<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">ATK company mission: "Take over the world" They have always been big into filament wound rocket motors casings. They just do not make propellant, they design and manufacture the entire rocket motor. Senator Byrd secured ATK a huge composite facility in poor old W Virginia paid for by you and me so there is something to work on in WV. Now ATK has a huge robotic tape laying facility in WV paid for by the government (Pork Barrelness at work) and they compete with othe comapnies that had to buy equipment on their own nickel. </font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">This is a private opinion, not the company I work for.<br>
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<td><font size=1 face="sans-serif"><b>"Harry W. Southwell II" <bnbsouthwell@avsia.com></b></font>
<br><font size=1 face="sans-serif">Sent by: discussion-request@nsrca.org</font>
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<br><font size=3 face="Tahoma">Hi Bill,</font>
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<br><font size=3 face="Tahoma"> ATK has a plant about 10-12 miles from were I live. They received a contract for composite components on the Delta II,III,IV through 2008.</font>
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<br><font size=3 face="Tahoma">here is a web link to ATK:</font><a href=http://www.atk.com/homepage><font size=3 color=blue face="Tahoma"><u>http://www.atk.com/homepage</u></font></a>
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<br><font size=3 face="Tahoma">Regards</font>
<br><font size=3 face="Tahoma">Bill</font>
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<br><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><b>From:</b> </font><a href=mailto:billglaze@triad.rr.com><font size=3 color=blue face="Times New Roman"><u>Bill Glaze</u></font></a><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"> </font>
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<br><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, March 26, 2003 10:59 AM</font>
<br><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><b>Subject:</b> Re: question regarding header & tuned pipe</font>
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<br><font size=3 face="Times New Roman">Gray: <br>
Curiosity: Morton Thiokol supplies not just the rocket propellant, (which, we were told many years ago was a derivative of liquid rubber) but they also supply the rocket casings? Interesting. </font>
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Tom-had to resend without all the attachments</font><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"> </font>
<p><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Morton Thiokol does not make resin, BUT you are on to something......Morton Thiokol, now called ATK ,filament winds rocket motor casings, and that Shell 8500 is a favorite of filament winder guys. Epoxies typically have extremely long shelf lifes. Some preformulated epoxies do have consituents that may increase the viscosity with age, if not refridgerated. As far as cost goes it is all relative. There are expensive epoxies at about $15 lb. Regular epoxy (bisphenol A) is $3 lb when purchased in a 55 gallon drum and about twice that by the gallon. High temperature resistance usually comes from th echoice of hardener not the epoxy resin. Epoxy resins that can increase temperature (multifunctional) resistance are solids at room temperature-not too pattern guy user friendly. Preformulated epoxy systems cost 5X-10X the raw material-usually from the hardener side. Example-West systems epoxy is a "formulated" hardener , !!
that is a blend of several components and the epoxy side is packaged straight from the drum.</font><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"> <br>
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