Use of plastics coatings in coal hopper wagons (TM-PDU-126)

Sheets of nylon, polypropylene and ultra high molecular weight polyethylene together with sprayed-on epoxy, polyurethane and hand lay glass reinforced polyester (grp) were compared as materials for lining possible grp hopper wagons by applying them to the inside of a steel coal wagon. Although there were problems with buckling or...