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Mister Moo
11-12-2008, 11:53 AM
Hard work and good luck pay off, sort of. In a half-solvent housing market I might have even have a bright future with this product line. :)

http://www.popsci.com/bown/2008/product/jhrg-storm-rest

Still, it's nice to be recognized on a new product by one this big. Honeywell certainly helped but my two partners and I put a lot into this development. I will sleep with a copy of PopSci tonight. Woo hoo.

:dance:

Mr.Maduro
11-12-2008, 11:56 AM
Great work Dan!! Congrats on the award!! :tu

LordOfWu
11-12-2008, 11:56 AM
Congrats!!! Sounds like a lot of work, well deserved reward!

fissure
11-12-2008, 11:58 AM
Congrats! Now the question is can we build bomb proof mail boxes out of this stuff:ss

Rockestone
11-12-2008, 11:58 AM
Man that's great. Congratulations!! Time for a celebratory smoke. Oh, and you should have one too.:D

kayaker
11-12-2008, 11:59 AM
Wow. Awesome work and congrats on the accomplishment.

cbsmokin
11-12-2008, 12:04 PM
Way to go Mister Moo.

awsmith4
11-12-2008, 12:05 PM
That's just plain cool brother, way to cool :tu

Stick
11-12-2008, 12:05 PM
Congratulations, that's nifty! :chr

newcigarz
11-12-2008, 12:08 PM
Congrats!

GKitty
11-12-2008, 12:08 PM
Congratulations on the award!

An awesome product.

mikeyj23
11-12-2008, 12:12 PM
Wow! Huge congratulations - what an accomplishment!

68TriShield
11-12-2008, 01:09 PM
Very cool Dan!

I guess "Florida the Plywood State" is done.

Ace$nyper
11-12-2008, 01:42 PM
So cool!!

Congrats on the award :D

elderboy02
11-12-2008, 01:49 PM
Congratulations! :tu

jledou
11-12-2008, 02:08 PM
Very cool! We should have got you to use Kevlar!

Jay

jjirons69
11-12-2008, 02:11 PM
Way cool!!! I know you're beaming!

Mister Moo
11-12-2008, 03:48 PM
Very cool! We should have got you to use Kevlar!

JayHoo boy.... (Bless the good people at DuPont... there are many.)

Kevlar has its place, but not usually in a high flexion non-composite form, outdoors, exposed to moisture, high levels of UV-radiation and the other odd environmental hazards that diminish the working properties of the family of aromatic polyamides. Shall I be more specific? No, no... of course not.

Our patented laminate begins with S900 Honeywell Spectra ultra high molecular weight polyethylene and is bonded, with a special process, to ethylene vinyl acetate film. It ends up at more than double the tenacity of type xx Kevlar, in excess of 30 grams/denier. Or, in other words, more than twice the strength of Kevlar without the application shortcomings.

Otherwise... Hooray for Kevlar. It still saves a lot of lives.

galaga
11-12-2008, 04:19 PM
Hard work and good luck pay off, sort of. In a half-solvent housing market I might have even have a bright future with this product line. :)

http://www.popsci.com/bown/2008/product/jhrg-storm-rest

Still, it's nice to be recognized on a new product by one this big. Honeywell certainly helped but my two partners and I put a lot into this development. I will sleep with a copy of PopSci tonight. Woo hoo.

:dance:

Congrats Mr. Moo

Hoo boy.... (Bless the good people at DuPont... there are many.)

Kevlar has its place, but not usually in a high flexion non-composite form, outdoors, exposed to moisture, high levels of UV-radiation and the other odd environmental hazards that diminish the working properties of the family of aromatic polyamides. Shall I be more specific? No, no... of course not.

Our patented laminate begins with S900 Honeywell Spectra ultra high molecular weight polyethylene and is bonded, with a special process, to ethylene vinyl acetate film. It ends up at more than double the tenacity of type xx Kevlar, in excess of 30 grams/denier. Or, in other words, more than twice the strength of Kevlar without the application shortcomings.

Otherwise... Hooray for Kevlar. It still saves a lot of lives.

:r

Just shows to go ya, you can lead a cow to water, but you can't make it change its polyethylenes to polyamides.

NCRadioMan
11-12-2008, 04:30 PM
Hoo boy.... (Bless the good people at DuPont... there are many.)

Kevlar has its place, but not usually in a high flexion non-composite form, outdoors, exposed to moisture, high levels of UV-radiation and the other odd environmental hazards that diminish the working properties of the family of aromatic polyamides. Shall I be more specific? No, no... of course not.



I have no idea what you just said. http://www.runemasterstudios.com/graemlins/images/shakehead.gif

Congrats Dan! http://www.runemasterstudios.com/graemlins/images/cheers.gif

Aladdin Sane
11-12-2008, 04:37 PM
AWESOME!

Congrats! :tu

replicant_argent
11-12-2008, 04:40 PM
CONGRATS, SIR!!!
I imagine you are celebrating tonight, I most certainly would be.

SmokeyJoe
11-12-2008, 04:53 PM
Hey... I KNOW him!

(My brush with greatness.) :ss

Great job, Mr. Moo!!! :tu

SSatVT
11-12-2008, 04:58 PM
Congratulations Dan!:chr
That is a very interesting product.

Seth

Spect
11-12-2008, 05:16 PM
Congrats Mr. Moo

Just shows to go ya, you can lead a cow to water, but you can't make it change its polyethylenes to polyamides.

