Thread: Structural Foam used in 1993 FIRST competition
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Unread 05-05-2005, 00:52
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Re: Structural Foam used in 1993 FIRST competition
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Originally Posted by InnovationFirst
Can anyone remember, way back in FIRST 1993, what the structural foam was called that FIRST privided in the kit of parts. The material was white, about 1" thick, and extremely strong...
Bob,

I have the technical info included in the 1996 manual. If you want, I can scan it for you...

As I remember, Rohacel had a huge lead time (9+ months) and we were always afraid to commit to a design using it as we could not get more...

However, it was very impressive stuff. we did incorporate it into one robot as a laminate between two sheets of .032 T6 aluminum and the resulting sandwich was strong as Hades...

The problem was that you needed a large, flat press to make the laminate work. This was possible because we had a large (10 sq ft) press at work (fuel cells) but this was not an option for most teams.

Let us know if you have any more questions...

Regards,

Mike
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