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Protection Where You Need It: Heilind Leading Supplier TE Connectivity’s Heat Shrink Tubing

TE Connectivity (TE), a world leader in connectivity and sensors, provided Heat Shrink Tubing which is used for electrical insulation, mechanical protection, environmental sealing, and strain relief for applications such as back-end connector sealing, breakouts, and connector-to-cable transitions.

From Heilind Asia Pacific 13 Dec 2019

Key Piece of Equipment Arrives in Project to Deliver Clean Hydrogen to Japan

CO2CRC has delivered the first major component of a hydrogen refining plant to AGL’s Loy Yang facility in Victoria’s Latrobe Valley this week.

From Kawasaki Robotics (USA) Inc 13 Dec 2019

Cea-Leti and Partners Demonstrate Potentially Scalable Readout System for Large Arrays of Quantum Dots

Leti, a technology research institute of CEA Tech, and its research partners have demonstrated a potentially scalable readout technique that could be fast enough for high-fidelity measurements in large arrays of quantum dots.

From CEA-Leti 13 Dec 2019

Pathways Toward Post-Petrochemistry

Ethylene, or ethene, is a primary feedstock for the chemical industry, including as a starting material for the production of a wide variety of plastics.

13 Dec 2019

Safran Uses Solvay’s ECTFE UV-Resistant Film for Engine Acoustic Panels

Solvay has signed an agreement with Safran to supply Halar® ECTFE high performance ECTFE for its LEAP1 engine acoustic panels.

From Safran Group 13 Dec 2019

Tracking Samples to Improve Food Safety

Ziath has launched a competitively priced starter kit for organizations involved in food research, production and testing to keep track of samples to help improve food safety.

13 Dec 2019

Element Acquires Aerotech Inspection and NDT Ltd

Element Materials Technology (Element) has acquired Aerotech Inspection and NDT Ltd (Aerotech), a non-destructive testing (NDT) business providing radiography services to the aerospace industry.

From Element Materials Technology 12 Dec 2019

The Benefits of 3D Printing to the Space Industry

By David J. Cross 12 Dec 2019

INEOS Styrolution Offers SMMA Grades for Food Contact Applications

INEOS Styrolution has announced that its NAS® range is an excellent material of choice for food contact applications. Sparkling clarity, flowability, ease of processing, thermal stability, scratch and alcohol resistance are some of the key properties of NAS, an SMMA (styrene-methyl-methacrylate) grade.

From INEOS Styrolution Group GmbH 12 Dec 2019

KRAIBURG TPE Launches TPE Compounds for White Goods Manufacturing

KRAIBURG TPE has announced the launch of a range of high-quality custom engineered THERMOLAST® K CS, AD/PA/CS and AD1/CS series TPE compounds for sealing white goods. The series, which comes in natural and black colors, allow easy custom coloring options.

From KRAIBURG TPE GmbH & Co. KG 12 Dec 2019

BASF Introduces Low-viscosity Polyphenylsulfone Grade with Improved Flow Behavior

BASF has announced that it is expanding its Ultrason® P product range with a particularly low-viscosity grade.

From BASF Corporation 12 Dec 2019

Bitrez Ltd Joins EPSRC Future Composites Manufacturing Research Hub as Industrial Partner

Bitrez Ltd, Europe’s leading manufacturer of specialist polymers and chemicals, has become an industrial partner of the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) Future Composites Manufacturing Research Hub (CIMComp).

From Bitrez Ltd 12 Dec 2019

New Dispensing Valve for Jetting Liquids and Pastes

Adhesives specialist Intertronics now supplies the Vermes Microdispensing System (MDS) 1560, an easy-to use, cost effective jetting valve for a wide range of viscosities, including solder pastes.

From INTERTRONICS 12 Dec 2019

Exceed Testing Demands with the New Nordson DAGE Prospector™ Micro Materials Tester

Nordson DAGE, a division of the Nordson Corporation, announces the launch of its new Prospector™ Micro Materials Tester.

From Nordson DAGE 12 Dec 2019

Study Unveils Inexpensive Heat-responsive Hydrogel Ideal for Protective Clothing

Hokkaido University researchers have developed a hydrogel that does the opposite of what polymer-based materials, like plastic bottles, normally do. Their material hardens when heated and softens when cooled.

12 Dec 2019