Sentences with phrase «thin sheet steel»

It begins with a light - gauge steel frame, which can even be site - fabricated using a roll - forming machine that produces structural forms from a continuous roll of thin sheet steel.

Not exact matches

He works with graphene, a stronger - than - steel infinitesimally thin lattice of tightly packed carbon atoms, and carbon nanotubes — sheets of graphene rolled into hollow tubes with walls that are just one atom thick.

The Mercer can be tossed into a corner, but watch out for bumps, since the steel chassis feels about as rigid as a thin sheet of plywood.

For the bodyshell, therefore, our engineers used very thin, but nevertheless extremely stiff, sheets of steel.

The body is made from sheet - molded composite that's 20 percent lighter than steel and even the window glass is 10 percent thinner to reduce weight.

Cornelia Parker is among those who have begun to explore the possibilities of graphene, the sheet of flexible carbon that is transparent, stronger than steel and so thin it is effectively two - dimensional.

The works are fashioned from the same small handful of materials and shapes: tubes of stainless steel; circular and rectangular sheets of transparent and reflective glass; thin lines cutting out, carved into, or painted on to hard surfaces.

Moving beyond the membrane - as - enclosure, Balema's most gestural and abstract works are flat, twisty sheets of foam, some coated with brightly coloured latex, affixed to walls and ceilings by thin steel rods.

The array combines thin - film solar PV and solar thermal technologies into a steel sheet roofing product produced by Australian steel manufacturer Bluescope, with assistance from the Australian Renewable Energy Agency.