‘Thermoplastic’
An Engineeringtalk guide
Start with the news release
Beakbane introduces composite stone guards from
Beakbane, which we summarised at the time by saying "Beakbane has announced that its composite engine stone guards will save train operating companies money, time and fuel. ".
Several months prior to that,
we featured the news release Distrupol signs distribution deal with Cabot from
Distrupol: "Distrupol Ireland will sell Cabot's range of masterbatches in Ireland, including the black, white, grey and additive masterbatches, trading as Plasblak, Plaswite, Plasgrey and Plasadd respectively. ".
In October 2009, we covered the news from Elesa (UK)
- take a look at Elesa castors suit light-load applications
which says: "Elesa has expanded its castor range with the RE.G1, designed to suit light-load applications.".
Take a look also at the news release from Victrex, Speaker cones utilise Victrex Aptiv films,
as well as DC-F/IM measures viscous food-application fluids from Flow Technology,
and Stratasys introduces Fortus-compatible materials from Stratasys.
Latest stories...
Vicote coatings improve performance of shoe moulds (August 2009)
Du Wei Enterprise Company of Taiwan has selected Vicote coatings to enhance the performance of its shoe moulds.
Camozzi introduces air brake fittings (August 2009)
Camozzi Pneumatics has added a range of push-in air brake fittings to its portfolio of pneumatic solutions.
Mountz unveils pneumatic torque screwdrivers (July 2009)
Mountz has introduced the Flex Power line of pneumatic torque screwdrivers for high production environments.
Putnam advances urethane-extrusion designs (July 2009)
Putnam Plastics has developed technology for producing thin walled, large diameter, low durometer urethane extrusions.
Arnitel TPC enables compact brake tubes (July 2009)
Ford has selected Arnitel TPC from DSM Engineering Plastics for the production of vacuum brake tubes for its new Ford Fiesta.
Tyco expands range of hermaphroditic connectors (June 2009)
Tyco Electronics has added wire-to-board plug connectors and board-to-board connectors to its range of hermaphroditic blade and receptacle connectors.
Elesa adds range of castors to RE series (May 2009)
Elesa has added a range of castors to its RE series to address mainstream industrial uses from medical equipment through to electronics, storage and manufacturing.
CP screwdrivers increase power and torque (May 2009)
Express Assembly Products has released the CP Auto Shut Off Air Screwdrivers, which offer a 30 per cent increase in power and torque, ensuring repeatable accurate torque.
Further reading
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Identipol QA units for thermoplastics testing
Polypipe Civils has invested in two Identipol QA units from Triton Technology to strengthen its existing quality control processes.
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Thermoplastic T-bar knobs with tapped inserts
JW Winco has a range of thermoplastic T-bar knobs with tapped inserts.
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