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Acrylic
plastics transmit and control light, resist weather, are stable against discoloration, and have superior dimensional stability and an excellent combination of structural and thermal properties. Clear acrylic plastic is as transparent as the finest optical glass. It has a light transmittance. Acrylic...
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GE brings more good resins to life
the color stability of acrylic and impact resistance of PC. Target applications include lighting (refractors, industrial lenses, and cover guards) and automotive (traffic management, emergency lighting, and bug guards). Lexan EXL is a next-generation PC that is copolymerized with silicone to give...
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Featured Application: Laser Cutting Carbon Fiber Reinforced Plastic Composites
lasers and marking heads. Newsletter 245: Laser Cutting Carbon Fiber Reinforced Plastic Composites, Marking SMT Chip Resistors, Basic Laser System Configurations. Synrad, Inc. - www.synrad.com. Thursday, September 2, 2010. Issue 245. Applications at a Glance. Cutting Carbon Fiber Reinforced Plastic...
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ASA
of ASA is due to the acrylic ester elastomer. ASA resins are available in natural, off white, and a broad range of standard and custom-matched colors. Base ASA resins are sold under the trade names Luran S (BASF Plastic Materials), Geloy (General Electric Plastics) and Centrex (Monsanto Chemical Co...
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Silicone Lenses for LEDs Resist UV and High-Temperature Operation
methacrylimide) and PC (polycarbonate) are quite commonly used for lenses and other optical elements to realize different emission characteristics of high-brightness LEDs. Their advantage is the low cost of the plastic resins, as well as the high transparency and easy manufacturing with standard...
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Bonding low surface energy plastics
and repositioning on multiple or large components. New acrylic PSA suitable for bonding carpeting to unprimed polypropylene door panel. Adhesion is a surface phenomenon. A surface's texture, porosity, and flexibility affect the adhesive strength of a plastic joint. Ditto for any contaminants...
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Integrated Electronic Connector Gasket Significantly Cuts Cost, Assembly Time
A new electronic connector gasket from Dana Corp. is one of the first applications to benefit from patented 2K molding technology for the production of assemblies combining DuPontTM Vamac(R) ethylene acrylic elastomer (AEM) with DuPontTM Zytel(R) nylon resin. A new electronic connector gasket from...
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Fibers
and are more uniform in size. Often, synthetic fibers are less costly than their natural counterparts. In the garment industry, for example, the acrylic and rayon fibers were developed to replace more costly natural wool and silk. For engineering purposes, metal, ceramic, glass, and organically...
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COMPRESSION MOLDING OF REAR PROJECTION TV SCREEN
systems. THE PROBLEM. A manufacturer of plastic screens was experiencing an 80+% product rejection rate due to the appearance of bright spots on the screen when viewed in transmission. The screens were compression molded from acrylic resin between a micro-textured aluminum surface with a lenticular...
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Guide to Engineering Adhesives
. Acrylic adhesives bond a range of components, including dissimilar materials such as plastic and glass, to metal. Two-part, no-mix adhesives bond when the first part of the formulation is applied to a joint face, and the second part to the opposing face. Curing begins when the two parts react...