Thermoplastic Composites

Thermoplastic Composite is a material made from virtually 100% recycled plastics. The innovative blend of plastics provides excellent strength and vastly improves the creep resistance over traditional plastics, offering superior durability over traditional materials. The recycled plastic formulation is impervious to moisture and insects, it offers excellent UV resistance, and it will not corrode or rot. These properties made the Thermoplastic Composite material ideal for structural applications in harsh environments.

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Bridges: Thermoplastic Timber has been successfully used to construct bridges for high loading application. The photo to the right shows a 120 ton locomotive traveling over a bridge made from recycled plastic. The pilings, I-Beams and railroad ties are all made from the Thermoplastic Composite material. The only non-plastic elements are the bolts, spikes and rails.

The Thermoplastic Composite material has also been used to construct bridges for roadways, including three HS-25 Bridges at Fort Bragg, designed for 70-ton M1A1 Tanks.

Benefits:

Impervious to moisture and insects
Excellent wear resistance
Specific strength of steel
Exceptional creep resistance
Requires virtually no maintenance
Easy to cut and drill
Lightweight
Made from recycled plastic
Will not release VOCs
Non-toxic

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