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fibreglassor glass fibreFibrous form of glass, developed in the 1930s. Liquid glass issues in fine streams through hundreds of fine nozzles, and the solidifying streams are gathered into a single strand and wound onto a spool. Strands can be twisted into yarns, woven into fabrics, or chopped into short pieces and then bonded into mats. Glass filaments and yarns add strength and electrical resistivity to molded plastic products. Glass fabrics are used as electrical insulators and as reinforcing belts in automobile tires. Discontinuous fibres are formed into wools, mats, or boards, commonly used in buildings, appliances, and plumbing. fibreglass (US), fiberglass 1. material consisting of matted fine glass fibres, used as insulation in buildings, in fireproof fabrics, etc. 2. a fabric woven from this material or a light strong material made by bonding fibreglass with a synthetic resin; used for car bodies, boat hulls, etc. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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The makers of a successful portable mining toilet expect to roll out a slew of new fibreglass products and create more jobs once they move into an expanded shop this fall. In Badajoz, on the site of a seventeenth-century bullring within a pentagonal rampart, Jose Selgas and Lucia Cano designed a Congress Centre as a cylindrical volume surrounded by a stack of fibreglass rings. In the green patch outside the lobby, Kenyan artist Kioko's one-legged metal sculptures stood defiantly, one with an imitation bomb strapped to its chest (see photo above), and inside Gakunju Kaigwa's stunningly beautiful resin, fibreglass and steel sculpture of a cripple on crutches, entitled "Shattered but Not Broken", welcomed all delegates (see photo on page 57). |
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