Twenty-five years after the creation of the cell phone, designers at Motorola imagined what cell phones might look like in another twenty five years. The Consumer Xperience Design (CXD) team created a portfolio of sketches that look beyond what is possible today and imagine the possibilities of the future. In 2033, the “cell phone” could…
Rigid, Room Temperature Curing Thermal Conductive Epoxy
Curable at room temperatures, EP21TCHT-1 has high thermal conductivity and electrical insulation properties. It has a service operating temperature range of 4K to 400‚°F. It also has a low thermal expansion coefficient. It is NASA qualified for low outgassing applications and is suitable for use in vacuum environments. It is durable and possesses high physical…
Plastic Adhesive Etches Away at Challenging Substrates
Hackensack, NJ – Master Bond MB514 polypropylene adhesive etches away at the bonding challenges presented by non-polar and low energy polyolefin surfaces. Typically, a pretreatment stage, which may include flame treatment, etching or roughening, is required before being able to bond polyolefin substrates. Specially formulated to eliminate this time consuming stage, the MB514 polyolefin based…
Rogers Corporation Introduces Interactive PORON® Gap Filling Tool
Rogers, CT — Rogers Corporation has introduced a unique online, interactive PORON® Gap Filling Tool to help designers select the best PORON Urethane to meet their specific application needs. The new PORON Gap Filling Tool is available to them via web access at all times, no matter where they are located. This new tool is…
Master Bond’s New MS151 Optical Adhesive
Hackensack, NJ. – Master Bond’s new MS151 optical adhesive has been specially formulated for optimal optical bonding. It is a two-part silicone adhesive with silicone‚’s inherent temperature resistance and flexibility, a refractive index of 1.43 and superb optical clarity. Its low viscosity assures complete fill-in around complicated contours even in very complex configurations. These key…
J.W. Winco Offers Self-Adhesive Rulers
NEW BERLIN, WI — J.W. Winco, Inc. announces the availability of series GN 711 metric size, Self-Adhesive Rulers. Three models of the self-adhesive ruler are available and all are RoHS compliant. The stainless steel version is scale etched and 0.6 mm thick. A white plastic version is highlighted in silver, scale printed, and 0.3 mm…
Halogen-Free Adhesives from Henkel Corporation
Rocky Hill, Conn. ‚ In response to industry initiatives and legislation designed to protect the environment from halogenated materials, Henkel Corporation has introduced a new line of Loctite(R) adhesives and sealants that meet the requirements of IPC IEC #61249-2-21. Used primarily in handheld electronics such as cell phones, PDAs, notebook/laptop computers and hard disk drives,…
Aerospace Epoxy Conquers Cryogenic Wind Tunnel
Hackensack, NJ. – A uniquely formulated epoxy adhesive has come to the rescue in an extraordinarily difficult cryogenic wind tunnel model bonding application. The state of the art wind tunnel poses a difficult challenge to engineering thermoplastics, not only in terms of the low temperatures and vacuum conditions, but in terms of thermal, thermal cycling…
Recirculating Spray Marking System
The new 781RC MicroMark‚® Recirculating Spray System from EFD features an innovative design that will help manufacturers in a wide variety of industries eliminate the costly maintenance and downtime associated with conventional marking systems like felt pads and standard spray valves. Manufacturers often use pigmented marking inks and paints to: ‚•Color-code components that look alike…
EP21AN Two Part Adhesive System
HACKENSACK, NJ ‚– Master Bond Inc. has developed a new two part adhesive system called EP21AN with a thermal conductivity in excess of 22 (BTU‚•in/ft‚²‚•hr‚•‚°F). It is an outstanding electrical insulator with a dielectric strength of >400 volts/mil and a volume resistivity greater than 1013 ohm-cm. This easy to use adhesive has been formulated with…