News
Feature stories and substantial articles feature MFG entities:
On the waterfront: Composite marine piles build on success
Composite sheet pile competes against heavy-gauge steel while composite round piles enhance their position in the market and target wider acceptance in structural applications.
Nano-enhanced SMCs improve performance, resolve paint issues
Molded Fiber Glass Companies (MFG, Ashtabula, Ohio) has developed Nano-fill SMC, a proprietary formulation with a nano-scale additive that significantly lowers its density, compared to conventional microsphere-filled SMC.
FRP Pile Jackets Restore New York Pier
THE RESTORATION of St George Fishing Pier in New York City is employing stay-in-place fibre reinforced polymer (FRP) pile jackets to rehabilitate the timber structure.
Windpower 2009 highlights
The show confirmed wind energy’s status as a recession-proof market for composites.
Wind Energy Services launches wind blade repair service
Slated for a grand opening in May 2009, WES's new 5,000-sq-foot/464-sq-m facility is located in the concentrated sweet spot for wind energy in the Midwest in Southwestern Minnesota; approximately 45 minutes from Sioux Falls, S.D., and near the corner of Northwestern Iowa and South Dakota. According to AWEA's annual wind energy industry rankings report, Minnesota is the third-largest wind energy producer in America, generating more than 7% of its electricity from wind with 1,754 MW.
Radomes Revealed
The basic function of a radome is to form a barrier between an antenna and the environment with minimal impact on the antenna's electrical performance. Under ideal conditions a radome is electrically invisible. How well a radome accomplishes this depends on matching its configuration and materials composition to a particular application and RF frequency range.
Locomotive 'nosecones' bolster business at MFG
Molded Fiber Glass Companies is now manufacturing fiberglass "nosecones" for the front and back ends of locomotive engines, which will be used to haul freight to Europe. This is the most shapely part of the locomotive and is much lighter than parts made from fabricated metal.
Corvette's Unique Body
One of the Corvette' most unique features, is its fiberglass/composite body. The Corvette wasn't the first fiberglass bodied vehicle to exist, but it was the first mass produced car to utilize the material for its body panels.
Wind Power Blades Energize Composites Manufacturing
The world's growing appetite for wind energy is transforming wind blades into one of the hottest composite applications around. The huge build-up of wind-power generating capacity-particularly in the U.S, China, and Spain-has raised a bumper crop of new plants for manufacturing these composite parts.
Fluted Round Columns Highlight Elegance
In Los Angeles' Century City/Beverly Hills region, the 42-story, 147-unit luxury condominium tower known as "The Century" is designed to be an epicenter of upscale living on the Avenue of the Stars. The design includes 256 fluted concrete finished columns created with customized fiber-reinforced polymer (FRP) column forms produced by Molded Fiber Glass Construction Products (MFG-CP), Independence, Kan.
Fluted Columns Ascend Upscale Tower
Fluted, exposed-concrete columns are key to an elliptical, 42-story, 147-unit luxury condominium tower known as 'The Century,' rising on the Avenue of the Stars in Los Angeles' Beverly Hills district. Customized fiber-reinforced polymer (FRP) fluted round column forms (FRCF) manufactured by Independence, Kan.-based Molded Fiber Glass Construction Products (MFG-CP) were used to create the 250-plus columns, whose fluted design features what project principals describe as a "lavishly smooth" finish.
Fluted concrete columns required special forms
"The Century" is being designed to be an elliptical epicenter of upscale living on the Avenue of the Stars. Designed by world-renowned Robert A.M. Stern Architects LLP of New York, every imaginable detail has been nuanced to achieve the epitome of elegance including approximately 256 fluted concrete finished columns created with customized FRP (fiber-reinforced polymer) fluted round column forms (FRCF) produced by Molded Fiber Glass Construction Products (MFG-CP) of Independence, Kan.
FRP Troughs Key to Water Treatment System’s Iron Oxide Eco-Solution
The recently constructed Marchand Mine Treatment System is a patented six-pond/large wetland passive mine drainage system that incorporates specially designed FRP (fiberglass reinforced plastic) troughs that manage the hydrology in treating a 1,200-2,250 gpm of discharge containing 65-90 mg/L of iron (Fe).
A Fundamental and Technical Review of Radomes
Historically, a variety of materials have been used for constructing radomes, including balsa and plywood in early structures. Modern ground-based and ship-based radomes are manufactured using composite materials such as fiberglass, quartz, and aramid fibers held together with polyester, epoxy, and other resins.
FRP troughs help remove iron from mine water discharge
The Marchand Mine Treatment System, a six-pond/large wetland passive mine drainage system, which incorporates specially designed fiberglass reinforced plastic (FRP) troughs that help treat a 1,200-gal/min to 2,250-gal/min discharge that contains 65 mg/L to 90 mg/L of iron - well over the legal limit of 3 mg/L. MFG Water Treatment Products Co. (MFG-WTP, Union City, Pa.) designed and manufactured the inlet/outlet troughs, which are set in earthen embankments to consistently and predictably meter water flow through the pond system.
Custom RFP Arch and Column Forms - Creating a unique façade for new West Point library
The unique configuration required for the new West Point library arches and columns at the entryway lead to the decision to use a custom fiber-reinforced polymer (FRP) formwork system. Molded Fiberglass (MFG) Construction Products, located in Independence, KS, was selected to produce it.
Manufacturer's Turn: Floor design supports high-tech research FRP dome forms create waffle slab deck designed to optimize airflow and utility services.
The Marcus Nanotechnology Building (NRCB) will feature two clean room facilities that incorporate a waffle slab deck design built using custom fiberglass reinforced plastic (FRP) dome forms to provide the load rigidity and airflow requirements essential to next-generation nanotechnology research operations. Having eliminated wood and steel options, United Forming awarded the bid to Molded Fiber Glass Construction Products (MFG), Independence, Kan., which manufactures a complete range of custom, one-piece FRP forms.
Building a modern marvel with an eye toward history - Innovative FRP formwork solutions used at the United States Military Academy
To accentuate the storied past of the Military Academy (USMA) in West Point, the expansion of the Library and Learning Center, which will occupy a prominent space directly opposite the present library, established in 1964-will utilize intricate FRP (fiberglass reinforced plastic) formwork to create exterior concrete aesthetic features such as unique archways and columns. Ceco Senior Project Manager Rick Rohrer had experience with a manufacturer who could achieve the unique configuration demands: Molded Fiber Glass Construction Products (MFG) of Independence, Kan., who manufactured a complete range of standard and custom one-piece FRP forms.
FRP Column Forms Provide Smooth Construction Solution For Perimeter Of $90 Million Stanford Stadium's Fast-Paced Renovation
The $90 million Stanford Stadium project required construction of approximately 400 round columns that would adorn the entire perimeter of the stadium and support the steel field bleachers. MFG Construction Products (a division of Molded Fiber Glass Companies) offered a FRP/RCF solution whose composite properties made them corrosion resistant and reusable.
