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• Polymer Castings take on metals
  show polymer composites dampen vibration 10 better then cast iron and 45 better than steel. Some grinding-machine makers claim polymer-composite bases help grinding wheels last 30% longer and produce smoother ground surfaces. Makers of lathes and milling machines using polymer bases report similar...
• Drug Makers Fight Back!
  change, image flip/Some holograms can be copied, unless additional "covert" features are added to the package design Wide variety of taggants and readers available, from polymer and DNA markers, and from Well-established technology that is easy and cost effective to extend/Data-carrying capacity...
• Uncle Sam to mobile robot makers: Don't reinvent the wheel
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• MICRO:
  Chemical installs IPA unit; Air Liquide opens oxygen site; Photronics takes majority stake in Precision Semiconductor Mask Team to develop passive-driven polymer organics LEDs Inspection microscopes, fiber-optic amplifier, residue remover, quartz cleaning tool, plasma doping system, fabwide...
• Coating helps P/M tooling beat the heat
  The highly magnified digital images of a polished tool surface before and after MLP treatment show CPM 3V tool steel polished to a finish of 8 RMS. The light colored regions in the photo at right are the chrome bonded to the surface. The blue-green flecks are the MLP polymer imbedded in the pores...
• On a roll with plastic solar cells
  from inexpensive plastic. The substrates of choice for many of these efforts include polycarbonate (PC), polyethylene (PE), and polyethyleneter aphthalate (PET), the same kind of polymer used for ordinary soft-drink and food containers. The light-sensitive material goes on via processes...
• Cable Carriers
  materials available are all-polymer, all-metal or a hybrid of the two (usually polymer side plates with metal crossbars). Within these options, there are many blends available which affect the performance of the carrier under various environmental conditions. For example, some carrier makers offer...
• Mini fuel cells slated to power cell phones
  900 grams and can power a system for five hours with one methanol fuel fill up. NEC's fuel cell has an output density of 50 mW/cm and consists of a polymer electrolyte sandwiched by carbon electrodes with catalyst particles. NEC engineers use single-walled carbon nanohorn aggregates, a type...
• Cable Carriers
  environmental conditions. For example, some carrier makers offer special polymer material blends for carriers used in cleanrooms, those used in outdoor applications or those in radioactive settings. In fact, two or more manufacturers can offer all-polymer carriers with the same basic description...
• Precision moves with pint-sized motors
  sheets between discs of PZT ceramic. The sheets serve as electrical contacts. PZT doesn't handle pulling forces well, so actuators typically incorporate a preload. Most manufacturers encapsulate the stack in a polymer to guard against contamination, though actuator maker PI has devised a ceramic...

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