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Milton Glaser
Forms of supply
The forms of supply that materials are manufactured into are generally produced in a range of stock or standard sizes.
The slide shows below cover most forms of supply that you may come accross in engineering / design and making applications.
Forms of supply steels:
Use the headings below to try to match the image to the correct form of supply name.
Square bar, round billet, I-beam, C-Beam, Hollow Round, Hollow Square, Round bar, Powdered steel, Slotted beam, Sheet steel, Steel plate.
Forms of supply polymers:
Use the headings below to try to match the image to the correct form of supply name.
Extruded sections, Plastic rod / bar, Tubes, Films, Pellets, Filament, Plastic sheet.
Forms of supply composites:
Use the headings below to try to match the image to the correct form of supply name.
Fibre-reinforced Polymers (FRPs), Synthetic Resin Bonded Fabrics (SRBF), Glass-reinforced Polymers (GRPs), Shape Memory Polymers (SMPs), High Strain Composites, Metal Matrix Composites (MMCs), Ceramic Matrix Composites (CMCs), Sandwich Structure Composites, Engineered Wood, Laminates.
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