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cantly reduces material waste and ensures con- able infrastructure solutions grows. Their high
sistent quality, making it an efficient and reliable strength-to-weight ratio makes them ideal for
solution for producing high-performance tubes. applications such as pedestrian bridge supports
or in the rehabilitation of existing structures, of-
Composites also excel in corrosion resistance. fering a durable and low-maintenance alterna-
In harsh marine environments, where wide di- tive to traditional materials. In robotics, the use
ameter tubes might serve as structural support of wide diameter tubes in large-scale manipu-
for piers, composites can have a service life that lators is also expected to increase, with com-
surpasses that of traditional materials like wood posites enabling the creation of lightweight yet
or steel, which can begin to corrode within five robust structures. Similarly, in aerospace, these
to ten years. While building standards and codes tubes could become integral to support struc-
account for the expected durability of these ma- tures for aircraft and spacecraft, contributing to
terials, composites can offer a longer lifespan. weight reduction while maintaining strength.
The role of wide diameter composite tubes is set Source: - Interplas insights
to expand significantly as demand for sustain-
WATER-SUKKER®
andui Industries Pvt.
Ltd. has developed
Kan extremely effi-
cient desiccant masterbatch
WATER-SUKKER used to
eliminate moisture at dosage
as low as 0.5% from plastic
material which is mainly ac-
cumulated in polymers / filler
masterbatches during trans-
portation and due to high hu-
midity. This next generation
desiccant masterbatch can be
used in all types of polyolefin
processing applications.
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