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Plastics beat out metals, glass in medical device material battle
Plastics Today
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Polymers are increasingly expected to replace other materials like glass and metals in medical devices, despite gradual increases in their prices. A new analysis from Frost & Sullivan states that "the ability to engineer and customize polymers according to varied application needs will create lucrative opportunities."
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Plastic body panels are coming back
Plastics News
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The future looks brighter for plastic exterior vehicle parts as automakers intensify their search for weight-saving ideas. After suffering a blow nearly a decade ago, when General Motors abandoned its pioneering use of polymer body panels on its Saturn lineup, plastics are poised for a comeback, says Venkatakrishnan Umamaheswaran, global automotive marketing director for Sabic Innovative Plastics.
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Reshapeable plastic remembers original form
Design News
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A new shape-memory plastic that makes quick response code labels look like Salvador Dali's famous floppy watch could prove useful in product and brand protection. The German Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing has made labels with engraved and colored QR codes out of the new Desmopan DP 2795A SMP, produced by Bayer MaterialScience.
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Step by step toward more efficient chemical synthesis
CORDIS via PhysOrg
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Chemical engineering conventionally divides the process from raw materials to finished product into unit operations. EU-funded researchers developed software tools to evaluate integration of two or more units for optimization of chemical synthesis in a broad range of applications.
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Compact, easy to use dryers
that use your plant air to dry material
• Press / Extruder mounted dryers free up
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process rates up to 15 lbs/hr.
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Portable Hot Oil Units are fluid circulating units that control the application temperatures.
The (400°F) Portable Hot Oil Unit features an Omron temperature controller and is equipped with a Centrifugal Type pump, Discharge Pressure Gauge and Cooling via Shell & Tube Exchanger Closed Loop.
Features of the Shini USA Hot Oil unit include:
•Maximum operating temperature of 400°F
•Omron Controller
•Centrifugal Type Pump
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Consultants say resin market may be smoother in 2nd half of 2012
Plastics News
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A tumultuous first half might yield to a smoother second half for North American polyethylene, polypropylene, PVC and nylon markets. At a recent interview in Houston, officials with the IHS Chemical consulting firm shared their outlooks for each of these materials. In PE, market analyst Nick Vafiadis said that regional demand could finish the year with low-single-digit growth.
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Graphene reactions driven by substrate not reactant
Chemistry World
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In chemical reactions, the reactants determine the level of reactivity. Not for graphene, though — the 1-atom-thick sheets of carbon can react vigorously or barely at all to the same chemicals, depending on the substrate they're sitting on. U.S. chemists have explored the electron "puddling" phenomenon behind this strange behavior.
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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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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.
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China cuts mines vital to tech industry
CNN
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China will cut production of rare earths by 20 percent, a move that threatens to inflame trade tensions between Beijing and Washington, D.C. Rare earths are 17 minerals with magnetic and conductive properties that are used in most of today's electronic devices, including flat-screen televisions, smart phones, hybrid cars and weapons. Nearly all of the world's supply of rare earths comes from China.
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Game app Bin It! rewards players with real-world products for virtual plastics recycling
Plastics Make It Possible
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A newly updated game app for plastics recycling now rewards players with real world products for virtual plastics recycling. Plastics Make it Possible, the creator of the popular Bin It! app, has teamed up with Earth911 and Recyclebank. Now, anyone who recycles virtual plastic bottles on the Bin It! app can win real world rewards from Recyclebank, such as clothing, food, and beauty supplies.
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Complēt® is a "complete" product portfolio of thermoplastic composite materials, where the customers' requirements define the pellet composition. For thermoplastic polymers and continuous reinforcing fibers, Complēt offers the total LFT portfolio.
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The quickest and safest way to open, tip and close molds in the tool room. For more information, please contact us at sales@diesep.com
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Small company makes recyclable plastic cups
The Daily Herald
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A small company in Arlington, Wash., is changing the way beverage cups are made. What makes the cups produced by MicroGreen Polymers better than the average red plastic party cups that people tend to throw in the trash is that InCycle is made from recycled water bottles through a less costly process that results in a lighter cup its makers say keeps beer colder longer, doesn't crack and can be thrown into the recycling bin.
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Japanese company will scan and print you a statue of your gestating fetus
Popular Science
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What you might not expect when you're expecting: a company that wants to 3-D print a statuette of your unborn child. Japanese engineering outfit Fasotec will gladly take an MRI scan of an expecting mother's fetus and using its BioTexture modeling software to capture 3-D data related to human tissues convert that scan into a CAD file, and then print it up in resin. It's called the "Shape of Angel" service.
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The injection molding industry is struggling to improve quality at a time when costs need to be reduced. While efforts to reduce costs focus largely on reducing energy consumption, most quality issues are raised about the appearance of molded parts. Although other matters such as dimensional integrity and mechanical performance are important, the appearance of a part after ejection from a mold is always the first thing to be checked.
