| Tires that have a folding, or Kevlar, bead are lighter and more nimble than those that have steel beads. |
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| With their Kevlar vests and M16 rifles they looked much like any other occupying force. |
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| The airframe design makes wide use of structural bonding and composite materials, including Kevlar, Nomex and carbon fibre composites. |
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| A small, field-deployable unit vacuum shrink-wraps the items and wraps them in a thin but high-tensile-strength Kevlar expendable harness. |
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| At the vet clinic they pretty much pull out the Kevlar but we civilian types can't go full metal jacket. |
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| Its windows are fake and the exterior walls are constructed with a sandwich of blast-proof Kevlar between two layers of concrete block. |
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| Soldiers have been using sandbags and Kevlar blankets on the floors of their unprotected HMMWVs to help improve levels of protection. |
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| First, the convoy should have at least five vehicles and they should have extra armor plate or Kevlar blankets attached to protect the crew. |
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| Weight for weight, spider silk is stronger than steel and any manmade fiber like Kevlar. |
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| Wilson describes the polymer as one of the latest nylon compounds that is reinforced with fiberglass and Kevlar. |
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| The U.S. soldiers, dressed in Kevlar vests and desert tan camouflage, were drenched with sweat. |
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| I was fortunate enough to be running SpinSkins Kevlar tire liners which did a first class job of fending off those devilish thorns. |
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| Today's crime fighters are equipped with the best rifles and sub-machine guns available, with Kevlar vests, and they are very mobile. |
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| I unsnapped my chinstrap and removed my Kevlar helmet, balancing it on the muzzle of my rifle. |
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| By contrast, making Kevlar involves a complex series of organic reactions in hot sulphuric acid at high pressures. |
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| In Kevlar it's the good alignment of molecules that generates the high strength. |
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| A simple water knot is used to create a loop in the end of the tubular Kevlar anchor strap. |
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| The nanotube fibers are also stronger than spider silk and Kevlar, meaning they can support more weight. |
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| The Americans travel in convoys, wadded in Kevlar and helmets, guns held ready. |
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| Kevlar panels protects the occupants from close threats like rocket-propelled grenades and anti-tank guided missiles. |
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| These blowouts were not from the Kevlar tyres letting them down but simply from inner tubes exploding! |
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| Kevlar and Kevlar-composite sandwich materials are used for the engine air intakes, sections of the tail and tail fin, ribs and longerons. |
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| To identify a Kevlar tire, read the writing on the label or sidewall, or ask the salesperson. |
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| Its 24-horsepower engine, similar to those used on microlights, enables wings made of Kevlar, carbon fibre and epoxy resin to beat up and down. |
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| It's been suggested that the silk would be more effective than Kevlar in bulletproof vests. |
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| Risers in Kevlar webbing with Harken ball bearing pulleys add to the refinement of the speed system. |
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| For example, major ampullate silk, a very tough silk with a tensile strength comparable to Kevlar, is used for the primary dragline or scaffolding of the spider's web. |
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| Well known examples include fiberglass and Kevlar, which are used in bulletproof vests and body armor. |
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| Lines are all Kevlar, unsheathed on upper and mid, but sheathed on main lines for ease of use and durability. |
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| However, he suffered through 54° temperatures while wearing a Kevlar vest in Afghanistan. |
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| The composite stock is made of carbon fiber, reinforced with Kevlar. |
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| Pike: may require either a shock tippet of mono, fluorocarbon, wire or Kevlar. |
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| One variety consists of little pouches of Kevlar filled with lead shot. |
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| Kevlar has become a household term, associated with police in bulletproof vests or soldiers in body armour. |
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| We are talking of a Kevlar Rupert, whose armored vest absorbs fusillades without him flinching. |
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| The helmet weighs about 12 pounds, and sits slightly unbalanced unlike the Kevlar I wore as a Marine. |
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| He returned minutes later dressed in combat gear, including a Kevlar vest, leggings, and sporting a groin protector. |
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| The textile, branded Xtegra, is made with synthetic fibres including DuPont's Kevlar and Hytrel, a rubbery plastic. |
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| Tracking mechanism Thread drive mechanism with a combination of coreless motor, Kevlar core thread, and V guide system. |
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| It's also durable, in a reinforced case with Kevlar backplate and Corning Gorilla Glass face. |