:tpd:
No wait... I'm more like :confused:

Congrats Mr. Moo, looks like good stuff!

BarneyBandMan
11-12-2008, 06:39 PM
Nice work, Dan. :ss

MajorCaptSilly
11-12-2008, 06:43 PM
That's really cool, Dan.

MCS

floydpink
11-12-2008, 07:02 PM
This definitely deserves a congratulations, and certainly has my attention as I have seen lots of hurricanes living in Florida.

I will be keeping my eye on this product.

Does this product fasten on the outside of the house?

jledou
11-12-2008, 07:05 PM
Hoo boy.... (Bless the good people at DuPont... there are many.)

Kevlar has its place, but not usually in a high flexion non-composite form, outdoors, exposed to moisture, high levels of UV-radiation and the other odd environmental hazards that diminish the working properties of the family of aromatic polyamides. Shall I be more specific? No, no... of course not.

Our patented laminate begins with S900 Honeywell Spectra ultra high molecular weight polyethylene and is bonded, with a special process, to ethylene vinyl acetate film. It ends up at more than double the tenacity of type xx Kevlar, in excess of 30 grams/denier. Or, in other words, more than twice the strength of Kevlar without the application shortcomings.

Otherwise... Hooray for Kevlar. It still saves a lot of lives.

Way over my head too, I am over in refining (gasoline) not in the fibers. Glad there are men and women out there that do know all of this! Another Congratulations! This should go a long way in helping reduce damage, maybe even saving a cigar or two in the process!

Budprince
11-12-2008, 07:21 PM
VEEEEEeeeeerrry Cool my friend! Congratulations!! Very clever approach. :salute:

Mister Moo
11-12-2008, 08:07 PM
Does this product fasten on the outside of the house?Yes, grommets on the product locate over Panelmates (which are anchored in headers and footers) and are held in place with wing nuts. The zipper permits deployment from inside the home, eliminating the need for ladder- or rooftop climbing.

The fabric weighs only 1.5 ounces per sq/foot but is about to be certified for Wind Zone Five (170mph).

It's all here: http://floridabuilding.org/upload/PR_Instl_Docs/FL11565_R0_II_JHRG03%20Storm-A-Rest%20HS.pdf :)

KenS
11-12-2008, 08:12 PM
That, sir, is damn impressive. Great recognition :tu
Can we make airplanes out of that stuff?

KenS
11-12-2008, 08:14 PM
Yes, grommets on the product locate over Panelmates (which are anchored in headers and footers) and are held in place with wing nuts. The zipper permits deployment from inside the home, eliminating the need for ladder- or rooftop climbing.

The fabric weighs only 1.5 ounces per sq/foot but is about to be certified for Wind Zone Five (170mph).

It's all here: http://floridabuilding.org/upload/PR_Instl_Docs/FL11565_R0_II_JHRG03%20Storm-A-Rest%20HS.pdf :)

I read the documentation very carefully. Didn't see any mention of Mister Moo. I assume they use some kind of nickname for you at work? :D :D

macms
11-12-2008, 10:21 PM
Congrats Dan. Entrepreneur extraordinaire!

Mister Moo
11-13-2008, 05:50 AM
I read the documentation very carefully. Didn't see any mention of Mister Moo. I assume they use some kind of nickname for you at work? :D :DName is on the fabric, fabric lamination, end-use and zipper-for-egress patents or patent applications. Search "US Patent Orifice Mister Moo" and something will turn up. :)

We're more maritime than aviation oriented for most applications. Exception - The fabric is used on the non-pressurized (A)C130 Spooky or Sprectre gunships; it forms a seal in the fuselage opening where the cannon protrudes. Interesting stresses on fabric in that spot. It's windy out there.

http://video.google.com/videosearch?hl=en&rls=com.microsoft:*&resnum=0&q=ac+130+spooky+gunship&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=X&oi=video_result_group&resnum=4&ct=title#

Sr Mike
11-13-2008, 06:08 AM
Dan, that is awesome, congrats. What I am really pleased about, is you (your company) has been recognized and awarded for a product that can protect so many.

According to TIME mag, in 2007, the best product of the year was the Apply iPhone. Inside that same mag, there was mention of a machine that can take any blood type, change the proteins and turn the blood into O negative. An amazing piece of equipment that will save so many lives in a disaster when blood is desperately needed, yet the best product was a freaking cell phone. Sure I understand the thinking as to why the phone won, but it is a far inferior product, in my mind, compared to the blood changing machine.

So to you, I say thank you and congrats, a product well deserving of recognition.

floydpink
11-13-2008, 09:55 AM
Yes, grommets on the product locate over Panelmates (which are anchored in headers and footers) and are held in place with wing nuts. The zipper permits deployment from inside the home, eliminating the need for ladder- or rooftop climbing.

The fabric weighs only 1.5 ounces per sq/foot but is about to be certified for Wind Zone Five (170mph).

It's all here: http://floridabuilding.org/upload/PR_Instl_Docs/FL11565_R0_II_JHRG03%20Storm-A-Rest%20HS.pdf :)

Anything more than 170 would be catestrohpic.

More than likely, I will be shopping for these. I probably need to read further to find out if they are available in my area.

Ironically, I was about to install brackets for pre cut plywood.

Mister Moo
11-13-2008, 07:13 PM
...plywood.Avoid plywood is my only advice. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IuaeRY3u_AE