Composite keeps deep-drawn luggage cover gleaming

Leslie_Gordon — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 12:38:19 -0600

Interior parts for public buses are designed for durability, safety, and appearance, an exacting balance that leaves little margin for tradeoffs. One such part, thr luggage cover for use on mass transit buses is produced by composites specialist Amtech LLC in Wapato, WA.

Coke bottles jump on the biomaterial bandwagon

Jared Rader — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 09:23:12 -0600

Resources:
Avantium
The Coca-Cola Co.
Gevo
Virent Inc.

Reference Material for Single-Wall Carbon Nanotubes

Leslie_Gordon — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 12:07:28 -0600

A newThe National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) material offers companies and researchers a badly needed source of uniform and well-characterized carbon nanotube soot for material comparisons and chemical and toxicity analysis.NIST has issued the world's first reference material for single-wall carbon nanotube soot. Distantly related to the soot in a fireplace or a candle flame, nanotube-laden soot is the primary industrial source of single-wall carbon nanotubes.

Recycling thermoforms gets a C +

Leslie_Gordon — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 10:19:51 -0600

Thermoformed packaging such as blister packs and clamshells typically end up in landfills, even though many of them are made of PC PET, the material that is blow molded into soft drink and water bottles and highly recyclable. That’s a problem for manufacturers concerned about the sustainability of their products and product packaging. But realities of the economics of recycling will probably prevent the widespread recycling of thermoform-grade RPET for some time to come.

Materials Monthly - November 1, 2011

Reggie Hall — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 14:38:33 -0600

Materials Monthly - December 6, 2011

Reggie Hall — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 14:44:01 -0600

Packaging Quarterly - August 26, 2011

Reggie Hall — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 11:08:04 -0600

Using the sun to disinfect water

Jared Rader — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 08:50:25 -0500

Resources:
Purdue University

Turning liquids to solids using electric fields: electrocrystallization

Jared Rader — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 08:51:48 -0500

Resources:
Georgia Institute of Technology

FDA-compliant TPE grades

Jessica Shapiro — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 21:04:49 -0500

Elastocon 2850PE and 2865PE grades of thermoplastic elastomers Shore A hardnesses of 50 and 65, respectively, are FDA compliant, and are odorless. The transparent polymers are formulated for extruding and overmolding and coextruding onto polyethylene.
The formulations have rubber-like properties, colorability, a good surface finish, and UV stability. They are latex-free nad comply with RoHS and California Proposition 65. The 2850PE and 2865PE grades are available as pellets in 1,000-lb quantities.

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