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To: Jim Mills who wrote (3016)	10/30/1997 6:15:00 PM
From: Larry Dreher	Respond to of 3977

>> just pull out the Palermo tape and listen to it << What am I missing here? I know who Palermo is but what is the tape? Larry

To: Jim Mills who wrote (3016)	10/30/1997 7:55:00 PM
From: jeannine dromerhauser	Respond to of 3977

Hi Jim, Glad your still hanging around also.Thanks again for the tape, your absolutely right about being depressed with the stock at times. Listening to the tape and what actually has been happening with the stock are quite at opposite ends.However,I am going to be patient like I have been with FTEL.That stock was under a buck for quite some time and recently was as high 10.50 settled back at 7.00 and is poised to move even higher. Someway, somehow this shaft has to be seriously considered by TM or or another OEM.IMO this must be done now and introduced at the PGA show in Jan.,if not then we're in trouble. Take Care, Artie

To: Jim Mills who wrote (3016)	10/30/1997 8:17:00 PM
From: J. Davies	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 3977

The defense industry as a user of thermoplastic composites isn't dead. This month's Modern Plastics (hard copy) says that Fiberite (now part of CYT) have been working with the Air Force on a thermoplastic composite radome. It is online at modplas.com but the contractor is 'undisclosed' in the online file. JD The story is buried in a lot of plastics news - the relevant text is:- Advance composite thermoforming is being used by an undisclosed U.S. defense contractor, to produce aerospace radomes. The project, part of a manufacturing technology initiative from Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, OH, involves the production of domes which house radar equipment for Air Force RC-135 reconnaissance planes. Radomes are being thermoformed from sheets of polyetherketoneketone (PEKK), impregnated with woven quartz fibers. PEKK will replace an oven-cured/hand-lay-up thermoset polyimide in the radome application. Compared with the polyimide, PEKK offers greater impact resistance and reduced moisture absorption (moisture undermines the structural integrity and dimensional stability of the polyimide, and clouds radar transmissions). A major advance from the composite radome project is the development of an "articulated" clamp frame, which positions the sheet in the female section of the forming station. Sixteen pneumatically controlled clamps have a wide range of motion, to hold the sheet and allow it to move and set properly, while avoiding wrinkles. Because it's a continuous fiber weave, the prepreg doesn't flow or stretch like a standard thermoforming sheet; the articulated frame compensates for this. Overcoming the part-fixturing challenges associated with thermoforming woven, continuous fiber composite sheet also is the focus of development efforts by Manfred Jacob Kunststofftechnik GmbH, Wilhelmsdorf, Germany. Manfred Jacob, founder and chairman, says his list of commercial programs for thermoformed composites includes industrial housings, automotive parts, as well as helmets and body armor. Jacob says the critical element is the engineering that goes into the match-mold tools, developed by computer-aided design/manufacturing (CAD/CAM) process simulation. Parts are thermoformed from woven glass fiber sheets. Other reinforcements, such as carbon fibers, also are utilized.