Excerpt from Polymers: Technical Activities, 1993The Polymers Division is responsible for providing standards, measurement methods, and fundamental concepts of polymer science to assist U. S industries that produce or use synthetic polymers in essential parts of their business. We have a long history of direct collaboration with industry on individual projects and we have used such collaborations as a method of project selection as well as a way of insuring that the work we do has value to our customers. These collaborations have been generally on an individual company basis. Five years ago nist was given broader responsibility to promote U. S economic growth through the development and application of technology. Since that time the Polymers Division has focussed its resources more strongly on specific industrial sectors. This focus has allowed us to assess the needs of an industry group and plan responses that are appropriate to our capabilities and role. Program priorities are established by attempting to evaluate the potential payoff to individual companies, the industry sector and to the economy as a whole.One of our first such efforts began when we chose to look at the potential for fiber reinforced polymer composites within the automotive industry. Through a series of workshops, the industrial need was established for more rapid and less costly processes and our program in liquid molding processes was planned. Such processes inject a reactive polymer into a mold containing a fiber preform. We now have a working model of the ¿ow of polymers in liquid molding processes that predicts the pressures and ¿ow front positions in the mold. This kind of modeling capability allows the more rapid and cost effective production of composite parts. The process of holding regular workshops that assess the needs of the industry in implementing a new technology also gives us a mechanism to measure our impact and to make decisions on changes in direction in our programs.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.