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Changing the texture of plastics on demand
Gizmag
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Imagine a pair of rubber gloves whose surface texture could be altered on demand to provide more grip for climbing. Or maybe gloves with "fingerprints" that can be changed in the blink of an eye. They are just a couple of the many potential applications envisioned by researchers at Duke University for a process they have developed that allows the texture of plastics to be changed at will.
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Toward more durable carbon fiber composites
SPE Plastics Research Online
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Fiber-reinforced polymer matrix composites are exposed to damaging environmental factors such as moisture, UV radiation, and thermal cycling in numerous applications. Surprisingly, hygrothermal exposure causes higher levels of degradation to fluorinated epoxy-based microcomposites, despite lower moisture absorption, than their nonfluorinated epoxy counterparts.
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Characterization of metallocene polyethylenes for sealing layer applications
SPE Plastics Research Online
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The development of metallocene and other single-site catalysts enabled a new generation of linear low-density polyethylene resins with very low density and narrow molecular weight distribution. The copolymers produced using such metallocene single-site catalysts usually show lower density and melting point in comparison to conventional LLDPEs. Molecular weight, molecular weight distribution, chain branching, and melting behavior of metallocene polyethylenes play a crucial role in the sealability and hot tack properties of their films.
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Late Model Extrusion & Downstream Equipment will be Auctioned Online During NPE 2012 via Bidspotter - (16) Davis Standard Extruders and Downstream Equipment such as... MORE
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Bergen International offers a comprehensive line of Chemical Foaming Agents specifically formulated for various low density Molding and Extrusion applications and a variety of resins.
NPE Booth #29027
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Startup converts plastic to oil, and finds a niche
WBUR-Radio
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Only 7 percent of plastic waste in the United States is recycled each year, according to the Environmental Protection Agency. A startup company in Niagara Falls, N.Y., says it can increase that amount and reduce the country's dependence on foreign oil at the same time. It all starts with a machine known as the Plastic-Eating Monster. Thousands of pounds of shredded milk jugs, water bottles and grocery bags tumble into a large tank, where they're melted together and vaporized.
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Plastic skull gives patients a head start
Plastics & Rubber Weekly
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Specialist physicians are developing a next generation treatment for head trauma — a special skull prosthesis made of plastic. The process aims to help people who suffer life-threatening injuries inflicted during car accidents. Using laser sintering, customized cranial implants can be produced to cover only the affected areas of the skull.
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UPES additive resins provide foam producers with cost-competitive solutions that deliver material source reduction opportunities without compromising performance. Visit www.upesresin.com to learn more about us.
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Don’t just purge to purge, PURGE TO CLEAN using the original CLEAN PLAST™ purging compound. See the difference a CLEAN PLAST™ PURGE will make. MORE
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SPE and PTI offer top training for plastics professionals
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A new spring Society of Plastics Engineers FastTrack training program has just been announced. The topics have been designed to enhance injection molding, extrusion molding, blow molding and thermoforming knowledge levels regardless of plastics industry tenure. Produced by industry thought-leader Plastic Technologies, Inc., the program will be held May 7-10 at the Crowne Plaza Atlanta Airport.
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Polymer power drives tiny reactions
Science News
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In the quest to wring energy from every source imaginable, scientists are putting the squeeze on a common plastic ingredient. Applying force to polymers in water generates enough energy to drive chemical reactions. The technique won't replace large-scale energy operations, but it offers a way to harness the wisps of unused energy generated by everyday endeavors, like walking or compacting plastic bags at a recycling center.
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Apple wants to improve bonding of plastic and metal in building new iPhones
Apple Insider
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Rather than use unreliable adhesives, Apple is exploring new ways to permanently bond plastic and metal parts to build better portable devices like the iPhone. The concept was revealed in a new patent application entitled "Ultrasonic Bonding of Discrete Plastic Parts to Metal." It describes melting a portion of a plastic component onto a rough metallic surface, allowing the two to permanently fuse.
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Molded plastic components advance hearing devices
Plastics Today
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Cochlear implants using molded polyethylene and elastomers such as silicone are now well proven as a successful treatment for severe to profound hearing loss. They first debuted more than 30 years ago, and designs have increasingly leveraged micro molding capabilities. In a new development, Envoy Medical Corp. in St. Paul, Minn., has developed what it describes as the industry's first totally implantable hearing system for moderate to severe sensorineural hearing loss.
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QUICK-FLO™ (QF) hot runner systems are designed for processing of commodity grade resins in hi-cavitation molding. QF systems offer repeatable part quality, superior cosmetics and include hot half plates. Molding applications include Caps/Closures, Medical Disposables, Packaging and Pharmaceutical. Visit www.incoe.com for more information. That’s INCOE® performance…Right From The Start.
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Compact, easy to use dryers
that use your plant air to dry material
• Press / Extruder mounted dryers free up
floor space and are available for
process rates up to 15 lbs/hr.
• Dri-Pak membrane provides
–49°F dewpoints.
• Can operate from 90°F to 350°F without the
need for water cooled after-coolers.
• Low Maintenance: With no moving parts with a simple, easy to use, trouble free design.
