Grants Pass, OR — ECS Composites announces the release of its Carbon Fiber and Carbon/KEVLAR Military Cases. The Carbon/KEVLAR composite is highly compacted, very light weight, averaging 30 percent weight reduction, and adds ballistic characteristics to ECS‚’ nearly indestructible rackmount cases. ECS‚’ Carbon Fiber and Carbon/KEVLAR rackmount cases are extremely light weight and demonstrate exceptional…
Turcon® MF6 from Trelleborg Achieves NSF Listing
FT. WAYNE, IN – Trelleborg Sealing Solutions announces that Turcon‚® MF6 compound has been listed by NSF International as conforming to the requirements of NSF/ANSI Standard 51 – Food Equipment Materials. Turcon‚® MF6 is part of the Turcon‚® MF range of materials specifically engineered for demanding processing environments, including food and beverage production. Based on…
Bondaflex® Ucolor®
Lakewood, N.J. ‚– Color matching of silicone sealants has become easy and cost-effective with Bondaflex‚® Ucolor‚®, an innovative coloring system that enables users to add pigments to both one-part silicone and two-part polyurethane sealants on the job site. This colorization system virtually eliminates lead times from custom-color orders by allowing users to color in the…
Fluoropolymer Hoses
A wide range of fluoropolymer hoses, now available from U.S. Hose Company, offer the chemical resistance required for many of today’s applications. These thermoplastics include FDA approved materials for food applications, and the full range of products includes Jackson Industries hoses for working pressures up to 6,000 psi/414 bar. Fluoropolymer hoses are inert to virtually…
Trelleborg’s Plie MPC Prosthetic Knee
Ft. Wayne, IN –Trelleborg Sealing Solutions worked with Freedom Innovations to supply five components for a computer-controlled damper inside Freedom’s PliƒÂ©‚â„¢ MPC knee. Components included a Zurcon‚® AS Wiper, Zurcon‚® L-Cup, bushing, Turcon‚® Slydring‚® and custom FKM (fluoroelastomer) bladder, ensuring leak-free performance. The damper is a monotube, with air on one side and oil on…
Trelleborg Launches PEEK-Energized Seal
Trelleborg Sealing Solutions announces the launch of its patent-pending Turcon® Variseal® PS, a PEEK-energized seal with extremely low leach-out in semiconductor wet processing applications. This product is notable for its engineering integrity, expressly for its superior purity in semiconductor applications. It is an all-polymer product with no metallic components. A further development of the traditional…
Simrit to Unveil Simriz® 508 Compound at SEMICON West 2008
SAN FRANCISCO, CA ‚– Simrit ‚– the industrial sealing products division of Freudenberg-NOK ‚– will debut its Simriz‚® 508 material during SEMICON West 2008. Simrit‚’s new material was specifically developed for demanding, high-temperature static and dynamic sealing applications in dry chemical environments. Simriz 508 is a white perfluoroelastomer (FFKM) material that has a service temperature…
Hydraulic Cylinders Under Pressure
Today’s applications require that cylinders be pushed to move faster, use higher pressures, or last longer than ever before. In addition, they are expected to run with higher efficiency and minimal leakage. These conditions mandate that sealing systems work with optimum effectiveness. Matching the required sealing solution to cylinder demands is a straightforward process. First,…
Are you sweating over solder
John R. GyorkiEditorial Director If solder works well in your design, then you probably do not need to replace it with an electrically conductive adhesive. Adhesives usually cost more and have a few functional limitations that might not make them suitable for attaching traditional PCB components. However, you may want to use these adhesives when…
Simriz® 498 Compound Helps Keeps Flights in the Air
FARNBOROUGH, Hampshire, England ‚– For years, Simrit has been on the forefront of perfluoroelastomer (FFKM) material design and production with its Simriz‚® brand of proprietary compounds. One of the supplier‚’s latest materials ‚– Simriz‚® 498 ‚– recently aided a major regional jet manufacturer in drastically reducing its sealing-related warranty issues. According to Simrit, the superior…