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Get striking graphics on pultrusion glass veil.


Designed as a promotional item Promotional items or promotional products refers to articles of merchandise that are used in marketing and communication programs. The items are usually imprinted or decorated with a company's name, logo or message, using techniques such as Embroidery, Silkscreen, or  for the Memorial Day and July Fourth holidays, the flag-design ladder from pultruder Werner Co. of Greenville, Pa., provides a colorful debut for the company's FiberGraphix technology. It involves proprietary know-how for selecting the right dyes and inks in the right amounts to print a graphic image on glass surfacing veil while retaining good pultrusion Pultrusion is a continuous process of manufacturing of composite materials with constant cross-section whereby reinforcing fibers are pulled through a resin, possibly followed by a separate preforming system, and into a heated die, where the resin undergoes polymerization.  processability. According to Warner senior buyer Harold Piraneo, previously available printed veils were not suitable for pultrusion. Werner has agreements with Precision Fabrics Group Inc. (PFG PFG Principal Financial Group
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) of Greensboro, N.C. (which helped develop the technology) and with other veil producers to allow them to market printed veils using FiberGraphix technology.

Another key to the success of FiberGraphix was the development of PulTru P533-300 polyester resin by AOC AOC,
n an acronym for the Aromatherapy Organizations Council.
 LLC (Logical Link Control) See "LANs" under data link protocol.

LLC - Logical Link Control
 in Collierville, Tenn. Created for this process, the new resin provides clarity plus exceptional uv resistance while retaining the processability and physical properties of AOC's standard PulTru resins for ladder rails. AOC: (901) 854-2800, www.aoc-resins.com; PFG: (800) 284-8001, www.precisionfabrics.com
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Title Annotation:Composites
Publication:Plastics Technology
Date:Aug 1, 2003
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