TY - JOUR AU1 - Meyer, Wolfgang AB - New Structural Foam* in Developments Europe Wolfgang Meyer Battenfeld Corporation Introduction structural foam mold- the late Since 1960’s, in the has become a ing well-recognized technology USA as well in As we can see as Europe. today, structural foam molders in have utilized dif- Europe ferent to this new technology approaches develop for the reasons: following markets (i) available (ii) machinery being the of use (iii)patents covering blowing agents In the for structural foam USA, large potential -- - - - is found in the and for materials- ~~~ &dquo;’--&dquo; --7 - - ?1’: ~Ø’If .T’~ building industry In consumers are 2. Modular shelf structural foam Figure system utilizing handling products. Europe major molded panels. still as manufacturers of audio such equipment of television etc. and manufacturers radio, furniture, in for outdoors. 3 offices and particular 1, 2, (Fig. and 4). 3. Office desk file cabinet and drawer Figure featuring fronts out of structural foam. 1. TV set with structural foam Figure molded front panel. The surface finish of these required applications is of an so that the smooth- extremely high quality, ness of the molded surface becomes an important factor in order to be with alternate competitive This TI - New Structural Foam Developments in Europe JF - Journal of Cellular Plastics DO - 10.1177/0021955X7901500203 DA - 1979-03-01 UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/sage/new-structural-foam-developments-in-europe-vt8MrI8nHN SP - 91 EP - 98 VL - 15 IS - 2 DP - DeepDyve ER -