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No more PVC?
In what could be a trendsetting move, the fifth largest retailer in the U.S. agrees to systematically reduce PVC use in many of its products. The Center for Health, Environment, and Justice (CHEJ), Falls Church, Va., made headlines last month with its campaign against polyvinyl-chloride (PVC) use
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Materials: Controversy Brewing Over PVC in Toys
. This answer sounds weak in comparison to salacious assertions from the media savvy anti-PVC camp whose ultimate goal is the complete elimination of PVC use, period. A PVC ban would include everything from Tygon tubing, garden hoses, shower curtains, wire and cable insulation, vinyl siding and miniblinds
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Featured Application: Laser Marking PVC Extrusions using WinMark Pro's Banner Tracking Feature
, and highlights some of the interesting materials and products that are processed daily by Synrad's line of CO2 lasers and marking heads. Featured Application: Laser Marking PVC Extrusions using WinMark Pro's Banner Tracking Feature. Laser marking parts on a moving conveyor (tracking) is an efficient way
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PTFE in High Performance Wire & Cable (.pdf)
. for countless applications in the high performance wire and. cable industry, along with insulation materials like polyvinyl. chloride (PVC), polyethylene (PE), nylon and rubber, which can. only serve at temperatures below 90°C. Continuously driven. by the critical requirements and extreme conditions
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Explaining the Agency Approval Process for Wire and Cable Products (.pdf)
of constructions that are driven by the manufacturer's desired approvals. For. example, most manufacturers will not seek approval for a "six conductor, 28 AWG, PVC insulated,. unshielded" cable construction. They will seek something more along the lines of "2 to 50 conductors, 28. AWG18 AWG, PVC insulated
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PA Wire Marking for Single Character Marking (.pdf)
adjacent. and has the following test properties: sleeves. The hot stamp print gives excellent legibility. Flammability resistance according to UL94-V0. MATERIAL. Resistant to UV radiation, corresponding to 1 year. PA: Cadmium and silicon free, soft PVC according to. outdoors in the south of Sweden
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Screw Terminal Connectors
that must undergo flow soldering. ABS/PVC blends or other less-expensive connector materials are prone to attack from solvents used to remove excess solder flux. Contact styles in female two-piece connectors vary widely among brands. Connectors can be found with as few as two and as many as seven
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Typical Properties of Multi/Cable Insulations
This document explains typical properties of multi-cable installations including: PVC, Polyethylene, Low Density Polyethylene, High Density Polyethylene, Polypropylene, Nylon, TFE, and Fluorinated Ethylene Proplyene. Typical Properties of Multi/Cable Insulations for Multiconductor Cables. Build