coir pith, a byproduct of coconut fibers and waste material from the coir industry, is stable and not easily degradable due to its high lignin content. coir pith takes a decade to decompose thereby posing environmental hazard and disposal problem. pollution by plastics creates an alternative solution to reduce problems. hence the potential use of coir industrial wastes for production of biopla...

Plastics have transformed everyday life; usage is increasing and annual production is likely to exceed 300 million tonnes by 2010. In this concluding paper to the Theme Issue on Plastics, the Environment and Human Health, we synthesize current understanding of the benefits and concerns surrounding the use of plastics and look to future priorities, challenges and opportunities. It is evident tha...

The application of Fibre-Reinforced Plastics is important in many engineering areas, but vital for the aerospace industry. This work shows how inline metrology can contribute to a feasible production of composite parts. An inspection system based on a Machine Vision System will be presented as a key-component for the automatic construction of complex Preform structures.

A 379 should include UV exposure, even absent specific FDA requirements. Our resin data (resins P1. P2, P3, P4, P19, and P18) cited by Kelce and Borgert came from at least three replications of stress­ ing, extraction, and EA assays. As described in our " Methods " and " Supplemental Material, " the assay variance was very small: SEs were typically smaller than the diameter of the data points o...

This paper presents an approach of knowledge capitalization within a PLM (Product Lifecycle Management) system. We propose a methodology which allows knowledge integration through a PLM system. Knowledge integration is realized during the deployment of the PLM system and the processes definition stage. This paper is illustrated by an industrial example in the plastics industry.

Synthetic polymers are widely used both in food or commercial industry. Plastic, one of its products is known to be expanding with changing lifestyles and increasing population. However, it causes deleterious effects on the environment due to its non degrading nature. Burning of this plastic waste and burying of the plastics releases harmful toxic material which is a major pollutant in environm...