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How Umicore Integrates Sustainability into IT
Description: Umicore has started to formally set out with a Sustainable IT program, focusing on energy management, reducing our environmental impact, cyber security, digital inclusion and sustainable sourcing of ...
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Sludge - How to Prevent It
Description: Oxidation is the leading cause (>95%) of all thermal fluid replacement recommendations. Chemically, oxidation is the reaction of hot thermal fluid with air (oxygen) that produces acids. These acids ...
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The Challenges of Cobalt
Description: The clean energy revolution is replacing fossil fuels such as oil and gas with new and renewable energy sources. Aside from the usual forms of renewable energy like wind turbines, metals and minerals ...
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Thermal Fluid vs. Steam
Description: Replacing steam in a broad range of process applications, thermal fluid systems provide precise, uniform temperature control leading to increased production and product quality, low maintenance, human ...
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Protect Your LED Investment with Premium Gasketing
Description: Energy-efficient, durable and long-lasting: these are just a few of the advantages of light emitting diode (LED) lighting technology, which is increasingly being deployed in a wide range of ...
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Designing Rubber Components
Description: Our comprehensive design and materials guide is intended to support the new product development needs of engineers, when challenged with a demanding rubber component need. This detailed resource is a ...
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HVAC Solutions for Cleaner Air, Health Benefits and Energy Efficiency
Description: Sustainability enhancements in commercial construction are the wave of the future. With a growing worldwide population and greater environmental changes, the need for heating ventilation and air ...
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Stainless Steel Advantages
From: APM Hexseal Corp.Description: Stainless steel is a metal used in various applications due to its durability, heat and corrosion resistance, and variety of grades and types. We will explore what stainless steel is and the different ...
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Compound Datasheets
Description: Click on any of the links below to obtain technical information on our rubber and plastic compounds. ...
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FIRMMarker® Protects Bicyclists on L.A.'s 6th Street Viaduct
Description: Los Angeles, CA - Bicyclists will enjoy protected passage as they pedal across the new 3,500-foot bridge that spans from Boyle Heights to the Downtown Arts District and crosses Hwy 101, the L.A. ...
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Winner Of Bold Steps In Sustainability Award 2023!
Description: FORREST's leadership role in Oregon's post-consumer paint recycling program (PaintCare), operational waste reduction, and recycled products innovation distinguished the company as a sustainability ...
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Covering the Bases: A Study of the Influence of Synthetic Base Fluids on High Performance Greases
Description: As demand on equipment productivity and reliability continue to increase, it becomes more important to understand the impact of base fluid in improving the performance of lubricating greases under ...
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December 2022 Newsletter: Energizing Innovators
Description: Here's the latest issue of Energizing Innovators, a newsletter providing expert insights into the synthetic lubricants industry. In this issue, we'll share with you how we can help provide solutions ...
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EP42HT-2Med: Utilized in prosthetics and fully implantable medical devices
From: Master Bond, Inc.Description: Among the most challenging medical applications for an epoxy compound are prosthetics and fully implantable medical devices. Prosthetics and implantable devices must be able to maintain performance ...
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How Does a Self-Healing Home Cell Membrane Work?
From: Polyguard Products, Inc.Description: Microscopic levels of damage can occur in residential water-resistant air barrier membranes during application, and over time, due to wear and tear and environmental elements. Tiny cracks can lead to ...
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What is a Liquid Vapor Barrier? Pros, Cons, and a Great Alternative
From: Polyguard Products, Inc.Description: Liquid-applied vapor barriers create a monolithic coating that directly bonds to the exterior wall sheathing. The barriers stop vapor diffusion, which occurs when moisture flows from an area of higher ...
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Types of Cold Working Processes: Definitions, Applications, and Benefits
Description: Cold work is any metalworking process that plastically deforms the alloy below its recrystallization temperature. Each alloy has a unique recrystallization temperature but for the purposes of this ...
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Types of Rolling Mills
Description: Rolling mills compress metal into a uniform thickness, bend it into custom shapes, and create custom-sized stripping. There are many different types of rolling mills, and the optimal mill for your ...
