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NOVEMBER 2016 36 CompositesWorld INSIDE MANUFACTURING openings, and the building is finished using conventional mate- rials (Step 9, p. 35). Modular design controls cost Because the MVC Wall System is based on modules, MVC Plas- ticos can mass-produce standard components, yet combine these to provide a wide range of design alternatives to meet specific building project needs. "e engineering process is longer than the construction process," Mussio points out, "so the cost would be too high if we had to engineer a new construction for every building. Also, we need enough quantity of the same structures for industrial production, so this requires some standardization." MVC Plasticos also has developed standard structural models: three for schools in Brazil and four options for schools in Argen- tina, including two- (208m 2 ), six- (850m 2 ) and 12-classroom (3,100m 2 ) models and daycare centers (1,060m 2 ). e school buildings contain administration/office space, kitchen, class- rooms, bathrooms and a covered play area, with the larger models also including warehouse and storage rooms, service areas and dressing rooms. Of course, there are always projects that demand some- thing different. Mussio says changing the color of the resins in the pultruded profiles and panel surface sheets is possible, and although panels are normally kept within a 3.5m width and 12m Fig. 1 Wall panel anatomy The composite-faced wall and ceiling panels feature foam cores pre-routed and fitted with electrical conduit and outlet/fixture boxes. Source | MVC Plasticos Composite material Electrical outlet box Conduit Composite material Compound core Metallic finishing ADVANCED MATERIALS FOR CFRP LATENT CURING AGENT FOR EPOXY RESIN Combination of P-0505 (Har ) and L-07E (Stabiliz with xy r v y xc t stor , low curing atur curing www.shikoku.co.jp/ products/cur tml HIGH MECHANICAL PROPERTIES, HIGH Tg, FLAME RETARDANT THERMOSETTING RESIN SHIKOKU B ox an improv al and tardant pr r xy. www.shikoku.co.jp/ pr ox tml CUREDUCT™ P-0505 / L-07E BENZOXAZINE P-d / F-a type THE SLOVER GROUP (Sales representative) Vernon Clements | vernon_clements@slovergroup.com Tel: 713.468.1795 Ext.103 SHIKOKU INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION Yosuke Kurita | kuritay@shikoku.co.jp Tel: 714.978.0347 Ext. 102