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TRENDS SEPTEMBER 2017 28 CompositesWorld Contact us for a free no obligation mold release anti-stick lubrication consultation: www.mclube.com | 800.2.MCLUBE (800.262.5823) | info@mclube.com Over 60 yrs of experience in all facets of composites molding. Around the world, Team McLube is the proven leader in providing cost effective release solutions. Visit us at CAMX 2017 Booth F31 Visit us September 12-14 at CAMX booth #S48 in Orlando to learn more. Download our application flyer at mokon.com/composites. A temperature control partner you can count on. Designed to Perform. Built to last. With a full line of heating and cooling systems ranging from -20°F to 700°F (-29°C to 371°C), Mokon has a process temperature control solution for every application. According to a mid-decade report by the coalition Transportation for America (Washington, DC, US), titled The Fix We're In For: The State of our Nation's Busiest Bridges, there were then 69,223 structurally deficient highway bridges in the US alone — 11.5% of all US highway bridges — that require rehabilitation or replace- ment. Although this portion of the aging American infrastructure offers a potentially huge market for compos- ite materials, civil engineers and their counterparts in local and regional governments have proved historically resistant to change. So it was newsworthy, indeed, when the Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT, Phoenix, AZ, US) recently used carbon compos- ites for the first time to repair and strengthen girders on two Interstate 17 bridges in Phoenix that had been struck by over-height vehicles. As a result, says the agency, one of those bridges is no longer listed as structur- ally deficient. The carbon fiber strips, which were saturated with epoxy during installation, were supplied by QuakeWrap Inc. (Tucson, AZ, US), a composites company headed by Dr. Mo Ehsani, who helped pioneer the INFRASTRUCTURE Arizona DOT uses carbon composites for bridge repair Source | QuakeWrap Inc.