I started a new job at http://www.gracesales.com/ the first of the year.
We make equipment used by fire fighers, while *IN* the fire. Since I'm new to this field I was looking for others experience to learn from. I was wondering if any one had an tips on high temp. design? Especially in the area of cases and sealing them from water. The units must survive long enough to warn the fire fighters that they should leave the building. It can self destruct after that. >From what I understand you can have temps of 300'F, that can jump to 'flash points' of 600'F in short periods of time (don't know the period). http://www.alternativescience.com/flame-proof.htm Has Plastic Coating good to 2,700'C. some thing that sounds interesting, but can't find out if any one every made it. "Too hot to handle In April 1993, the defense magazine Jane's International Defense Review announced the discovery by a British amateur inventor, Maurice Ward, of a thin plastic coating able to withstand temperatures of 2,700 degrees Centigrade The reason why it was a defense magazine who first published news of This revolutionary invention is that the coating is so resistant to heat that it can make tanks, ships and aircraft impervious to the effects of nuclear weapons at quite close range -- and hence is of great interest to the military mind." I've seen this stuff refereed to as "Starlight Paint", don't know if that is really correct. http://www.techpaint.com/ is a paint that generates heat that I found; going the wrong direction. ;-) -- http://www.unusualresearch.com/ http://www.bpaddock.com/ -- Author: Bob Paddock INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com San Diego, California -- Mailing list and web hosting services --------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB CHIPDIR-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).
