Materials and Fastening

Bürkert Fluid Control Systems has worked with Green Fuels, a leading bio-diesel equipment manufacturer, to develop a distributed skid system for the commercial production of bio-diesel. As well as supplying a number of high-end fluid control devices, Bürkert provided system support and service throughout each phase of the development of the bio-diesel processor.

Hexis announces the launch of a new printable cast vinyl film for wall graphics. The VCSR100WG1 is designed for direct application onto brick, concrete or plaster walls.

Everything But the Enclosure specialists EMKA have just issued their 2009 edition ECHO – the new products catalogue from this locks, hinges, handles and gasket company, which will be of interest to specialist panel builders and equipment packaging engineers everywhere.

Quick, accurate, reliable dispensing of micro-dot quantities of adhesives, greases, inks and oils is now literally “at hand” with the Tridak Micro-Dot™ from Intertronics.

If your material supplier requires you to take a minimum quantity when you order, it can mean a storage problem. We know for example, 10 tonnes of material on pallets can take up a lot of space. One solution is of course, to install an external silo. An excellent option if you have the privilege of the space, the funding and the planning permission.

To further enhance its position as the leading manufacturer of PEEK-based films, Victrex has installed a new high temperature vacuum laminating press system at its manufacturing facility in the Lancashire, United Kingdom. With this addition, Victrex now has the capability of bonding its APTIV film, produced from VICTREX PEEK polymer, to a wide range of other substrates without the use of adhesives. “The press enables us to take advantage of APTIV film’s unique thermoplastic nature which allows it to be heat-laminated to other substrates,” explained John Getz, Global Commercial Leader - APTIV Film. “In effect, we are melting the APTIV film in a very controlled manner to allow it to intimately bond to other substrates including metals, fabrics, itself and other polymer films.”

For Manufacturers who are Component Cleaning the ability to evaluate a Total cleaning process to validate cleaning results is essential. A full no obligation personal assessment is now available.

Leading adhesives specialist company Intertronics has released an enhanced version of the comprehensive DYMAX Selector Guide on MD Adhesives for Medical Device Assembly. This valuable tool contains a number of charts intended to help R&D engineers and product designers choose the appropriate adhesive for their application. All DYMAX MD Adhesives are biocompatibility tested in accordance with ISO 10993 and/or USP Class VI.

The ThreeBond 7700 Gold Label series of premium cyanoacrylate instant adhesives has recently been joined by the TB7737 and TB7738 offering ultra high peel and impact resistance by virtue of their added elastomer toughening. This strength enables the TB7737 and TB7738 to be used in areas where conventional “instants” would not survive, e.g. hotter/harsher environments. In addition, the Gold Label series is enhanced by the introduction of a new high-reliability multi-primer for instant adhesives – ThreeBond 7797 is especially valuable on difficult to bond plastics such as nylon, PBT, PE, PP and PTFE where it can produce orders of magnitude improvements in adhesion creating a performance comparable with recognised “no-problem” adherends such as metals and easy to bond plastics.

Despite the economic crisis, manufacturers of biodegradable plastics demonstrate moderate growth. Shopping bags, fast-food utensils, and garbage sacks that decompose into compost after use: bioplastics are not only environmentally-friendly, but they can also be economically advantageous. “Despite the financial crisis, manufacturers of biodegradable plastics were able to demonstrate moderate growth in this past year,” explains Oliver Kutsch, president of Ceresana Research.