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What Is Camber in Rolled Metal?
Description: In the simplest terms, camber refers to curving. And in metalwork, this can sometimes be a good thing - think the curved steel beams of a bridge or the aerodynamic curves of a sports car. Steel ...
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What Is the Difference Between Drawing and Stamping?
Description: Precision deep drawing and precision metal stamping are both popular metalwork techniques that produce various parts dependent on the need of the product. So, what is the difference between drawing ...
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Factors that Affect the Thermal Conductivity of AlN Ceramic Substrates
Description: First of all, let's overview AlN Ceramics. AlN is a covalently bonded compound with a stable structure and hexagonal wurtzite structure without the existence of other allotypes. Its crystal structure ...
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What Influence Thermal Shock Resistance Of Technical Ceramics?
Description: Thermal shock is frequently the primary cause of failure in high-temperature applications. It is made up of three components: thermal expansion, thermal conductivity, and strength. Rapid temperature ...
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BN Nozzle for Metal Gas Atomisation
Description: Boron Nitride is oxidation and corrosion-resistant, making it suitable for high-temperature processes such as steel processing and ceramic manufacturing. ...
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KyronMAX Case Study - Sports & Leisure
Description: By Partnering with a global leader in recreational sports equipment, KyronMAX helped create a breakthrough archery idler wheel that was not only lightweight, but reliable enough to maintain the ...
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New Materials from Aerospace
Description: Three emerging technologies in the aerospace industry offer potential to boatbuilders for lightning protection, adjustable running surfaces, and stronger laminates. ...
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Advantages of Technical Ceramics in the Automotive Industry
Description: The automotive industry is keeping up with innovation by utilizing advanced technical ceramics to generate performance-improving changes in both its production processes and the specific components of ...
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FORBLUE i-SERIES Ionomer Dispersions are Helping to Advance Fuel Cell Vehicle Performance
Description: Envision a car or truck that performs the same as a conventional vehicle, but its fuel tank can be filled in less than five minutes, it can travel 300-400 miles on a tank, and emits nothing into the ...
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Market Trend Of Silicon Nitride Ceramic Balls
Description: Bearings and valves are two of the most common applications for silicon nitride ceramic balls. The production of silicon nitride balls utilizes a process that combines isostatic pressing with gas ...
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NaI(Tl) Scintillators for Well-logging Applications
Description: This article introduces the material properties and the working principles of NaI(Tl)/Thallium Doped Sodium Iodide Scintillators for well-logging applications. ...
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An Overview of Advanced Ceramics
Description: The advanced ceramics of today have very little in common with the ceramics that came before them. Because of their one-of-a-kind and astonishingly potent physical, thermal, and electrical properties, ...
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Introduction of Coolant
Description: A coolant is a substance, typically liquid or gas, that is used to reduce or regulate the temperature of a system. An ideal coolant has high thermal capacity, low viscosity, is low-cost, non-toxic, ...
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300W Ceramic Ignition For Wood Pellet Grills
Description: Spending a valued time with our loved ones is always a wonderful thing in the world, around with a delicious meal or sitting by a warm stove, which makes this time more happiness. ...
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The Evolution of Fluoropolymer Coatings for Buildings and Structures
Description: Fluoropolymer coatings, FEVE Resins, Products for Buildings, Structures and Architecture ...
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Optionally Inhibitor Additive Allows up to 15% Gold Savings
Description: The additives allow a greatly reduced galvanic deposition in the run-off area of selectively coated connectors especially in high-speed systems. ...
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Ceramic Igniter Use For Pellet Burner
Description: One special application area for Innovacera high-temperature ceramic igniter is in heating systems that use solid fuels such as wood pellets as an energy source. The challenge here is to ignite the ...
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Design Parts That Can Be Easily Picked Up
From: RPWORLDDescription: Small design oversights-like a missing grip or awkward geometry-can slow down production and frustrate end users. In this article, we break down simple, practical tips to make your parts easier to ...
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What Is The Principle Of Ballistic Protection With Ceramic Materials?
