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Plastics Technology, 2004-03-30, High-Temperature TPE Is Based on Silicone
...ones that can take a combination of heat and contact with automotive fuels. To satisfy these needs, Dow Corning Corp., Midland, Mich., has come out with a family of TPEs based on vulcanized silicone r...

Kunststoffe international, 2005-11-21, Driving the Automotive Industry: Engineering Elastomers
...Tosoh: 30kt, Showa: 20kt, the latter all in Japan). Here, once again, the key question is the projected size of the annual increase in demand from China. Forecasts indicate an annual growth of 20 to 30%. In the first half of 2004, Dow Corning expanded its silicone (polydimethylsiloxane) rubber capacity in Barry, UK by 15%. A further expansion is planned for 2006. In addition, Dow Corning is to set up a silicone rubber plant in China by the end of the decade. India is also being checked out as a...

Kunststoffe international, 2005-11-21, Special Injection Moulding Processes in Practical Application
... as to be able to manufacture various models with different shaft lengths to take into account the individual abdominal wall thickness of the patients. The material specifications led to the product being designed with liquid silicone rubber (grade: Dow-Corning medical grade LSR Serie7-68xx), produced by injection moulding on an injection moulding machine (manufacturer: Engel). The modular design of the injection moulding machine with direct gating of the cavity through a cold runner and the pat...

Kunststoffe international, 2006-04-04, Market Launch: Foamed Liquid Silicone Opens New Doors
...cess. The process opens the door to the produc-tion of parts with completely new properties. Sulzer Chemtech Ltd. recently presented a new variation of its Optifoam process. Devel-oped jointly with machine manufacturer Arburg, raw material producer Dow Corning, and mould maker Edegs, the new process uses the proven sintered metal technology to feed a physical blowing agent over a large area into the paste-like, uncrosslinked starting mate-rial of the liquid silicone (LSR, Liquid Silicone Rubber...

Kunststoffe international, 2007-05-14, An Adventure Park for Injection Moulders
...otential applications for this material can be found in automotive interiors, for example. As at the premiere in 2006, Arburg and its cooperation partners, system supplier Sulzer Chemtech AG, raw materials supplier Dow Corning and mould builder Edegs, once again demonstrated the Optifoam process for foaming liquid silicone. This reduces the weight of the moulded part and hence the material consumption by up to 40 % by comparison to conventional injection moulding with LSR. The material’s tempera...

Kunststoffe international, 2008-07-15, Continuing on a Growth Course
..., production plants for silicone elastomers and sealants were commissioned. The dynamo powering demand here is proving to be the booming Asian construction industry and energy-efficient building. A joint siloxane production plant in partnership with Dow Corning is planned. Becoming Independent from Fossil Fuels With annual expenditure on research and development accounting for some 4% of sales, the Wacker Group is today one of the world's most research-intensive chemical companies. It has c...