METAL FABRICS.

Putaruru Press, Volume VI, Issue 238, 24 May 1928, Page 3

METAL FABRICS.

IMMENSE POSSIBILITIES. Practically Indestructible. The conception of combining metal with fabrics and other materials is not a new one, but its practical execution is a development of very recent date, and its immense possibilities are not engaging the attention of industrialists, from pottery experts to airship makers (writes a London correspondent). To-day I was shown examples of the treatment of various articles with metal, and they supported the contentions of those who. have asserted that metallisation is practically unlimited in its application and effective in its results.

The distinctive characteristic of the process is that the mc-tal and the material ir.tfcr-penetrate, and on the surface form a new' substance combining the qualities of both. One airship company in England is apparently so impressed by the qualities of metallised fabric, from the point of view of ertst and strength, that it intends to employ it in the manufacture of its aircraft. Clothes fabrics, it is asserted, can be treated in the same way, and made to last a life-time; t mber can be preserved and strengthened; paper can be made more durable; pottery and glass submitted to the process are declared to be unbreakable; and considerable economies would be effected by the use of metallised wood or canvas in many cases where metal alone is at present used.