The Huge K-Fair

The Huge K-Fair
It is clear that K-Fair is huge, unfathomably huge, but what really interested me was the potential for industry revolutionizing technology and educating production and material solutions. I’m going to specify about two cases that maybe explain what I mean.
High Pressure Reaction Injection Molding
Vacuum Hose
Sometimes you haven’t even thought about how something is made yet and at k-fair you are already seeing how, right in front of you. One example of this for me was vacuum hoses. I have seen how reinforced hoses are made but never thought about that vacuum hose is made differently since the application is different.
Non-Pneumatic Tires
For approximately two years I’ve been researching, prototyping and testing wheels that don’t use air pressure but are still flexible/adaptive. At the fair I just happened to meet the people that make those wheels possible, yes that happens at K. It was a dream come true seeing the actual product in real life and in use. Again I, a student, was warmly welcomed to sit down have some wine and discuss about this awesome product.
by Jan-Peter Holm