On this episode, I am pleased to welcome Tim Kenerson of AIT Bridges. AIT is an engineering and manufacturing company that supplies advanced composite materials for bridges while providing low-cost solutions to an aging infrastructure industry.
On this episode, we'll be discussing the addition of a composite tub girder to its composite bridge system offering.
The new technology has been developed in cooperation with The University of Maine’s Advanced Structures and Composites Center. The tub girder (named as such as its wooden mold is shaped like a bathtub) can now be used for about 80 percent of bridges around the US and has many advantages over conventional steel and concrete girders. They are resistant to corrosion and can be manufactured to be as strong as needed.
Ken is the Senior Design Engineer at AIT and has been with the company for almost 7 years. He coordinates with Consultant Engineers and Owners on the project design process and manages the engineering team who works together to bring the project from concept to contract.
You can learn more about AIT by visiting their website at https://www.aitbridges.com/.
This week Marlo Stradley of Power Blanket joins me on the show to talk about his company and how they are helping manufacturers protect valuable equipment and fluids from freezing and overheating.
Marlo has been with Power Blanket for 6 years and has a 30-year career in the Aerospace industry. He's worked with NASA and other Aersospace customers for composite launch structures.
On this episode, we'll be discussing how Power Blanket is helping their customers prevent project setbacks and unnecessary costs associated with adverse weather conditions by providing total temperature control.
This week, I welcome Anvesh Gurijala and Kedar Murthy of Boston Materials to talk about their company as well as the Supercomp™, a drastically toughened carbon fiber composite that overcomes many of the shortcomings of traditional 2D composites. This new 3D reinforced prepreg features enhanced interlaminar and Z-axis properties that deliver greater performance and functionality at a low switching cost.
This super composite is formed by coating a standard carbon fiber fabric with milled carbon fibers. The milled fibers are vertically oriented by using a proprietary process. These Z-axis milled fibers mechanically pin the layers of a laminated composite together, drastically increasing the interlaminar fracture toughness.