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Plastics Technology, 2008-12-30, Automotive TPOs: Improved Processing, Better Appearance
Last Fall"s annual SPE Automotive TPO Global Conference in Sterling Heights, Mich., heard presentations on new formulations that cut cost by eliminating the compounding step and that bridge the g...

Kunststoffe international, 2005-11-21, Diesel Lines: Some Like it Hot
... therefore usually made of the more heat-resistant, newly developed polyamide 12 (grade: Vestamid, manufacturer: Degussa AG, Düsseldorf/Germany). The Right Polyamide for Every Line System Diesel lines made from polyamide 12 have performed sterling service for years. The moulding compounds fulfil the fundamental requirements for low-temperature impact strength and chemical and diesel resistance. Manufactured pipes can be thermoformed by all common methods and offer sufficient heat-ageing resis...

Kunststoffe international, 2005-11-21, Exhibition Preview: North American and Canadian Products at K 2004
...zones. A new 10-in. color display module enables operators to manage all 180 zones from one screen interface. Fast Heat will also show its Mold IQ technology, which stores processing information in a small box attached to the mold. Gammaflux, Sterling/Virginia, will roll out brand-new hot-runner temperature controllers (Bild 2) and has made it possible to integrate its TTC control systems into the control interface of major injection machine brands. The user would touch a hot-runner tab on the m...

Kunststoffe international, 2005-11-21, Flexible Quality Assurance
...e measurement status. Through its manoeuvrability in six or seven axes and its patented internal mass balancing, the FaroArm can be readily used at points which are difficult to access. The FaroArm is available in three models - the Gold, Silver and Sterling series. Five spherical measuring volumes of between 1.2 and 3.7 metres are additionally available. The arm is made of aluminium and weighs between four and 16 kg as a function of the fittings. Portable application of the FaroArm is facilitat...

Kunststoffe international, 2005-11-21, Thermoplastic Films: Car Body Parts With and Without a Paint System
....g. decorative strip in contrasting colours) are used. For all coextruded film systems, a major challenge is to prove that the full automotive colour shade range is possible. Mayco Plastics: IC films (moulded-in-colour) from Mayco Plastics, Sterling Heights/USA, consist of four layers. The extruded films are based on a clear coat and a colour coat of ionomers, followed by an adhesive coat and a backing layer [1]. The backing can be made of polypropylene (PP) or TPO. These films are used for the...

Kunststoffe international, 2007-10-21, Polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA)
...lm laminating. Even for massive PMMA boards, the Chemicals Business Area of Evonik Industries uses the co-extrusion technique. For this purpose, the enterprise has made available four new products (Plexiglas Hi-Gloss, Multicolor, Sterling, Crystal Ice) to the customer. In a co-extrusion process, the boards’ surfaces can be refined, either from one or both sides, and this may mean a lot of new options of design for creative professionals, for instance interior designers. Co-extruded boards are m...