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How do you design a champion Human Powered Vehicle? Jonathan Sanders, Fairing Engineer of the University of Missouri Human Powered Vehicle Team gave me the details of this years competition winning build. Background of the HPVC challenge: Designed to provide an opportunity for students to gain valuable design team experience, the Human Powered Vehicle Challenge …

The University of Maryland Terps Racing team recently unveiled their brand-new 2012 Formula SAE car. They are looking forward to an upcoming first race, which will be held in Ontario, Canada on May 24th, and is known as Formula North. Over 70 school teams out of 1200 worldwide will be competing, and University of Maryland …

Why are HDU signs more popular than wood signs? Wooden signs often fall victim to moisture intrusion, which will then cause the sign to swell and the paint to crack. A wooden sign requires much more maintenance, commonly requiring yearly repainting to keep it looking fresh. HDU is also much more readily available, and being …

This weekend on April 28th, the University of Maryland SAE team, Terps Racing, will be unveiling their car for the 2012 Formula SAE season. Formula SAE is a massive international student design competition that has been in place since 1979. The concept behind SAE is that a fictional manufacturing company has contracted a design team …

We discovered an excellent video recently about vacuum forming using household items. Using scrap wood and a shop vac, check out how easily vacuum forming can be done in your own house. Talk about a great potential science project! Vacuum forming is a variation of thermoforming, where a sheet of plastic is heated to a …

Sierra Technical Services, or STS, located in the heart of the Antelope Valley can give you the composite tooling and engineering help you need. With over 30 years of experience, specializing in the manufacturing of composite tooling and structures, and aerospace engineering services, STS will help you get to your desired solution quickly and economically. …

FSC-360 WB is a water-based crack filling and repair material specifically formulated for use on Precision Board Plus high density urethane (HDU). It can also be used on wood and metal and it adheres well to most plastics. If you are looking for an easy to sand, quick-drying repair filler for use on multiple materials, …

Coastal Enterprises is proud to announce the release of our newest product, and highest density – 70 pcf. Precision Board Plus HDU! After numerous customers expressed interest in higher density HDU, we put our R & D teams to work and are now in full-scale production of PBLT-70. Ideal for composite layup tooling, prototyping, foundry …

Are you in the market for a fast-curing adhesive to use on high-density urethane, wood, metal or other materials? Coastal Enterprises manufactures PB Fast Set ,an adhesive made for all types of materials. Being remarkably easy to cut, carve and sand, as well as being waterproof and fully cured in 30 minutes, PB Fast Set is an excellent …

Vital Signs  in Verona, WI, is a full-service sign company that specializes in all types of high-quality signage including routed, sandblasted, and “smalted” signs. Adding smaltz to a sign is a very popular texture in the signage industry. This venerable technique makes for a beautiful sign, and we have some great pictures of some smalted …