Coming to an airplane drink cart near you: plastics  

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Shapiro, Jessica

Jenis: Article from Bulletin/Magazine - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Machine Design (Soft Copy ada dalam http://search.proquest.com/) vol. 81 no. 13 (Jul. 2009), page 22.
Topik: Airlines; Plastics; Injection Moldings

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Airlines have long been removing nonessential weight from their airplanes to save on fuel expenses or add paying passengers. So it may be surprising that the trolleys carrying drinks, meals, and packets of pretzels or peanuts are made the same way they have been for years — out of aluminum. AeroCat B.V., Tilburg, the Netherlands, a company that builds these trolleys, designed a totally new catering trolley made almost entirely of injection-molded and extruded plastic. The company partnered with Solvay Advanced Polymers, Alpharetta, Ga., plastics processor Bemis Manufacturing Co., Sheboygan Falls, Wis., and RFID expert Zetes Industries, Brussels. The result, the Tigris trolley, a 4-ft-long × 14-in.-wide rolling cart, weighs 37 lb. A half-size, 22-lb trolley is also available. In comparison, most current trolleys weigh about 46 lb.

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