February 2012

‘Greenly’ Powering US Telecommunications Equipment

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Plastics Unlimited Inc manufactures the helical shaped rotor blades and end caps for US company Windstrips vertical axis (twisted Savonius design) wind turbines. These turbines are being installed on communications towers in the US, offering the telecommunications companies a greener way to power their equipment. This application won the Composites Sustainability Award, in the American […]

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NASA Demonstrates Hybrid Wing Aircraft

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Aerospace engineers have long known that ditching a conventional tubular fuselage in favor of a manta-ray-like “hybrid wing” shape could dramatically reduce fuel consumption. A team at NASA has now demonstrated a manufacturing method that promises to make the design practical.   Combined with an extremely efficient type of engine, called an ultra-high bypass ratio

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