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Polyethylene cladding smoothes transport chutes

DHL decided to use TIVAR DrySlide because packages often got stuck on its original unlined metallic chutes, especially when going around right-angled corners.

News from Engineeringtalk, 7 August 2007

Academics receive plastics prize money

Quadrant has awarded Eur 25,000 in prize money to three academics working in the field of plastics.

News from Engineeringtalk, 31 January 2007

Machinable material helps offshore exploration

Sercel Europe has used Ertacetal from Quadrant EPP to construct thousands of oil filler blocks for its new seismic streamer.

News from Engineeringtalk, 18 August 2005

Offshore materials expertise on display

Quadrant EPP will present a wide portfolio of solutions designed to meet performance challenges in offshore exploration and production applications at Offshore Europe 2005.

News from Engineeringtalk, 7 July 2005

Acquisition adds UHMW-PE expertise

Quadrant has signed an agreement with Menasha Corporation to purchase its Poly Hi Solidur business.

News from Engineeringtalk, 1 July 2005

New material produces perfect paper mill parts

Cestigreen AST is a new high-performance material designed especially for dewatering elements used by paper mills to dehydrate products during the production cycle.

News from Engineeringtalk, 24 May 2005

Benzene rise causes plastics price hike

Quadrant Engineering Plastics Products (EPP) is set to increase its prices by up to 12%, depending on the product line, for cast, compression-moulded and extruded stock shapes this year.

News from Engineeringtalk, 31 January 2005

Acetal stockshapes gain colourful options

Quadrant Engineering Plastics (EPP) has introduced a range of standard colours for extruded Acetal stockshapes.

News from Engineeringtalk, 13 December 2004

New materials aid IC production and test

Quadrant Engineering Plastic Products has developed four new products to extend the production life and reliability of applications in chemical mechanical planarisation and component test.

News from Engineeringtalk, 22 October 2004

No-stick, no-slip nylon lifts crane performance

QEPP developed Nylatron 703 XL nylon to meet the increasing demands for precise motion control, safety and elimination of lubrication in the construction industry.

News from Engineeringtalk, 15 October 2004

Novel PPS material makes hard-wearing bearings

Bushings made from Techtron HPV PPS material deliver reliable performance despite high loads, high temperatures and prolonged exposure to harsh chemicals.

News from Engineeringtalk, 20 September 2004

Custom track plates support sub-sea tractor

Quadrant Engineering Plastics Products recently produced the largest plastic track plates in the industry for the newest sub-sea tractor developed by Soil Machine Dynamics.

News from Engineeringtalk, 12 November 2003

Bearing and wear pad material is stick-slip free

Quadrant Engineering Plastic Products has developed a new "stick-slip free" linear bearing and wear-pad material for precise and smooth motion control.

News from Engineeringtalk, 21 July 2003

Novel nylon is suited to motion control

Nylatron 703 XL is a new grade of nylon developed to meet the increasing demands for precise motion control, safety and elimination of lubrication in the construction industry.

News from Engineeringtalk, 2 July 2003

Novel composite comes onstream

SymaLite is an innovative composite material based on polypropylene and specially oriented glass fibres, which sets new standards with regard to weight, rigidity and formability.

News from Engineeringtalk, 23 May 2003

Polymers are modified for bearing duties

The Extreme Materials line of engineering plastic stock shapes provides product and design engineers with machining grade polymer materials with optimum levels of performance.

News from Engineeringtalk, 2 April 2003

Polymer gets to grips with surgical instruments

A new Ketron Peek-GF30 blue meets the increasing requirements of the medical industry for repeated sterilisation and more frequent cleaning of medical devices and design flexibility.

News from Engineeringtalk, 13 March 2003

Plastics key to nonlubricated motor design

Quadrant Engineering Plastic Products and Dynatork Air Motors have jointly developed a new nonlubricated air motor for operation in harsh and hazardous environmental conditions.

News from Engineeringtalk, 7 February 2003

Plastics on multilingual interactive website

Quadrant Engineering Plastic Products has launched its brand new multilingual interactive website.

News from Engineeringtalk, 17 October 2002

Plastic is key to water filtration system

Quadrant Engineering Plastic Products is a key material supplier for Ultrazur 450, a new water filtration system, the largest of its type, introduced to the market by Ondeo Degremont, Paris.

News from Engineeringtalk, 26 August 2002

F11-iP motor maintains 40m/s optimum cutting speed

Parker Hannifin, the provider of motion and control technologies, has developed a hydraulic saw motor that automatically maintains an optimum cutting speed of 40m/s for 35 per cent faster cutting.
Schaeffler launches enhanced ball roller range

The Schaeffler Group has launched a complete family of ball roller bearings, which offers reduced friction and allows bearing mass and width to be decreased by 20 per cent.

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