Posts Tagged ‘composite’

Terrazzo Lumina

Terrazzo Lumina Slabs and Tiles are refined concrete surfaces designed to propate and emit light. Illumination travels within the concrete via embedded light-guides and is emitted in pixelated form. The manufacturing process is quite flexible and various geometries and configurations of light terminals...

April 6th, 2012 | concrete, feature | Read More

ExoSkeleton

ExoSkeleton is a quilted concrete panel made from organic duck cloth canvas and cast concrete. Two layers of the canvas are quilted using reinforced stitching in a structurally stable configuration. The reinforced stitching is engineered to withstand the fluid lateral forces specific to the amount of...

February 17th, 2012 | concrete, feature | Read More

Livinglass Curves

Livinglass Curves is the first decorative laminated glass made in curved profiles. Available in an array of interlayer patterns and textures, Curves allows designers to specify the panel length, width, thickness, and radius. It can be specified with 100% recycled resin and 100% recycled glass, and is...

June 24th, 2011 | feature, glass | Read More

Jagorta

Jagorta is a wood veneer panel that transmits light. It consists of select veneers such as cherry, maple, or oak mounted to a translucent core with a specially developed adhesive. As light passes through the thickness of the veneer, the natural surface structure of the wood is revealed. The panel transmits...

June 17th, 2011 | feature, wood | Read More

Washi Laminated Glass

Washi laminated glass panel is a combination of two glass sheets with handmade Japanese washi parchment and one interlayer of plastic (PVB). The hybrid material is used for both security and decorative applications, and demonstrates the marriage of a five hundred year old handcraft-based tradition with...

June 3rd, 2011 | feature, paper | Read More

Self-Repairing Matrices

The fact that structural damage can go undetected in many materials means that some products are often over-engineered. However, substances that can provide information about their internal stresses—as well as trigger reliable self-healing properties—allow manufacturers to be more confident in using...

May 1st, 2011 | feature, plastic | Read More

Reddex

The Industrial Technology Research Institute in Taiwan has announced its development of Reddex, the first non-toxic fire resistant composite material technology to simultaneously offer ignition resistance and fire protection in one system, effectively reducing the risks associated with structural fires....

March 25th, 2011 | feature, paint | Read More

Self-Repairing Composites

Aircraft and marine vessels are significant contributors to global warming. Airplane vapor trails release CO2 as well as other pollutants, and ships expend large amounts of energy as they carry most of the world’s cargo. Many of the polymer composites typically used for such craft are over-engineered...

January 28th, 2011 | feature, mineral | Read More

FibreC

FibreC is a light-weight, high performance concrete that requires no steel reinforcement. A special extrusion process incorporates layers of fiber glass into a concrete matrix; in the top layer and underlayer the fibers are undirected and scattered, and in the medium layer they take the form of roofings...

December 17th, 2010 | concrete, feature | Read More

PIXA

PIXA, designed by Abhinand Lath, utilizes Sensitile Systems’ light-piping technologies to enable the placement of a precise grid of light guides within a concrete matrix. These light guides optically connect the two surfaces of the material and mate directly to an LED screen or projection system on...

October 1st, 2010 | concrete, feature | Read More