The Many Uses Of Fibreglass Mouldings

Fibreglass mouldings are used across a variety of industrial sectors and for a range of end purposes

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Fibreglass, or GRP (Glass Reinforced Plastic) as its known in the trade, is an extremely strong material for its weight (very light) and can be mixed or moulded with a large number of secondary substances to give a desired effect for example impermeability to specific chemicals or compounds.

This is particularly used where fibreglass mouldings are intended for chemical, oil or gas storage. The ability of fibreglass moulds to be delivered in light sections, which are easy to fit together on site, further makes the material useful for chemical installations, waste treatment sites and other large scale industrial operations.

Fibreglass can be moulded into virtually any shape and with the right designer, these shapes can be sectioned off to create even extremely complex finished designs. This makes fibreglass mouldings ideal for use in all kinds of transportation applications from moulding the interior carriages of Tube trains to creating bespoke body kits for super light racing cars.

Additionally, you will find fibreglass moulds at work in the leisure industry, in budget hotels for example where uniform design, longevity and strength allow the owner company to keep costs to guests as low as possible.

For example, in France the Formule Une chain of budget motels uses fibreglass mouldings to create whole bathrooms and shower areas. The design of every Formule Une is identical: the mouldings are made en masse, shipped out to location and fitted quickly.

Where fibreglass is used in this way, as the interior of a space designed for human use and/or habitation, it presents an added benefit its easy to clean. Resistant to corrosion from antibacterial sprays, simple to wet and wipe with the right chemicals, fibreglass installations can retain their original look for years.

Aesthetically, fibreglass mouldings have distinctly beneficial attributes too. The fibreglass mould is easily dyed in bright colours, making GRP suitable for use in the construction of fairground rides and the fixtures and fittings at amusement parks. Indeed, the combination of strength, malleability and colourability shown by fibreglass means its the ideal fabric for constructing all manner of fairground and amusement fittings from benches and model characters to the carriages for roller coaster rides.

Fibreglass mouldings can be designed as one off answers to specific technical and engineering problems or they can be kept on hand for the mass production of fixtures and fittings such as the train carriage interiors mentioned above.

With the ingenuity of your designer and the flexibility of your own imagination really the only limitations to what fibreglass mouldings can do, theres no reason why a current engineering problem cant be solved with lateral thinking and the application of glass reinforced plastic. To see how widely used and versatile fibreglass mouldings are you only have to go out into the street and look around!

by: Deborah wilkinson

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