fibers – Page 2 – Product by Process

yacht rope manufacturing

Extremely complex movement,double-braid yacht rope manufacturing machines. First the white core is braided, then the blue sheath is braided on top of it. Here we are making patented electronic-sensing rope by using special fibers, but the process for normal ropes is similar. More information about this project: http://www.instructables.com/id/Rope-and-Sound-Interactive-Tensegrity-Sculpture/ check the second video for slow motion check the third video for all ropes manufacturing process.

Baseball bats:wood vs alu vs Carbon fiber

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Side to side videos of three different material to make a baseball bat , wood, aluminum, and carbon fiber.

Lexus carbon fiber weaving chassis.

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Why weave a chassis? The pursuit of perfection means striving to create the lightest and strongest possible materials. See how Lexus takes the hard way in reinventing the manufacturing process.

Audi carbon ski

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AUDI carbon ski takes advantage of more than 20 years of partnership between the car company and the german ski association DSV, and from AUDI motorsport’s knowhow. co-developer is the carbon competence center – the gerg group, who also produce important components for their DTM and le mans race cars. http://www.designboom.com/weblog/cat/8/view/13310/audi-carbon-ski-update.html

Wicker-rotin

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Wicker manufacture Indonesia and China . French video : Rotin

PK22- fritz Hansen

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Pk22 Easy Chair in Wicker, woven by hand. Designed by Poul Kjærholm; produced by Fritz Hansen

Bagasse: energy and paper

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Discover Bagasse: Sugar Cane Bagasse is an agricultural waste made from 100% recycled materials. From energy to paper . In addition to being treeless, Sugar Cane Bagasse products are 100% biodegradable and compostable with renewable cycles of 12 months making them an ideal choice for sustainability. Unlike comparable paper products where it takes up to 30 years for renewal cycles of Tree Made paper with the h arvesting of over 900 million trees annually in the USA alone.

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