On Sunday 26 January 2003 11:43, somebody wrote > 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.
Have you checked out the developments that were spawned by the need for heat shields for satellites re-entering the atmosphere? > > 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? I did one project which died because we couldn't get batteries. Your techniques will have to cope with that.> > 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. ;-) -- Regards, Declan Moriarty. -- Author: Declan Moriarty 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).
