Long-Fiber Compounds Now Cost Less.A new family of reinforced thermoplastics called Advanced Fiber Compounds (ADF (1) (Application Development Facility) An IBM programmer-oriented mainframe application generator that runs under IMS. (2) (Automatic Document Feeder) A paper stacker that feeds one sheet of paper at a time into the unit. ) reportedly combines the processing ease and lower cost of short-glass compounds with structural properties similar to those of long-fiber reinforced thermoplastics (LFRT LFRT Long Fiber Reinforced Thermoplastic (materials) ). ADF comes from RTP (1) (Rapid Transport Protocol) The protocol used in IBM's High Performance Routing (HPR) system. (2) (Realtime Transport Protocol) An IP protocol that supports real time transmission of voice and video. Co., Winona, Minn. Because it is made by a proprietary, modified extrusion compounding process rather than melt 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. , ADF products do not infringe an LNP patent and thus are not legally limited in fiber content, RTP says. ADF fiber length reportedly can be the same as in LFRT--typically up to 0.5 in. Cost is around 20% less than LFRT. |
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