Matrix Fibres

Series

Series Name

Living Tomorrow

Issue

Issue No.

116

Length of issue (in feet)

531

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Automatic Cushion Restrain
2. 2Two Minute Test
3. 3Matrix Fibres
4. 4Coffee Cattle Food

Story

Story No. within this Issue

3 / 4

Summary

COI synopsis: As trains go faster, freight wagons are more liable to develop "hot boxes" through lack of lubrication. British Rail scientists have succeeded in intergrating carbon fibre with the metal of the bearing to make them self lubricating. It’s a technique with far-reaching implications in the metallurgical industry.

Keywords

Railways; Science and technology; Engineering; Inventions and discoveries

Written sources

COI Microfilm Roll 51 [BFI National Archive]   Used for synopsis

COI Reference

MI 1458/116

Credits:

Sponsor

Central Office of Information (COI)

Sponsor

Foreign & Commonwealth Office

This series is held by:

Film Archive

Name

British Film Institute (BFI)

Email

For BFI National Archive enquiries:
nonfictioncurators@bfi.org.uk
For commercial/footage reuse enquiries:
footage.films@bfi.org.uk

Web

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Phone

020 7255 1444

Fax

020 7580 7503

Address

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Notes

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