TOOLING AROUND: WHEN YOU WISH UPON A (RAIL) CAR

Walt Disney World (Florida) let a $10mil order to Advanced Technology and Research (Clearwater, Florida) to produce from composites a lighter and larger monorail car that will sit on a Bombardier (Canada) produced chassis. The new monorail, replacing 1 inaugurated in 1971 that has carried 1 billion plus people over 850,000 plus mi, is seen serving as a model for several municipal systems. ATR is producing the carbon fiber composite cars in a 1-piece design from a Nomex honeycomb layered with other composite materials. The material is kept in a refrigerated room so the epoxy won't harden. The composite cars will carry 30 percent more people vs the former design, but will weigh 5 percent less.

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• Corporate Authors:

  Fairchild Publications, Incorporated

  7 East 12th Street
  New York, NY  United States  10003
• Publication Date: 1987-10-26

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 30
• Serial:
  • Metalworking News
  • Publisher: Fairchild Publications, Incorporated
  • ISSN: 0891-4036

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Carbon; Composite materials; Light vehicles; Monorail transportation; Vehicle capacity
• Identifier Terms: Walt disney World
• Subject Areas: Public Transportation; Railroads; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00469251
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jun 30 1988 12:00AM