- Duraswitch and Hanaco Form Technology Alliance;
Combining Electronic Switch and Silicone...
Business Editors & High-Tech Writers PHOENIX--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 11, 2001 Duraswitch Industries Inc. (Nasdaq:DSWT) and Hanaco Manufacturing Co. have formed a technology alliance to bring together ......
- Drain Problems Solved
Orlando, FL—If indwelling bladder catheters have a bright side, it's that they are usually temporary. Some people, however, aren't so lucky. Spinal cord injuries, multiple ......
- 'Super-TPVs': the new challenge to rubber: a
new category of TPEs combines engineering...
Recent commercialization of a cluster of novel thermoplastic vulcanizate (TPV) families is promising to boost demand for thermoplastic elastomers in new and challenging industrial and ......
- Thin-Walled Diaphragms
Liquid silicone makes them strong, durable Minnesota Rubber's sealing diaphragms are made out of injection-molded silicone rubber, as opposed to regular millable gum processes. They ......
- LSR goes all-electric and tiebarless. (Keeping Up with
Injection Molding).
It's said to be the world's first: An all-electric, tiebarless press designed for liquid silicone rubber (LSR) is newly available from Engel Canada Inc., Guelph, ......
- Liquid silicone.
Shincor Silicones, Inc., Akron, OH, has introduced a new line of Liquid Injection Molding System (LIMS) products. The KEG2000 Series of liquid silicone products are ......
- LSR molder finds an old trick can overcome new
challenges. (Know-How).
Liquid silicone rubber parts are getting larger, but most LSR molders still have relatively small injection machines with limited shot capacity. Custom molder Limtech Inc....
- Sprueless molding for LSR.
Two new valve-gate systems for runnerless molding of liquid silicone rubber were introduced at the recent International Plastics Fair in Tokyo. The Rudiz System from ......
- TPE Replaces Liquid Silicone In Electrical
Insulators.
Since the 1970s, insulators used in power distribution have evolved from porcelain to cast epoxy to liquid silicone rubber (LSR) and now to thermoplastic elastomer....
- Liquid silicone rubber.
DOW CORNING, MIDLAND, MICH. Silastic LC-50-2004 is a 50 shore hardness liquid silicone rubber designed to provide high clarity, superior mechanical properties, and short ......
- Coextrude silicone rubber and intumescent
foam.
FinnProfiles Oy, a processor of specialty silicone gaskets in Vammala, Finland, believes it is the first in the world to coextrude silicone rubber over an ......
- Soft, gel-like LSR is injection moldable. (Keeping Up
With Materials).
GE Silicones, Waterford, N.Y., has come out with its softest injection moldable liquid silicone rubber, LSR2005. This FDA-compliant elastomer has a gel-like consistency for use ......
- All-electric LIM machine. (Injection
Molding).
The EC line of AC servo-electric machines from Toshiba Machine Co. America, Elk Grove Village, Ill., now comes in a version for processing liquid silicone ......
- Stereolithography resins move up in
performance.
Six new epoxy-based materials from DSM Somos, New Castle, Del., are said to add new levels of elasticity, flame retardance, and heat resistance to stereolithography ......
- Fluid Power
AIR FILTER GAUGE Indicates filter change time An automotive air filter gauge indicates when it is time to change the filter and features precise diaphragm ......