of a substance that forms threads to be woven.
- Common material used to reinforce plastic.
- The smallest unit of a fibrous material that is formed
by spinning or drawing it into a single, long, continuous entity.
- Tubing that consists of finely spun fibers
in a uniform structure.
- An inorganic addition, especially particulate additives,
to the composite matrix in order to improve the performance of the product,
such as in shrinkage control, surface smoothness and water resistance.
- Any of a large class of materials with varying optical
and mechanical properties that is generally hard, brittle and translucent
or transparent and considered to be a super cooled liquid, as opposed
to a solid. Glass fibers, when mixed with various resins, are the main
ingredients in a fiberglass product.
- The amount of glass compared to amount of
resin in a fiberglass product. Generally, the higher the concentration
of glass the greater the strength and durability.
- A thin fiberglass sheet or plate created by compression.
Laminates sometimes consist of several thin layers.
- One of many synthetic and natural compounds of high molecular
weight. They are composed of millions of repeating links, each considerably
light and simple.
- Any of numerous translucent yellow or brown to clear, semisolid
or solid, substances of plant origin, such as amber and copal. Resins
are used in synthetic plastics, inks, lacquers, adhesives, etc.