Description: The basic principle of armor protection is to consume projectile energy, slow it down and render it harmless. Most conventional engineering materials, such as metals, absorb energy through structural ...
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What Is The Best Ceramic Substrate Material?
Description: The ceramic substrate material in an electronic packaging system is the key to getting rid of heat efficiently. It should also be strong and reliable so it can handle the complexity of the work ...
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New Arrival: Black Coated Ceramic Igniter
Description: In order to better meet the market needs for fast ignition, high durability, and high power, INNOVACERA has introduced the following black coating igniters. ...
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Cast Nylon for Construction Applications
From: Nylatech, Inc.Description: As the nation rebuilds post-COVID, we’re helping the construction industry literally rebuild. Did you know cast nylon is a popular material for many construction building supplies and ...
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Cast Nylon vs: Metal: Which is Better?
From: Nylatech, Inc.Description: Cast nylon and performance plastics are commonly the material of choice to replace traditionally metal parts in machinery and equipment. They have significant advantages over metal, which we’ll ...
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Top 5 Advantages of Using Cast Nylon
From: Nylatech, Inc.Description: There is no shortage of options when manufacturing parts. You can choose “traditional” materials like metal or rubber, but there is a more efficient solution that performs significantly ...
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What's the Right Cast Nylon for my Project?
From: Nylatech, Inc.Description: Cast nylon plastic is widely used and highly versatile. At Nylatech, we have nine standard formulations of tubular bar, rod, disk, and plate cast nylon to meet any need: Nylatech Natural: This ...
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Comparison Between Alumina And Zirconia Ceramics
Description: All ceramics are more likely to break than most metals, which is something the designer must also think about. If you find that Alumina is easy to chip or break in your application, Zirconium oxide ...
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Ceramic Micropore Chuck In Semiconductor Display Panel Photovoltaic Medical Industry
Description: Ceramic Micropore Chuck adoptsmicroporous ceramic material by special technology, which has uniform pore size distribution, and internal interconnection. After grinding, the surface is smooth and ...
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Effect of Peak Transmission on Performance of Optical Coatings and Interference Filters
From: Rapid Spectral SolutionsDescription: Optical interference filters and optical coatings in general are one of the highest efficiency products made. Most optical thin film coatings have energy loss of less than one part per million, and ...
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Aluminum Nitride, One Of The Most Promising Ceramic Materials
Description: Aluminum Nitride ceramics have excellent overall performance, are ideal for semiconductor substrates and structural packaging materials, and have significant application potential in the electronics ...
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6 Industries That Use Technical Ceramics
Description: The incredible properties of technical ceramics include excellent wear resistance, superior thermal properties, high strength, low density, etc. This increases the viability of technical ceramics in a ...
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Rigid Polyurethane Foams and Hazardous Materials: Applications in Transport and Blast Energy Absorption
Description: Hazardous material container design requires considerations of shock absorption, fire protection, and conditions during use. Due to a combination of favorable properties, RPF has been installed in ...
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Ceramic Reflector For Cynosure Laser
Description: Innovacera ceramic reflectors work particularly well in Ruby and Nd: YAG laser pumping chambers and can be a highly cost-effective alternative to metal-coated reflectors. They are also extensively ...
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Glass Lubricating Release Agent
Description: CBN-CE10 is a lubricant, mold release agent, and mold release agent for various high-temperature operations. Such as glass industry, mold protection, metal welding industry, etc., This product can ...
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Are Encapsulation Resins Suitable for EV Applications?
Description: One of the biggest areas of concern for designers is the issue of heat impacting on battery performance, particularly as drivers crossing over from traditional fuel vehicles to electric will expect no ...
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Electrolube's ER2223 Resin Protects Stator in Next Generation E-Vehicles
Description: Electrolube were recently approached by a manufacturer of electric motors for the next generation of electric vehicles; their requirement was specifically for a resin to electrically insulate the ...
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Electrolube's Polyurethane Resin A Success for Tier 1 Automotive Supplier
Description: Electrolube proposed looking at a thermally conductive resin with lower viscosity and better flow properties, to be able to fill even the smallest gaps in the unit more effectively. Furthermore, the ...
