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SPECIAL JEC COMPOSITES 2008 Composite materials save weight, thus increasing the system’s throughput by over 50%. The components are stronger, requiring virtually no maintenance. The modular structure makes it possible to replace a line in 21 days, or 3 to 6 months faster than with the former design. The system allows a 12 dB noise reduction and 18-20% lower energy consumption. Using composite materials (no metals) will facilitate the use of RFID equipment (no interference). Nominee: Globe Composite (USA) Designer and manufactur er of composite solutions Partnership Network: US Postal Service (USA) Project manager Name of Product or Process: Mail sorter system. Description: A complete, all-composite sorter system that includes carriages, track, chain and actuator mechanisms intended to replace traditional metal systems. ENVIRONMENT Winner: Agro-Resources Technologies (India) Partnership Network: Sumangali Seva Ashrama (India) Nongovernmental organization; introduced the technological solution in the rural community, All the villagers and local people using this technological solution Name of Product or Process: Basic moulding process that makes use of local agro-resources (sorted and dried plant waste) and minerals combined with a thermoset resin to manufacture furniture and other objects (see pictures). Background: In India, a good part of the population is rural and constitutes an abundant source of inexpensive labour. Crops there generate considerable amounts of plant waste that thus far have been left unutilized. This gave the idea to use these two resources to manufacture objects using simple composite process and tooling to mould plant fibre reinforcement and mineral fillers mixed with resin. Rather than taking place in a single large production unit, this is done by small, scattered units of three to four people. Description: A very simple process using a thermoset resin and simple moulds, all of which can be handled without special means. The idea is to be able to make 10 to 20 objects per mould and per day, as a function of the complexity of the part being created. Because the surface of the moulded objects is too rough, a finishing layer is provided for in order to produce smooth, sturdy, and waterproof surfaces. The objects made are small pieces of furniture, panels, construction elements, dishes, or even small boats. Advantages or Salient Features: In this project, it is not the quality of the manufactured objects (which fulfil a demand for equipment in India) or the innovation which count, but a fuller consideration of all aspects: - Creating jobs and income in rural areas to keep populations from needing to migrate, and using local resources. - The process is simple, yet seems adequate for the objects presented. - Cottage-industry model based on scattering of the production means to eliminate the need for high investment involved in creating an industrial unit. - Since there are many clusters, each one can take its own initiatives in creating new objects, thereby avoiding a standardized industrial- type production. Indirectly, it also offers individuals the possibility to fulfil themselves in a personal project. - The process requires very little electric power, uses solar cure. - The use of agro-resources is a way to be included in the global carbon credit mechanism. State of development: The project required identifying the local resources in terms of deposits, quality and collection channels, and determining the objects to be produced (occasional tables, plates, chairs, etc.); and choosing the resins, type of moulds and process (mixing the ingredients, moulding, curing) that could be used as simply as possible. - The initial idea was to use manual operations, but it is developing towards a partly mechanized process. - Given the enormous employment base (640,000 villages) and the quantities of agro-resources (a billion metric tons per year), the development potential is great. JEC Composites Magazine / No39 March-April 2008

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Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #39 - March/April 2008

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NEWS WORLDWIDE - Companies
- Epsilon Composite
- Agenda of events
- Equipment : Laser placement
- Ply placement by live video image
BUSINESS - Market survey
- Formosa Plastics Corp.
- Topkey at a crossroads
- Trends : robotics
- Niche market : Patient positioning
FEATURE : ENVIRONMENT
- Management
- Biopolymers
- Natural fibre
PROCESS - Software
- Infusion
- Simulation
SPECIAL JEC COMPOSITES 2008 - JEC End-users Forums
- JEC innovation award programme
- Innovations
USER'S PLATFORM - Composites in the world
- Better acoustics for a concert hall
- Leather and fibres - No more excuses
- Applications
- Aircraft interior : more than just a seat
KNOW HOW - Composite tooloing
- Process
- Liquid composite moulding
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JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #39 - March/April 2008 - - Epsilon Composite
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JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #39 - March/April 2008 - - Formosa Plastics Corp.
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JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #39 - March/April 2008 - - Niche market : Patient positioning
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JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #39 - March/April 2008 - - Management
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JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #39 - March/April 2008 - - Biopolymers
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JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #39 - March/April 2008 - - Natural fibre
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JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #39 - March/April 2008 - PROCESS - Software
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JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #39 - March/April 2008 - - Infusion
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JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #39 - March/April 2008 - SPECIAL JEC COMPOSITES 2008 - JEC End-users Forums
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JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #39 - March/April 2008 - - JEC innovation award programme
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JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #39 - March/April 2008 - - Innovations
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JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #39 - March/April 2008 - - Better acoustics for a concert hall
JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #39 - March/April 2008 - - Leather and fibres - No more excuses
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JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #39 - March/April 2008 - - Aircraft interior : more than just a seat
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JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #39 - March/April 2008 - KNOW HOW - Composite tooloing
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JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #39 - March/April 2008 - - Process
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JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #39 - March/April 2008 - - Liquid composite moulding
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