Durat is a solid surface materials for counter tops, sinks, baths, kitchens and bathrooms. It is a composite of polyester with 30% post industrial recycled waste. According to the company's environmental product declaration (EPD), this material has a carbon footprint of 3.35 kgCO2/kg. Image Durat.
Woodio wood-based composite made up of 80% wood chips and 20% polyester resin. The colour comes from the resin.The larger chips are produced from birch waste from Finnish sawmills, and the smaller chips are virgin Estonian aspen.
Colour samples of Woodio wood-based composite made up of 80% wood chips and 20% polyester resin. The colour comes from the resin. It is used in bathroom products, such as bathtubs, washbasins and countertops.
Woodio cast bathroom products, such as bathtubs, washbasins and countertops, are made with a wood-based composite. The waterproof composite consists of aspen and birch wood chips held together with 20% polyester resin.
Marmoreal by Max Lamb for Dzek is a terrazzo consisting of around 95% marble and 5% polyester resin binder. It is made with marble waste in large chunks. Rosso Verona, Giallo Mori, and Verde Alpi are the three Italian marbles featured. Bianco Verona is used to create the white-background version, and Grigio Carnico is used for the black-background version. Image Dzek.
The seat of the original Eames Molded Fiberglass chairs, by Charles and Ray Eames for Herman Miller, 1950, was produced with glass fibre reinforced polyester resin
Glass fibre reinforced polyester (UP-GF, GFRP) allows for the construction of large, sculptural elements on buildings. Structures like this are typically made with a framework in wood and metal, which is sprayed with glass fibres and polyester resin, finished and painted.
The serrated trailing edge of a wind turbine blade - also called DinoTail (Siemens), feathered, sawtooth - helps improve airflow over the surface, resulting in less turbulence, better aerodynamics and reduced noise as the blade cuts through the air. Inspired by the rough edges on an owl's wings, the same trick is used on jet engine housings.
Oslo Airport, Norway, completed 1998, designed by Nordic Office of Architecture, features cast low alloy steel supports, powder coated grey, mounted onto concrete columns.
Interior walls in Terminal 3, Copenhagen Airport, Denmark, built 2020, designed by Vilhelm Lauritzen Architects, made from perforated steel panels and polyester powder coated
Cross-section through a wind turbine rotor blade, showing the balsa wood core, carbon fibre spar cap top and bottom, shear webs bonded with two part epoxy adhesive, and high modulus glass fibre epoxy skin. Altogether, it makes a very strong, light and enduring structure.
Grip Table, 2011, designed by Troels Grum-Schwensen, features a high pressure laminate (HPL) paper top, supported by an extruded aluminium beam with cast aluminium legs, polyester powder coated
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