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Advanced Composites Group to Supply Prepregs for New Trimarans
Advanced Composites Group Ltd (ACG), part of the Composites Division of Umeco plc, is pleased to announce that it has been selected as Official Prepreg Supplier to the Multi One Design 70 project. ACG will supply its VTM®260 and MTM®57 Series prepregs for the build of a series of up to twelve trimarans that have been designed by VPLP.
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Novel Technique Makes Analyzing Complex Mixtures Simple
The goal of an integrated, miniaturized laboratory analysis system, also known as a "lab-on-a-chip," is simple: sample in, answer out. However, researchers wanting to use these microfluidic devices to analyze complex solutions containing particulates or other contaminating materials often find that the first part of the process isn't so easy.
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Using the Malvern Kinexus Expert Rheometry System to Create New Formulations
Manufacturers and materials professionals can now access an online article that describes the efficient application of performance-controlling design rules through the use of expert system rheometry. Using the ‘rSpace’ expert software in the innovative Kinexus rheometry platform from Malvern Instruments, the development and application of design rules is not only straightforward but allows a formulation or product microstructure to be engineered for optimal performance.
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Wacker Silicones Joint Venture Celebrates 10th Anniversary
Wacker Metroark Chemicals Pvt. Ltd. recently celebrated its tenth anniversary. With a workforce of over 130, the joint venture – in which WACKER has a 51 percent stake – produces and distributes silicones primarily for the textile, personal care, construction and automotive sectors.
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Manipulating Structures Using Light Beams
With a bit of leverage, Cornell researchers have used a very tiny beam of light with as little as 1 milliwatt of power to move a silicon structure up to 12 nanometers. That's enough to completely switch the optical properties of the structure from opaque to transparent, they reported.
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Atomic Layer Deposition System Manufacturer Revels in GFC
Picosun Oy, Finland-based global manufacturer of state-of-the-art Atomic Layer Deposition (ALD) systems announced today that during the six months of May – October 2009 it managed to outdo its full 12 month sales record from previous May 2008 – April 2009 fiscal year .
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New Stone Veneer Product Available from Stone Selex
Stone Selex Inc., one of Canada's pre-eminent distributors of manufactured stone veneer, is pleased to announce the opening of its new location in Mississauga, Ontario with new Quit Fit line of stone veneer. At 7,000 sq ft, the new location is more than 3 times the size of the company's old facility.
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New LED-Based General Illumination Solutions from Albeo
Albeo Technologies, a performance leading LED lighting manufacturer, introduces its new S-Series line of general illumination light fixtures for demanding environments. The products feature continuously-welded heavy-gauge aluminum housings, silicone gasketed water-tight seals, stainless-steel hardware, high-performance thermal conductors, large area thermal radiators, toroidal power conversion, high impact optics, and top tier LEDs.
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First Universal Programmable Processor Based on Quantum Bits
Physicists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have demonstrated the first "universal" programmable quantum information processor able to run any program allowed by quantum mechanics-the rules governing the submicroscopic world-using two quantum bits (qubits) of information.
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Stork Helps Clients Meet Emissions Regulations
The State of Texas has recently stepped up enforcement of existing air pollution regulations concerning the control of emissions due to degassing or cleaning of stationary, marine and transport vessels (which includes storage tanks), as specified in 30TAC 115, Subchapter F. The degassing / cleaning rules are contained in Section 115.541, and require companies which perform these tasks to verify and to provide documentation that their vapor control systems maintain a 90% volatile organic hydrocarbon vapor destruction removal efficiency (VOC DRE).
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Baluff Launch New Range of Ultrasonic Sensors
This month marks the release of the Balluff family of ultrasonic sensors, which are designed for rugged, high-performance feedback when long sensing ranges and high accuracy are needed. Balluff ultrasonic sensors are used in many automated and process applications to detect the presence of targets or to measure the distance from selected objects.
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Rugged LED Light Fittings Come in Aluminum Billet Housing
Larson Electronics’ added several new LED lights, including the LEDSM-3X60 and the LEDSM-1X60 mounts for flat and tubular mounting of small LED lights. The LEDSM-3X60 LED light consists of three 250 lumen watertight, potted LED lights encased in an machined aluminum billet housing. The LEDSM-1X60 LED light is similar in construction with only a single water tight LED capsule.
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Allied High Tech Introduce A New Automated Milling and Polishing System
The X-Mill™ is Allied's NEW Automated, Precision Milling and Polishing System for the Microelectronics Industry. Sample Preparation Applications for: backside/frontside F/A, reverse engineering, materials research and more. The wizard-based operation (with on-screen help menus) defines: X-Y-Z start/stop, X-Y milling rate, Z-force, Z-increment, Milling Pattern and Tool Overlap.
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Bioplastics Conference Sets Record for Attendees
The industry conference on bioplastics took place for the fourth time in Berlin on the 10th and 11th of November. Despite the difficult financial situation the event set a new visitor record. 380 visitors and 27 exhibitors attended the conference hosted by the European Bioplastics Association. Experts still expect continued growth in the field of compostable and biobased materials.
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Insulating Beta Alumina Material Found to Induce Large Electrical Currents
Johns Hopkins materials scientists have found a new use for a chemical compound that has traditionally been viewed as an electrical conductor, a substance that allows electricity to flow through it. By orienting the compound in a different way, the researchers have turned it into a thin film insulator, which instead blocks the flow of electricity, but can induce large electric currents elsewhere.
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Measuring the Electrical Current Flowing between Two Buckyballs
The performance of modern electronics increases steadily on a fast pace thanks to the ongoing miniaturization of the utilized components. However, severe problems arise due to quantum mechanical phenomena when conventional structures are simply made smaller and reach the nanometer scale. Therefore current research focuses on the socalled bottomup approach: the engineering of functional structures with the smallest possible building blocks single atoms and molecules.
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