KASO ENGINEERS TEAM UP WITH RTP COMPANY TO FIND NEW MATERIALS SOLUTION FOR WERNER PADDLES

By Kaso Plastics | February 15, 2015 |

KASO engineers were recently challenged with finding a new material solution for Werner Paddles—makers of some of the world’s finest kayak, canoe and stand-up paddles—ultimately finding their solution in a very unlikely place: carbon fiber reclaimed from manufacturing scrap from Boeing’s 787 Dreamliner airplane production. The search for a material that was both tough and…

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COMBINED EFFORTS OF KASO AND RTP COMPANY PROVIDE AESTHETICS SOLUTION FOR WERNER PADDLES

By Kaso Plastics | September 19, 2012 |

KASO Plastics engineers and custom compounder RTP Company teamed up recently to assist Werner Paddles when the company began to experience aesthetic issues with its kayak paddle blades. After experimenting with more than a dozen different materials, KASO engineering staff found that it was a recycled aircraft grade carbon fiber from RTP Company that did the trick.…

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