{"id":13662,"date":"2017-02-12T13:40:32","date_gmt":"2017-02-12T17:40:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sa.rochester.edu\/baja\/?p=13662"},"modified":"2018-02-01T18:59:01","modified_gmt":"2018-02-01T22:59:01","slug":"experimenting-with-plastic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sa.rochester.edu\/baja\/2017\/02\/experimenting-with-plastic\/","title":{"rendered":"EXPERIMENTING WITH PLASTIC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sa.rochester.edu\/baja\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Feb2017_Oscar-Ta.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-9112 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/sa.rochester.edu\/baja\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Feb2017_Oscar-Ta-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"525\" height=\"394\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sa.rochester.edu\/baja\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Feb2017_Oscar-Ta-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sa.rochester.edu\/baja\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Feb2017_Oscar-Ta-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sa.rochester.edu\/baja\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Feb2017_Oscar-Ta-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sa.rochester.edu\/baja\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Feb2017_Oscar-Ta-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/sa.rochester.edu\/baja\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Feb2017_Oscar-Ta-24x18.jpg 24w, https:\/\/sa.rochester.edu\/baja\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Feb2017_Oscar-Ta-36x27.jpg 36w, https:\/\/sa.rochester.edu\/baja\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Feb2017_Oscar-Ta-48x36.jpg 48w, https:\/\/sa.rochester.edu\/baja\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Feb2017_Oscar-Ta.jpg 1267w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 525px) 100vw, 525px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">By Oscar Ta (Optical Engineering \u201818)<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Our Baja team is in partnership with a composite company, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lairdplastics.com\/\">Laird Plastics<\/a>. In previous years, they have been the plastics distributor our team has received materials from. Following up this year, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lairdplastics.com\/\">Laird Plastics<\/a> requested us to test applications for their strongest plastic.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Their material, KyronMAX, offers mechanical properties comparable to metals. For example, KryonMAX is said to have a higher strength-to-weight ratio than steel, which can save volume on design.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We started to test the material by cutting a steering wheel out of a 6\u2019\u2019 by 11\u2019\u2019 sheet of the composite. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Amazingly, the material withstood the heat from a 0.75\u2019\u2019 diameter bit, spinning at 10000rpm on a CNC router. Noticing the unexpected resilience of the material, we raised the idea of testing the material under more stressful conditions. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Natural curiosity pushed us to wonder how it would break. Our next step is to test the material with a part under more stressful conditions than a simple steering wheel. The rear caliper mounting plate on the gearbox is a perfect candidate because it must withstand constant vibration. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A full-fledged report will be written from our Baja team. Hopefully, the results of this partnership will spearhead future company partnerships from our team.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Oscar Ta (Optical Engineering \u201818) Our Baja team is in partnership with a composite company, Laird Plastics. 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