Website www.dri-air.com
Contact sales@dri-air.com
Visit us at NPE Booth 3119.
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What if you could rely on a single materials supplier to meet your global needs and help you grow, no matter where you are in the world? You can – when you work with PolyOne. Our solutions help to improve your profitability. For the biggest questions facing your business, visit www.polyone.com/whatif.
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Shell picks Pittsburgh area for petrochemical refinery
WREM-Radio
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The so-called ethane cracking, or "cracker," plant would convert ethane from bountiful Marcellus Shale natural gas liquids into more profitable chemicals such as ethylene, which are then used to produce everything from plastics to tires to antifreeze. Shell Oil Co. has chosen a site near Pittsburgh for a major, multibillion-dollar petrochemical refinery that could provide a huge economic boost to the region.
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Understanding nonvolatile memory phenomena in graphene-polymer devices
Nanotechweb
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Researchers at the Seoul National University and Gwangju Institute of science and technology in Korea, have fabricated organic memory devices that feature multilayer graphene film sandwiched between insulating polyimide layers. The array-type structures showed write-once-read-many-type memory characteristics, with the embedded multilayer graphene film acting as charge trapping layer.
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The Datacolor 45G Portable 45/0 Spectrophotometer. Take the guesswork out of Appearance Quality Control with the industry’s best repeatability and inter-instrument agreement.
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GP:50 is proud to announce the completion of the next generation in pressure measurement. Using true thermal compensation, GP:50 Model 400 is now the most advanced, accurate and dependable pressure transmitter available on the market today.
Click here for more information.
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Low-power upconversion in dye-doped polymer nanoparticles
Materials Views
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The design of new materials capable of transducing various energy types into useful signals is one of the most exciting tasks for materials chemists. Systems that modulate light either by down- (Stokes shift) or up-conversion (anti-Stokes shift) without any additional energy are very useful tools. In particular, light-upconverting materials bear numerous promises in fields as varied as solar harvesting and bioimaging.
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Plastics converters under raw materials cost pressure
Packaging Europe
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Plastics converting companies have come under renewed pressure through increasing raw materials prices, says EuPC, the industry's Brussels-based body. EuPC's member national associations are reporting increases of up to 20 percent since December and there is concern about the increasing incidence of firms who are reporting difficulties.
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Nanotechnology Braille display makes Web accessible to the blind
Nanowerk News
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If you are a blind computer user you have to rely on electronic Braille displays which typically allow you to see only one line at a time, no matter what you were doing. In order to develop a more functional and affordable tool that would allow the blind to interface with their computers, scientists are working to develop sheet-type, refreshable Braille displays. A group of researchers in Japan has previously reported such full-page Braille displays by integrating organic thin-film transistors and soft polymer actuators.
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More companies putting focus on sustainability
Plastics News
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The sustainability movement is approaching a tipping point, with 7 of 10 companies now placing it on their permanent management agenda, according to a new report. More than 4,000 managers from 113 countries were surveyed for Boston Consulting Group’s and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Sloan Management Review's "2011 Sustainability & Innovation Global Executive Study and Research Project." The survey focused on the nearly 3,000 executives from the commercial sector.
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For the first time, molders can use process simulation themselves to achieve “First-Shot-Success” by moving trial & error into the computer. SIGMASOFT is easy to use and considers the entire mold & process! MORE
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MAR-BAL is the leading innovative thermoset compound and molding company. MORE
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Novel plastics and textiles from waste with the use of microbes
PhysOrg
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New biotechnological and chemical methods will facilitate efficient production of chemicals, materials and fuels from renewable natural resources. The Academy of Finland Centre of Excellence in White Biotechnology-Green Chemistry Research focuses on the research and development of microbial cells, or cell factories, for producing new useful compounds from sugars in plant biomass. These compounds can be used for manufacturing bioplastics or in medical applications.
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Toray Plastics develops new heat-sealable BOPP film
Plastics Today
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Toray Plastics Inc. has developed a new Torayfan F63W heat-sealable BOPP film with improved bonding for ink adhesion, the company stated. Franco Chicarella, product manager for the Torayfan polypropylene film division, said the company developed the new film at the request of its customers who wanted an OPP print web that was compatible with a wider range of the water and solvent-based inks that are commonly used for package printing.
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Westmoreland Plastics Company has been in the forefront of Custom Molding for over five decades.
This experience has given us the ability to anticipate the needs of our customers, provide the services
and components they require, as well as enjoy the overall success of building long-term relationships. MORE
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Silcotech’s precision liquid silicone molding, utilizes lean Six Sigma GMP and Risk Assessment. Silcotech provides complete manufacturing solutions for simple to most complex geometries. Capabilities and value added services: 2 component, micro and clean room molding, in-house tool design, complete automation, product design, engineering and prototyping.
Facilities: North-America and India
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Process Control will be showcasing advancements in their line of gravimetric continuous and batch blenders during NPE in April [Booth #2051]. The showcase will include the redesigned Guardian®
Series 2 line of batch blenders, a new brushless drive package for continuous, and color touchscreens which will be standard on all blenders.
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