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t i \ f 4 1 the worid of plastics News you can use Plastics industry takas share of l-R awards Industrial Rasaarch magazine has racognizad tha plastics' industry contribution to tachnological advancamant in its list of product achievements to receive l-R 100 awards. Awards are made annually to tha year's most significant technical products on the basis of their "importance, uniqueness and useful ness." Winning developments associated with the plastics industry include a recyclable, polymeric soft drink con tainer, a group of low-molecularweight liquid polymers and a glass fiber-reinforced molding sheet. Receiving awards were: Monsanto Commercial Products Co. for its Cycle-Safe carbonated beverage container made of acrylon itrile and styrene, it's the first commercially available soft drink container and the first of its type to be easily recycled to original use. The polymer is compatible with emerging solid-waste systems. Molecular orien tation allows retention of strength in the thin-wall container. W. R. Qrace A Co., for its Hypol FHP one-component foamable hydrophilic polyisocynate that can be easily foamed in place by mixing large amounts of water in non-critical volumes, rather than the small, precise amounts used to trigger a conventional urethane reaction. Be cause of the large volume of water present, Hypol accepts a wide range of functional additives, producing a variety of end-product characteristics. PRO Industries for its XMC fiber glass reinforced sheet that can be molded into such structural auto components as door beams, trans mission supports and bumper back ups. Pound for pound the highstrength molding compound is up to four times stronger than steel at about one-half the weight. Ferro Corp. for its P-111 process for manufacturing continuous Type E glass fibers that adapt the advantagee of electric direct-melt technology. The WUt variety of fotmt can be marie from lotmtblt urtthtnt potymtr. process can bo used economically by both high and low-volume producers, reduces fuel waste while increasing production per unit of heat. Carborundum Co. for its Boron carbide fiber composites that are strong enough for use as a structural material in high-temperature gas turbine engines. The composite is made of boron carbite filament tape impregnated with a thermoeetting resin. The plastic is converted to a carbon matrix by heating at elevated temperatures. Dow Chemical USA, Texas Division for its experimental epoxy curing agent XD-7000.00 that allows cure of water-baaed epoxy paints. Branson tonic Power Co. for He vibration welder. Series 2000 for joining thermoplastics by means of frictional heat generated by the vibration of contacting parts. The welder, particularly suited to large parts, provides an economical meth od for welding modem plastics AveSeinfilg container tfasSpetf by UmwW CbwnieSi AodbtS Co. it moot at Ntxmtty oriented potymortc tcrytonltrilt and ttyrtot. Novwribf 17. 1978 / ptaatkx world $ ' - grtdt ofW.n Oreoe'e Hypol FHP 2732 7