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Inside Pinnacle Technology

There are lot of things to watch and listen to here.

The list below is the recommended order in which to view the field trip. If you follow the links on each page, it will take you through the field trip in this order (you should click on the first background page to continue). Of course, you can visit the field trip pages in any order. Clicking on the "Pinnacle Technology Menu" link at the top of any page will return you to this menu.

1. Return to outside of building
2. Background
• What does Pinnacle Technology do?
• Applied Research
• Pinnacle Technology Goals
3. Products
• Plastic + Straw = Product
• Uses of fine and strong fibers
• Plastic Pellets
• Color of Agroplastic
• Tensile Strength Comparison
• Properties of Plastics
4. Agroplastics Testing
• Temperature testing
• Weathering
  • Accelerated Weathering Machine
  • Weathering Effects
• Tensile strength
  • Tensile Test Calibration
  • Tensile Test Setup
  • Running the Tensile Test
  • Normal Plastic Tensile Strength
  • Stretched Plastic in Context
  • Checking the Tensile Stick
• Load cells
• Flexural strength
  • Calibration
  • Description of Flexural Testing
  • Repeatability of Flexural Tests
  • Moving into position
  • Running the Test
• Impact strength
  • Description of Izod Tester
  • Impact Strength Setup
  • Breaking the Test Stick
  • Calculating Impact Strength
5. Biotelemetry Development
6. Views of the future
• Collaborative Research
• Importance of Communication
7. Return to KSTEI field trip menu