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Liver On A Chip? Maybe Someday, Say Researchers
A project designed to culture liver tissue, pioneered by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), may help to one day soon save lives. Cell-holding scaffolds for the project are made of laser-machined polymers (polycarbonate, polyethylene terephthalate, and polyimide). Extremely small
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Shims? Make mine laminated!
material made of glycol polyethylene terephthalate film. It is the lightest and lowest-cost material listed. It's often quicker and less expensive to use a shim, a thin piece of metal or composite, to level a machine tool or make components fit together than grinding and machining to make the same
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Enhanced Paint Holding Capacity and Run-Off Characteristics (.pdf)
. polyethylene terephthalate (PET) layer; together. these two layers constitute a 2.0" loft product with a. Various independent tests were run on the 2" loft. weight of 1.80 ounces per square foot. Polyvinyl. material versus competition. The data was. acetate is used as a binder. Recycled post consumer
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Environmental Kudos for GE Plastics
At the recent Society of Plastics Engineers (SPE) 2007 Global Plastics Environmental Conference, GE Plastics received an environmental award for New Technologies in Progress. SPE recognized GE’s Valox iQ and Xenoy iQ resins, both synthesized from post consumer polyethylene terephthalate (PET
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Less-sudden impact
: energy-absorbing safety belts. Conventional safety belts made from polyethylene terephthalate (PET) fibers tend to be relatively unyielding and, as such, transfer considerable force to an occupant's shoulders, chest, and pelvis. For example, such belts can exert about 2,000 lb at the torso
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Reliable and Efficient Concept: Air Supplies Tailored to PET Container Production
It's immediately obvious from a glance in the beverages section of any supermarket - the containers and bottles of polyethylene terephthalate, better known as PET, are competing strongly with conventional glass containers and bottles. And there's a good reason; PET offers both the beverage industry
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Plastic Compounder's PET Project: Recycling
, and reducing waste are often easier said than done. However, the production of polybutylene terephthalate (PBT) from recycled polyethylene terephthalate (PET) is one conservation idea that is entering the mainstream. In the United States alone, consumers generate 4 billion lb of PET bottle waste
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A bright idea for the operating room
, designers wanted to reduce costs by consolidating parts via metal-to-plastic conversion. "The switch to plastic would give us more flexibility for future versions of the lamp," Nieminen says. The company chose a 30% glass-fiber-reinforced blend of polybutadiene terephthalate (PBT) and polyethylene