Products	World champion canoe
	The canoe was used to win the 1990's marathon single canoe world championship in Nottingham. It weighs only 6,5 kg even though it is 5,2 m long and 0,75 m wide. The canoe is made of an advanced sandwich of composite plastic: a carbon/kevlar reinforced epoxy on a core of PVC-foam.
Danish Name	Ultralet kano
Category	Sport & leisure
Materials	Carbon-aramid reinforced epoxy PVC-foam (core)
Processes	Hand lay-up
Designer	World champion and Engineer Stig Jepsen
References	Risų, Department of Material Research
Keywords	Low weight Sport & leisure Stiffness Composites
Environ- mental notes	Creation: Possible working environmental problems in using epoxy. Disposal: It is disposed through incineration, with possible problems due to the PVC foam.
Photo	Risų
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