ACA Auckland Meeting Report

摘要

Doug Ashby from Maskell Productions Ltd, Auckland, was the guest speaker at the ACA Auckland October meeting. Maskell Productions produce fibreglass products resistant to corrosion. Doug is a composites engineer based at the Maskell Auckland plant. Maskell also have an office and manufacture products in Melbourne. Doug's talk began with a history and background of thermoset resins. Polyester, patented in 1936, proved to be an economical solution as a glass fibre binder.