BP opens plant for self-reinforced plastic.

Advanced Composites Bulletin;  June 1, 2002 ;     405 words ......exactly the same material. The Curv process uses hot compaction technology, where highly drawn fibres are subjected to...customer tooling. BP acquired the patented hot compaction technology used to produce the composite from BTG, a technology...

BP OPENS PLANT FOR SELF-REINFORCED PLASTIC.

High Performance Plastics;  June 1, 2002 ;     390 words ......exactly the same material. The Curv process uses hot compaction technology, in which highly drawn fibres are subjected...customer tooling. BP acquired the patented hot compaction technology used to produce Curv from BTG, a technology...

Hot compaction and consolidation of polycarbonate powder.

Polymer Engineering and Science;  November 1, 1998 ;   Vick, Linda W. Kander, Ronald G.;   787 words ......preventing recovery during sintering include hot compaction (compacting the powder at elevated...temperature under applied pressure). Hot compaction has been investigated by several groups...green strength and density. However, hot compaction's effect on post-sintering properties...

Self-strengthening polypropylene for body panels.

Advanced Composites Bulletin;  December 1, 1998 ;     252 words ......panels that can be recycled. Known as hot compaction, the strengthening process relies on...and automotive applications. After hot compaction, the threads of stretched polypropylene...body panels for the automobile. The hot compaction process is said to allow the finished...

Novel composites by hot compaction of fibers.(First Symposium on Oriented...

Polymer Engineering and Science;  November 1, 1997 ;   Ward, I.M. Hine, P.J.;   787 words ......recent development in this area is the hot compaction of highly oriented fibers which is...aspects to the recent work. First, hot compaction is of considerable scientific interest...matrix in a fiber/resin composite. The hot compaction process was first demonstrated for...

BTG GRANTS BRITISH PETROLEUM WORLDWIDE EXCLUSIVE ON COMPOSITES.

Advanced Materials & Composites News;  February 19, 2001 ;     420 words ......rights to a patent portfolio known as Hot Compaction. Using this technology, BP will be...Leeds University to develop and promote hot compaction. BP's agreement with BTG includes an...interior and exterior car components, the Hot Compaction composite has many applications, ...

BP obtains rights to technology for reinforced thermoplastics.

Advanced Composites Bulletin;  March 1, 2001 ;     269 words ...Worldwide rights to a patented process called hot compaction has been acquired by BP from BTG, a technology commercialization...to interior and exterior automotive components, the hot compaction technique is said to have applications in packaging...

British Inventors Develop Compacted Olefin Fiber

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  October 23, 2007 ;     246 words ......amp; Trademark Office: "A polyolefin plaque is made by hot compaction of an assembly of fibres of the oriented polymer. It has...of the invention, released by the Patent Office, said: "Hot compaction is then less temperature-sensitive and produces plaques...

BP to start production of hot compaction sheet.(Brief Article)

British Plastics & Rubber;  April 1, 2001 ;     68 words ...BP is now making samples of its recently acquired hot compaction sheet material for testing, and has given it the name Curv. The production plant at the Gronau, Germany, site is expected to start...

BP plans to sell downstream manufacturing...including some newly acquired...

British Plastics & Rubber;  February 1, 2001 ;     438 words ......BP bought the worldwide rights to the hot compaction technology invented at the University of Leeds and...which now continues as a research company. Hot compaction makes 'self-reinforcing' thermoformable...

REINFORCED THERMOPLASTICS TECHNOLOGY FOR BP.

High Performance Plastics;  March 1, 2001 ;     64 words ...Worldwide rights to a patented process called hot compaction have been acquired by BP from BTG, a technology commercialization company. The process is used to make a recyclable composite with...

BTG.(Brief Article)

Plastics Engineering;  March 1, 2001 ;   MOLINARO, HOPE;   64 words ......company BTG of London announces that it has granted British Petroleum (BP) exclusive worldwide rights to a technology known as Hot Compaction, which reportedly will enable BP to manufacture formable, self-reinforced and lightweight composites for the plastics automotive...

BTG.

Rubber World;  February 1, 2001 ;     60 words ......technology commercialization company, has granted British Petroleum exclusive worldwide rights to a patent portfolio known as hot compaction. Using this technology, BP will be able to manufacture a new generation of formable, self-reinforced and lightweight thermoplastic...

Compaction technology reduces SOC test time. (Product Briefing).

Evaluation Engineering;  January 1, 2003 ;     136 words ...VirtualScan [TM] uses a proprietary compaction technology to extend the life of existing ATE for large SOC designs by reducing test-data volume, test run time, and ATE reloads. With this...

Propex Fabrics Receives 2004 Frost & Sullivan Award for Product Innovation...

PR Newswire Europe;  August 22, 2005 ;     787 words ......plastics (SRPs), based on the groundbreaking and patented hot compaction technology, are an innovative line of single polymer composites that...flexibility as well as the tolerance controls in the continuous hot compaction process enable the incorporation of other materials, offering...