#Glass fibers

[materialsscienceandengineering]

Fiberglass Recycling

Fiberglass is a type of composite that consists of a polymer material reinforced with glass fibers. Because of the nature of many composites, and the separation that recycling would entail, fiberglass is not often recycled and is considered to be difficult to recycle. This is particularly the case if thermoset polymers are used (as opposed to thermoplastic polymers), which cannot currently be recycled. Typically, when fiberglass is recycled, it is ground down before separation occurs between the plastic and glass components, and only the glass is often recycled. It should be noted that fiberglass is often made from recycled glass as a raw material to begin with. As the demand to recycle fiberglass increases, interest also grows in developing the infrastructure and policies needed to do so.

Sources/Further Reading: (Image source - ThePaGerS) (Composites World) (2022 article) (Wikipedia)

[tamarackshack]

Sea Glass quilt! Great way to use up some scraps to make a wall hanging. Fun project if you like to play with scissors snd stitch!

[beckysquiltingagain]

I love a rainbow quilt and I love love love the way that fabric designer Alison Glass colors her fabrics. So this quilt was a delight to work on and kept me smiling thru out the process. There are about 30 hours in the quilting of this one.

[teamiris]

the same effect as putting your hand into a portal to another dimension made entirely of glass fiber

[statementofjoespookie]

i haven't posted since july but i am alive i think, so here's a cardigan i made recently

[trislosherfan25]

Another recent piece, also untitled - blown glass, crochet, handmade + dyed rag rug, and found metal armature

Bonus spider that got caught in the sculpture under the cut

[cicada-heart]

hand stitched bleeding heart earrings + dagger patch

the earrings have sold but the patch is still available ❤️

etsy

[whaliiwatching]

tfw ur spider boyfriend is actually a cat

also a fluffy version bc im incapable of drawing anything that doesn’t induce cavities

[beatriceportinari]

2 methods of cleaning burnt deposit on an arcopal cup : scalpel blade and glass fibers pen

[wantonlywindswept]

Corrie Guard: Fox & Patches

@megneato​​ did two more AMAZING commissions for me (the first was Ma Dong-Seok as Paz Vizsla, he’s beautiful, go look at him), which was to help get my headcanon down for what Fox looks like, and a design for my Corrie Medic OC, Patches! (I belatedly realized that is a common medic OC name. I am. Not sorry. ...or original.)

CC 1010: FOX

tired

like, so fucking tired

Constantly Vibrating Ball of Rage

hair gone white from stress and torture via Evil Sith Shenanigans

lightning scars around his neck, continue below armor on the right side of his torso

no tattoos so that he could pass as some of the other clones (this works up until the scarring and the trauma hair)

CT 9113: PATCHES

MASSIVE baby bro/vod’ika vibes, is from one of the more recent batches

very gentle and sweet and smiley

name comes from his patchwork scars, which were the result of being yeeted through a pane of glass (exact scenario as of yet undecided)

does actually have a kind bedside manner, but do not be fooled: he will also use the big sad eyes RUTHLESSLY

‘i’m not mad, just disappointed’ except instead of disappointed dad it’s your little brother who looks up to you and thinks the world of you and now you let him DOWN

that said, if he’s visibly angry, you should probably run.

[materialsscienceandengineering]

Recycling research finds new process to transform glass fiber-reinforced plastic into silicon carbide

Glass fiber-reinforced plastic (GFRP), a strong and durable composite material, is widely used in everything from aircraft parts to windmill blades. Yet the very qualities that make it robust enough to be used in so many different applications make it difficult to dispose of—consequently, most GFRP waste is buried in a landfill once it reaches its end of life. According to a study published in Nature Sustainability, Rice University researchers and collaborators have developed a new, energy-efficient upcycling method to transform glass fiber-reinforced plastic (GFRP) into silicon carbide, widely used in semiconductors, sandpaper, and other products. "GFRP is used to make very large things, and for the most part, we end up burying the wing structures of airplanes or windmill blades from a wind turbine whole in a landfill," said James Tour, the T.T. and W.F. Chao Professor and professor of chemistry and of materials science and nanoengineering. "Disposing of GFRP this way is just unsustainable. And until now, there has been no good way to recycle it."

Read more.

[2fiorello]

update on The Veil/ the organs project, i’m partway through the underpainting…….. almost done!!! holy crap!

i’ve even written an artists statement on this one that i’m so excited to share when i’m finished i’ve put a lot of thought into every aspect of this work and i hope you enjoy!! :-D i hope it will touch your soul

[ourtintedworld]

BY THE WAY YALL

[flamingoinkart]

hare

14x14

mixed media on paper

[kikiknits]

Apropos mood for today 🌲✨

[raisin-gran]

might never be able to see kyle adam’s grantaire