Volatility in raw material prices and the presence of alternatives Polypropylene and polyester are the raw materials utilized to produce concrete reinforcing fiber for various building purposes.

fiber reinforcement products for concrete fall into several different types of classification. A common classification is polymeric fiber, which include polypropylene, polyethylene, polyester ...

Sika has started producing high-performance concrete reinforcing fibers for clients in the Europe ... Made of a thermoplastic material (polypropylene), the fibers are used to increase the structural ...

reinforced wing skins for a UAV demonstrator The selection and testing of materials to support UAV part design and manufacture An overview of recycled carbon nonwovens covering their structure, supply ...

The team used fibres extracted from the textile reinforcement ... surface layers of concrete break off -- explosively under the intense heat from a fire. Using human-made polypropylene (PP ...

In hopes of producing concrete structures that can repair their cracks, researchers from Drexel University’s College of Engineering are putting a new twist on an old trick for improving the durability ...

"I'm always looking out for waste streams, and my first reaction is 'how do I turn that into something usable in concrete or ... skin and an ultra-fine polypropylene fiber for the filtering ...