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| Their armoured cars and Kevlar vests prevent the shrapnel from roadside bombs from killing them, but the blast still buffets their brains. |
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| To be more precise, we have covered it in Kevlar, the material used to make body armour. |
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| As stated in Accidents, drivers are encased in a protective safety capsule made of a Kevlar composite material that is almost impenetrable. |
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| Due to the use of special antenna wire and high quality Kevlar guy lines a high stability and reproduceability is achieved. |
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| Designed to last thanks to high-quality adjustable belts with yellow Kevlar fibers. |
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| Risers, made of 12 mm Kevlar webbing, are also thinner but not extremely so. |
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| Soldiers in some units bought their Kevlar armor on Ebay, lady. |
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| The last of the rounds to strike Murphy went through a layer of the Kevlar on his vest and went into his skull and brain. |
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| The video is accompanied by a photograph of a young black girl wrapped tightly in Kevlar, and a pledge card asking people to vote. |
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| The centrepiece of this effort has been work on the Composite Core Stress Panel, a unique blend of materials such as carbon fibre, Kevlar and compressed foam. |
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| The aid was notified by the United Kingdom because the recipient, Du Pont, which produces aramid marketed under the name Kevlar, operates in the synthetic fibres sector. |
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| Newer Fairchild Metro aircraft are equipped with composite shields on the fuselage next to the propellers for ice protection, and Kevlar blankets inside the fueselage for shrapnel protection. |
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| Minimal flogging and careful handling can greatly extend the life of a Kevlar sail. |
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| The tyres on my bike and, more famously, bullet proof vests both have Stephanie Kwolek to thank, whose invention of Kevlar has been put to myriad tasks, from space capsules to oven gloves. |
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| Sewn with Kevlar, thread for long durability. |
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| The royal commission would also allow us to talk about and look into other areas such as coaching, officiating and what the sports equipment manufacturers are making this equipment out of these days, Kevlar for example. |
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| Danny lennon better call the company who made Paul McGowan's bulletproof shinnies to ask if they sell Kevlar flak jackets too. |
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| It's stronger than the bulletproof material Kevlar, but also lightweight and stretchy. |
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| It is naturally gold in color and has a modulus similar to Kevlar 29, but has less strength loss with flex. |
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| Yet when she invented Kevlar, Stephanie Kwolek, who has died aged 90, had no idea her invention would be credited with saving thousands of lives and would become quietly ubiquitous in modern life. |
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| Massachusetts State Trooper Gary Berlo with Jack, a German Shepard dog, demonstrate the safety and versatility of one of three Kevlar vests purchased by IFAW for police dogs. |
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| As any polymer chemist knows, Kevlar is a para-aramid synthetic fibre having a tensile strength five times that of steel. |
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| Luckily, the probability of a collision is minute and the spacesuits currently used are reinforced with Dacron and Kevlar, providing effective protection against micrometeorites. |
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| Phenolics are the result of polymerization between resin and a base material that can be paper, glass or even Kevlar. |
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| Tamper-proof Rakhi envelopes made of Tyvek or Kevlar, used for bullet-resistant jackets by the Indian army. |
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| Austin, Texas based iBackPack is releasing a backpack with pockets filled with Kevlar. |
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| It's made of DuPont's soft and flexible Nomex and Kevlar, which creates a thermal barrier and won't catch fire or melt even when exposed to an open flame. |
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| Crash helmets off this morning to Swiss pilot Yves Rossy for his amazing flight across the Channel on his bizarre Kevlar wing. |
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| But they are constructed in a similar way, using a technique called weft insertion to wrap a thin line of high-strength material such as Kevlar around a core made of specially processed elastic polyester. |
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| Technora is an aramid, which is produced in Japan by Teijin, has a slightly lower modulus strength than Kevlar 29 but a slightly higher resistance to flex fatigue. |
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| Using a unique Kevlar weave material, the undershorts are meant to provide additional protection where one wants it most in the case of an IED blast. |
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| Commercially built canoes are commonly built of fibreglass, HDPE, Kevlar, Carbon Fiber, and Royalex which although relatively heavy, is very durable. |
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| On a recent Pacific Northwest trip, we found that Puget Sound Naval Shipyard is using Kevlar reinforced synthetic line to suspend temporary services. |
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| Ideal for cooking, barbecues, changing light bulbs and stoking the fire, the double knit Kevlar and Nome construction reliably protects your hands from burns. |
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