Fabrication of Glass Fiber Helmet
Subtitle: ICIEMS 2014
Publisher: Association of Scientists, Developers and Faculties
Published: 2014
Place of publication: India
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 487
ISBN-13: 9788192523330
Description: Fiberglass Industry over the years has been regarded as a versatile reinforcement material in imparting structural stability and strength to various components in a wide variety of markets such as Automobile, Aeronautics, and Wind Turbine etc. A high percentage of fiber glass produced in the world is used for reinforcement of plastics The main products marketed by the fiber glass plants are Mats, Roving’s, Woven Roving’s, Yarns etc. An attempt has been made to fabricate a fiberglass reinforced plastic helmet using an Industrial helmet as the mold. The Industrial helmet is essentially made up of Polyethylene thermoplastic. The construction of the fiberglass helmet is done using the fiberglass hand lay-up operation. Emphasis is laid in constructing the helmet with superior structural strength and stability over the polyethylene thermoplastic while also ensuring that the weight is kept as low as possible comparison with the polyethylene plastic helmet and also ensuring that the product is economical.