Henk, Tony, thanks for the detailed information. If memory serves, they started with carrots because they had a lot of them, simple reason. Rene
Henk Verhaar schrieb: > > On 18 Oct 2008, at 21:25, Anthony Spezio wrote: > >> I have head of them but dismissed it. >> > > As well you should. If you look at the patent, you'll see that > basically what they do is to use cellulose (micro)fibers as structural > filler, substituting some carbon or glass fiber. Since vegetable > cellulose fibers are by necessity short, they cannot be used as basic > fiber reinforcement (like carbon fiber or glass fiber) in structural > tubes, only as secondary reinforcement, such as the whisker rods that > Daiwa used to make, which used silicon carbide microfibers. > > The main accomplishment these guys made was ensuring a way to select > the cellulose fibers from the pulp such that they get a well defined > and consistent quality, but IMNSHO, it is a gimmick more than a real > 'breakthrough'. Using carrot fiber, as opposed to multiple other > possibilities, as described in the patent, is also a 'gimmick'. > > Henk --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vfb-mail?hl=en VFB Mail is sponsored by Line's End Inc at http://www.linesend.com -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
