Duroplast is a composite thermosetting resin plastic developed by engineer Wolfgang Barthel in 1953[2] in the German Democratic Republic.[3][4] Its production method places it in a similar family as Formica and Bakelite. It is reinforced with fibers (typically waste fabrics from the garment industry) making it a fiber-reinforced plastic similar to fiberglass.
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Duroplast is a composite thermosetting resin plastic developed by engineer Wolfgang Barthel in 1953 in the German Democratic Republic. Its production...
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500, was a relatively modern car when it was introduced. It featured a duroplast body on a steel chassis, front-wheel drive, a transverse two-stroke engine...
phenol-formaldehyde resin used in electrical insulators and plasticware. Duroplast, light but strong material, similar to Bakelite formerly used in the manufacture...
to make countertops. Another use of phenolic resins is the making of duroplast, famously used in Trabant automobiles. Phenolic resins are also used for...
bodywork and independent suspension all around. The car body was made of Duroplast. The main letdown was the engine, which was a two-stroke based on a pre-war...
the AWZ P 70, to gain experience with the car's intended body material, duroplast. In 1956, development of the actual car began. Prior to that it was decided...
fabric covered timber frame bodywork. After 1953 key panels were made from duroplast, reducing the weight of the car and anticipating the light weight technologies...
Trabant body has a skeleton-like steel frame with body panels made of duroplast, a material made from cotton waste and phenol resins. Instead of a regular...
corresponding core alloys also to thermosetting plastic molding materials (duroplast). The fusible core process finds application, for example, for injection...
poor fuel economy, low power output, and thick, smoky exhaust fumes), duroplast body, and production shortages, the Trabant was regarded with derisive...
statue, enlarged to adult size and rendered in bright, yellow-painted Duroplast resin, in the middle of the pedestrian mall. The sculpture was positioned...
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