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Geza Nagy, President & CEO
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John Kunz, VP Manufacturing and New Product Development
Infrastructure Composites International creates large cell fiber reinforced
polymer honeycomb composite structural panels. Our system is used to build bridges, such as the
fiberglass bridge built over No Name Creek in Russell Kansas. It is also used to
create buildings, large free span domes, arch structures and other large enclosures of many
types. This system creates superior, cost effective structures, with excellent strength to
weight ratios. It is an ideal solution for the creation of structures for many applications.
This remarkable system, invented by Ben Kunz and developed by Ben
and his son John Kunz, is uniquely suited for the creation of composite bridges,
composite bridge decks, large composite panels, fiberglass bridges, fiberglass
bridge decks, composite pier decks, floating marine platforms, portable offshore
structures, floating military structures, floating military bases, floating
marine bases, soil stabilization mats, soil stabilization panels, soldier
fighting covers, revetments, sea walls, levees, environmental enclosures, odor
control covers, and very large tanks.
Decks made with large cell honeycomb deck panels weigh 85 percent less
than decks made with traditional materials. Deck replacement for existing
bridges represents just one example of composites in infrastructure. Retrofits
of existing bridge decks with this system can be accomplished for a fraction of
the cost of replacement, especially when you consider the fact that newly decked
bridges can be rated for a much higher load, since their underlying structures
now support a static load one sixth of that for which they were originally
designed. These panels, which are so light, they actually float in water, also
represent wonderful opportunities for the use of composites in marine
applications.
Infrastructure Composites International's proprietary large cell honeycomb
system was used at KSCI, (Dr. Jerry Plunkett's Kansas Structural Composites
Inc.,) in Russell Kansas, where John Kunz used it to create the first in a
family of all fiberglass honeycomb bridges. At Frank Cherry's Midwestern
Workshop on Fiber Reinforced Composite Infrastructure, June 24th, 1997, Mr. Dick
Holzendorf of Alpha Owens Corning pointed out that plastic bridges like the one
created for KSCI mimic nature, in that they employ recycled materials and
ultimately can themselves be recycled.
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