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Zwick Upgrade Testing Facilities at Röchling Engineering Plastics

Röchling Engineering Plastics Group's test lab in Haren, Germany, had to extend its testing capacity and intended to upgrade an existing testing machine. As the lab was already familiar with Zwick machines, Röchling requested Zwick to upgrade their testing machine. The objective was to perform tensile, compressive, flexural and cyclic tests at ambient and also in a temperature chamber for non-ambient testing.

From ZwickRoell GmbH Co. KG 27 Sep 2009

Innovative Hardness Testing Machines Combining Ease of Use and Versatility

Hardness testing is highly complex, with a number of different test methods used for a wide range of materials. Zwick offers two innovative hardness testing instruments which combine universal application and easy operation.

From ZwickRoell GmbH Co. KG 27 Sep 2009

The Ideal Optical-Contact Strain Measurement System for Metal and Automotive Applications

By combining the videoXtens transverse strain extensometer with the Macro extensometer, Zwick has produced the ideal optical/contact strain-measurement system for the metal and automotive industries.

From ZwickRoell GmbH Co. KG 27 Sep 2009

Highly Aspheric Mirrors and Lenses from Optical Surfaces

Drawing upon over 40 years experience of manufacturing high precision optics - Optical Surfaces Ltd. has developed considerable expertise in producing highly aspheric lenses and off-axis / on-axis parabolic mirrors.

25 Sep 2009

Pulmodyne Chooses Teknor Apex Elastomer for Heart Failure Face Mask

The translucent cushion, or seal of the the O2-RESQ™ System is made of a custom-formulated compound in the Medalist® range of medical-grade elastomers from Teknor Apex Company. The soft, 37 Shore A elastomer is over-molded onto the transparent front portion of the mask, which is made of a rigid terpolymer material.

From Teknor Apex 25 Sep 2009

LyondellBasell Supply Polycarbonate Alternative for Architectural Applications

Stylepark design network has selected metallocene-based Pristene resins from LyondellBasell Industries for its ninth Stylepark Material Edition, a selection of plastics and other materials recommended for use in applicat...

25 Sep 2009

Oxford Instruments Voted a Business Superbrand

The UK's Business Superbrand programme has announced the country's strongest B2B brands. The top 500 names are selected through an independent selection process which assesses a brand's strength in the UK mar...

From Oxford Instruments 25 Sep 2009

ELGA Process Water Technology Helps Keep Particle Accelerator Running

ELGA Process Water is helping the STFC Daresbury Laboratory’s Accelerator Science and Technology Centre (ASTeC) to provide cutting edge research facilities. Particle accelerators depend on “radio frequency cavities” which add energy to accelerate electrons up to light speed, and ASTeC has a cavity processing facility.

25 Sep 2009

LOW CO2 Presentation on Sustainable Building Technologies

Hydro executive Birgitte Holter saved tonnes of climate emissions with a “low-CO2 presentation” to a sustainable building conference in Norway this week.

From Hydro - Aluminium Alloys and Products 25 Sep 2009

Polyamide from Rhodia to be Used in Biofuel Engines

Magneti Marelli has chosen Rhodia’s Technyl® to produce the air intake manifold (AIM) and the fuel rail of the Citroën C4 and the C5 2l biofuel engines in Brazil. This choice is extended to Peugeot 407, 307 and 308 series.

25 Sep 2009

Timken Launches High-Resolution Magnetic Encoder for Motion Control Applications

The Timken Company (NYSE: TKR) announced today that it has launched a new packaged, industrial magnetic encoder designed to provide increased reliability and performance over conventional optical encoders, especially in ...

From The Timken Co. 25 Sep 2009

New Generation 24-bit Nanopositioning Controllers from Physik Instrumente

Piezo system specialist PI is switching to a new generation of 24-bit resolution, nanopositioning stage controllers. The new controllers will enable better than 100 picometers command resolution for even the latest generation, long-travel, piezo nanopositioning systems (1 mm and up), such as the PIHera™ series closed-loop flexure stages.

From PI (Physik Instrumente) LP 25 Sep 2009

New UV-Visible-NIR Microscope Spectrophotometer from CRAIC

CRAIC Technologies, the leading innovator of UV-visible-NIR microanalysis solutions for scientific laboratories, announces the Microspectra 10™ UV-visible-NIR microscope spectrophotometer. This system is specifically designed to be added to the open photoport of any optical microscope to enable it to be used to acquire spectra of microscopic samples.

From CRAIC Technologies 24 Sep 2009

State-of-the-Art Testing Facility Incorprates Zwick Testing Equipment

The high-efficiency, state-of-the-art testing technology in the Materials Testing Laboratory of the Faculty of Computer Sciences, Electrical Technology and Mechanical Engineering at the Lausitz University of Applied Sciences in Senftenberg, Germany was recently commissioned. The machines involved were the new Zwick Z 600 E materials testing machine and the Zwick HFP 5100 Vibrophore, which has just received a software upgrade.

From ZwickRoell GmbH Co. KG 24 Sep 2009

GKN Add More Zwick Testing Equipment to Ensure Product Quality

GKN Driveline has 2 plants in India, one in Delhi and the other in Chennai. GKN is also a long established Indentec customer with plants in UK, France and Germany who are using many different Indentec products for determining the hardness of their products. The most recent purchase was as a result of a technical visit to the Zwick Roell Group’s production plant in Germany.

From ZwickRoell GmbH Co. KG 24 Sep 2009