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In the packaging industry, i.e.
manufacturing of crates, boxes or cases used for storage and transportation of
agricultural products; semi-rigid composite products for packaging fresh fruit and fragile
goods; flexible packaging of tea and tea chests. |
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In the automobile industry,
i.e. to replace glass fibre in car door panels, dash boards, car bumpers, rear window
shelves, etc. |
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As construction material, door
frame, window shuttering, floor board, indoor panels, ceilings, corrugated sheets, home
furniture, garden furniture etc. |
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Toys, garden canopy, garden fences, street lamp stands, window planters
etc. |
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Thermoset Composites |
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It is a
natural fibre reinforcement impregnated by cross-linking resin to produce semi-permanent
mouldings which is an irreversible process. The principal resins used are non-saturated
polyester, epoxy, vinyl ester and phenolic resin. |
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Jute
thermosetting composites are comparable to wood in terms of quality and application,
especially for making furniture, doorframes, window shuttering, floor board, ceilings,
corrugated sheets for roof, parts of motor vehicles and panels in railway wagons. The
remarkable features of these products are fire retardance, non-vulnerability, water
resistance, termite, acid and alkali resistance and low thermal conductivity. These
composites have special advantages for application in public places especially in low cost
housing, constructing disaster relief shelters, construction of water tanks and covers
etc. Jute thermoset composites can be a better
replacement for asbestos and glass fibre composites. |
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It is
also eco-friendly and cost effective as it can replace wood in any form and save
environment from deforestation effectively. |
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