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Light Weight News Flash
Airbus has developed a fiberglass reinforced aluminum and will use it in their new plane. This composite is 30% lighter than Al.
- This is the first FG composite with a metal that I have seen. Brought to you by the Church of Light (weight)
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Honeycomed aluminum has been around for years, not sure if this is what you are refering to. It was an aluminum honeycomb sandwiched beteween outer layers of fiberglass to form a strong lightweight laninate. Been used in the marine industry for at least 20 years that I know of. What are the details on the composite Scarebus came up with?
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Texalium has been around for a while now. The shop that's making my cab hardtop mold uses it, pretty neat stuff.
http://www.hexcelcomposites.com/Markets/Products/Texalium/Default.htm
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Thom, according to that website, they make those products for airbus. The honeycomb one that they state aribus uses in the floor would be similar to the product that I mentioned.
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02-14-2005, 08:27 PM
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Texalium is more of an aluminized fiberglass than a honeycomb; you lay it up, bag it, and autoclave it like carbon fiber.
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No, this is supposed to be a flat sheet material, and newly developed. You never know with derivative source tho....
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Hmm, got my interest then. Resin and acetone ran through my veins for a while and I think they are in the family DNA. I would like to more.
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It was just a short blurb - read it at the Dr's office & can't remember what magazine.... some mag. on business innovations or something.
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The material used for the new Airbus A380 is called "Glare", a
laminate with alternating layers of sheet aluminum and glass-fiber reinforced adhesive. Glare is 10% less dense than aluminum and is superior regarding fatigue and crack propagation.
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