JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #78 - January/February 2013 - 13

Bridging from today
to tomorrow	
Bridge manufacturer FiberCore Europe, infrastructure
company Heijmans and
DSM have started working
together to further introduce lightweight composite bridges in new road
construction projects. The
companies installed a new
140-m heavy traffic bridge
over one of the busiest
roads in the Netherlands.

By

Thomas Wegman
Marketing Manager
DSM Composite Resins AG

B

handling demands of traffic or spanning
greater distances. And this innovation is far
from finished…

Resins to be cheerful
Bridge building has now reached a new milestone, namely the use of next-generation
composite materials instead of concrete.
Why? Replacing concrete with composites
can dramatically reduce a bridge’s weight
without compromising its structural integrity or load-bearing capacity. Meanwhile,
building a bridge using composites also
lowers construction and maintenance costs
since both installation and upkeep take less
time compared to concrete bridges. For
example, the construction of a concrete
bridge can take weeks or months, while
composite bridges can often be assembled
in a matter of days – benefitting both drivers
and businesses.
To really forge success in composite technology, a culture of open innovation and
knowledge sharing is essential. Construction companies, infrastructure developers
and composites experts all need to work
together to develop solutions that solve reallife problems. It’s exactly this type of cooperation that DSM, civil engineering and
construction company Heijmans and composite construction company FiberCore
struck up when developing a bridge to cross
the busy A27 highway. In this case, there

ridges have always been essential to
our social and economic life, which
is exactly why humans have always
taken the craft of bridge building very
seriously. The first bridges were made
from either stones
or wood; which
then gave way to
iron and a mix of
steel and concrete.
Thanks to innovations in construction technology
and architecture,
bridges are increasingly capable of
Fig. 1: The A27 bridge, the longest hybrid composite bridge in the world (©DSM)

- Bridging from today
to tomorrow ................ p13

Applications

bridge

- Making music
with carbon ................. p15

Helping engineers
meet specific
application
requirements
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Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #78 - January/February 2013

Cover
Edito
Point of view: bespoke solutions
Contents
Agenda of Events
COMPANY & BUSINESS In Brief
- Glass fibre
APPLICATIONS
- Bridge
- Music instrument
MARKET Overview 2012
FEATURE WIND ENERGY
- Market
- Resin
- Structure
- Prepreg
- Natural fibre
- China
RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT
- Repair
- Bonding
TECHNOLOGY & INNOVATIONS
- RTM
- Laminate
- Aerospace
Index
In the world
JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #78 - January/February 2013 - Cover
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JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #78 - January/February 2013 - Edito
JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #78 - January/February 2013 - Point of view: bespoke solutions
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JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #78 - January/February 2013 - Contents
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JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #78 - January/February 2013 - Agenda of Events
JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #78 - January/February 2013 - COMPANY & BUSINESS In Brief
JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #78 - January/February 2013 - 10
JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #78 - January/February 2013 - - Glass fibre
JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #78 - January/February 2013 - 12
JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #78 - January/February 2013 - - Bridge
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JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #78 - January/February 2013 - - Music instrument
JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #78 - January/February 2013 - MARKET Overview 2012
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JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #78 - January/February 2013 - - Market
JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #78 - January/February 2013 - 26
JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #78 - January/February 2013 - - Resin
JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #78 - January/February 2013 - 28
JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #78 - January/February 2013 - 29
JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #78 - January/February 2013 - - Structure
JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #78 - January/February 2013 - 31
JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #78 - January/February 2013 - - Prepreg
JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #78 - January/February 2013 - 33
JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #78 - January/February 2013 - - Natural fibre
JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #78 - January/February 2013 - 35
JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #78 - January/February 2013 - 36
JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #78 - January/February 2013 - 37
JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #78 - January/February 2013 - - China
JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #78 - January/February 2013 - 39
JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #78 - January/February 2013 - 40
JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #78 - January/February 2013 - - Repair
JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #78 - January/February 2013 - 42
JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #78 - January/February 2013 - 43
JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #78 - January/February 2013 - - Bonding
JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #78 - January/February 2013 - 45
JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #78 - January/February 2013 - 46
JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #78 - January/February 2013 - - RTM
JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #78 - January/February 2013 - 48
JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #78 - January/February 2013 - 49
JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #78 - January/February 2013 - - Laminate
JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #78 - January/February 2013 - 51
JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #78 - January/February 2013 - 52
JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #78 - January/February 2013 - - Aerospace
JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #78 - January/February 2013 - 54
JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #78 - January/February 2013 - 55
JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #78 - January/February 2013 - 56
JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #78 - January/February 2013 - Index
JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #78 - January/February 2013 - In the world
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