C
omposite materials are chosen over traditional materials for a
number of reasons in industrial and manufacturing industries.
Composites are a combination of two materials that are very
different in chemical or physical makeup. Within the past several
decades, composites have become very popular in the industry of high
pressure pipeline and process piping repair industries. Composite technology
saves time and money in areas other than material cost. They allow a pipe
to be repaired non-intrusively, eliminating the
need to remove the line from service in
order to cut and replace, or reduce
the pressure while performing
a repair with the
Garrett Brustkern,
Clock Spring, USA,
compares the attributes
of wet cloth and stiff
cloth composites.
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