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Laser Polishing Offers A Faster Alternative to Traditional Techniques to Produce Surfaces with a Mirror Finish

At present, components used in areas such as tool and die making generally have to be painstakingly polished by hand - but a recently developed automated process could soon offer a much faster solution. From November...

5 Oct 2011

How to Produce Better Quality Latex More Efficiently

Chemical engineer Ms Inês Mariz has presented guidelines for obtaining better quality and more efficient latex, in a PhD thesis defended at the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU). This involves a strategy...

5 Oct 2011

Theoretical Model to Predict Jamming in Soft Materials Has Many Real World Applications

In a study recently published in European Physical Journal E (EPJE), a German scientist constructed a theoretical model to understand how to best avoid jamming of soft matter that can be applied in food and cosmetics production.

5 Oct 2011

Crash Proof Battery Boxes for Electric Cars That Can be Mass Produced

Everyone is talking about electric drives, and the scientists from Fraunhofer are also working on them. Engineers have replaced a battery box for lithium-ion batteries with a lightweight component. Not only does the housing save weight and sustain no damage in an accident – for the first time ever, it can also be mass-produced.

5 Oct 2011

Advanced Composites Group to Exhibit at JEC Asia 2011 in Singapore

Advanced Composites Group Ltd (ACG), a member of Umeco Composites Structural Materials (UCSM) – a division of Umeco plc, will be exhibiting on the Umeco Composites Stand No.D18 in Pavilion 6 at the JEC Asia 2011 exhibition in Singapore between the 18th and 20th October.

5 Oct 2011

BASF UV Absorber Sets New Benchmark for Thermoplastics

Tinuvin 1600 is a novel UV absorber which provides extremely long-lasting UV protection to high-performance thermoplastics. It exhibits an outstanding UV absorption capacity resulting in minimal loss of optical propertie...

From BASF Corporation 5 Oct 2011

Reusable Corrosion Resistant Concrete Forms Made Using Composite Materials

At Plastimagen Mexico 2011, Booth 2216, SABIC’s Innovative Plastics business unit today announced an industry first: new one-piece, reusable concrete forms made from the company’s high-performance LNP* Verton* long glass fiber-reinforced composite.

From SABIC Innovative Plastics 5 Oct 2011

Thermoplastic Vulcanizate Elastomers Provide Alternatives to EPDM Foam

Two Sarlink thermoplastic vulcanizate (TPV) elastomers provide the first practical alternative to EPDM foam or sponge in automotive seals, construction weatherstripping, gaskets, and other profiles requiring high resilie...

From Teknor Apex 5 Oct 2011

New Silver Contact Pastes for Solar Cells from Ferro

Ferro Electronic Materials, a leading supplier of materials for fabricating photovoltaic silicon solar cells for more than 30 years, will introduce two series of metallization paste products enabling next generation high...

From Vibrantz Technologies 4 Oct 2011

Tata Steel to Improve Sustainability of Dutch Plant

Tata Steel signed a new 'Green Deal' with the Government in the Netherlands today. The agreement commits Tata Steel's IJmuiden plant to further improvements in its sustainability performance on top of the ste...

From Tata Steel UK Ltd 4 Oct 2011

Research into Reducing Corrosion in Steels

Research which looks at how application of electromagnetic fields (EMF) of high intensity to steel can protect against corrosion and make savings of 50 percent is being carried out by researchers at the University of Her...

4 Oct 2011

World's Lowest Cost Recovery of Electrolytic Manganese

In an exclusive inSITE Report, resourceINTELLIGENCE takes investors on a tour of American Manganese's (TSX-V:AMY) (Pink Sheets:AMYZF) (Frankfurt:2AM) new pilot plant to investigate what could be the world's lowes...

4 Oct 2011

US Air Force Turn Mound of Scrap Metal into More Than $1m

Officials here were able to turn a 15,000 ton mound of scrap metal into more than $1 million and help clean the environment while they were at it.

4 Oct 2011

Thermal Imaging of Buildings Gets More Affordable

Thermal imaging is now even more affordable than ever for builders with the FLIR i3 camera. This small yet versatile infrared camera is designed to suit all budgets and is available now from Pyrosales Pty Ltd.

From Pyrosales 4 Oct 2011

DuPont SentryGlas Interlayer Available in Commercial Quantities

DuPont Glass Laminating Solutions announces commercial availability of the popular DuPont™ SentryGlas® high-performance safety glass interlayer in a new, 35-mil (0.89 mm) roll form to increase the speed and convenience of laminating stronger safety glass for architectural uses.

4 Oct 2011