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Renewable Sources Of Energy And The Role Of Electrolube
Description: Renewable energy is energy collected from renewable resources that are naturally replenished on a human timescale and are projected to account for more than 50% of global electricity production by ...
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Resins: Stay Cool! Let's Take Down the Heat and Increase Environmental Responsibility
Description: Electrolube's Senior Technical Manager, Beth Turner, describes where resins are currently playing a vital role in the modern world, while also offering an insight into their thermal conductivity, ...
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The Ultimate Introduction to Sapphire
Description: This article is a complete introduction to Sapphire (Al2O3), including the structure and orientations of sapphire, the mechanical, optical, and thermal properties of sapphire, and the sapphire growth ...
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What's The Difference Between Traditional Resins and Bio-Based Resins?
Description: Many of you will have already seen Electrolube's news about a new range of bio-based resins, and in this blog we are going to dive deeper into how bio-based resins differ from their traditional ...
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Alloys for Medical Manufacturing
Description: What are the properties to consider when deciding on a certain metal alloy for a medical device? The short answer: any decision on chemical, mechanical and physical properties of metal alloys is ...
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Ceramic Heating Element Introduction
Description: Ceramic heating element is a resistive piece of ceramic, often treated with a metallic coating. The ceramic heating element creates heat based on resistance to electrical flow through the ceramic ...
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Properties And Applications Of Boron Nitride Ceramics
Description: Hexagonal Boron Nitride ceramic is a material with excellent resistance to high temperature and corrosion, high thermal conductivity, and high insulation properties, it has great promise for ...
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Aluminum Nitride Properties And Applications
Description: Aluminum nitride has good oxidation resistance, chemical resistance, thermal shock resistance, mechanical strength, low dielectric constant, thermal expansion coefficient similar to that of silicon ...
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Empowering Low Carbon Solutions Factsheet
Description: How can we help? By supplying base stocks and formulating finished lubricants that can help to improve fuel economy and offer the potential for enhanced energy efficiency. ...
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If a Diamond Wheel can be Used on Steels and CBN on Carbides?
Description: We get asked quite frequently if a diamond wheel can be used on steels and CBN on carbides. ...
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Electrodes Enable Noticeable Saving of Energy & CO2
Description: Especially in energy-intensive hard chrome plating, the current electricity prices - as a result of various crises - have a particular impact on production costs. In many countries, companies are ...
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Read this Short Interview to Learn About our Electroplating Business Line
Description: We asked Michael Herkommer where he sees the strengths but also the challenges for our business line as the new Head of Electroplating ...
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Silver Processes for Numerous Technical Applications
Description: The following table shows the property profiles of the silver electrolytes. ...
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Sustainable Palladium Substitute with Significant Price Advantages
Description: RUTHUNA® is suitable as a final layer - but also shows its advantages as an unnoticeable intermediate layer ...
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What is Ceramic Injection Molding (CIM)?
Description: Ceramic injection molding (CIM) refers to the process by which custom ceramic parts are fabricated using the injection mold process similar to that used with plastics. A pelletized blend of Alumina ...
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Boron Nitride Ceramics - Hot Press Sintering
Description: Boron nitride (BN) is also called white graphite because it is white and has characteristics in common with graphite. It is mainly divided into two forms, one is a hexagonal structure, and the other ...
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Semitron® MPR1000 Case Study
Description: Future-proofing wafer production with an advanced new polyamide-imide ...
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Case Study: Find a greener path to carbon fiber benefits
Description: Carbon fiber composites are the material of the future, often used in leading-edge industrial applications for their remarkable properties such as high strength and stiffness, associated with extreme ...
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Industry Applications for PP sheet
Description: Applications: Chemical industry, Mechanical Engineering, Food industry, Sports equipment, Material Handling, Construction industry, Water Treatment, Cleanrooms. ...
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Hexagonal Boron Nitride Powder Series
Description: By adjusting the preparation process, hBN can actually show beautiful pearlescent color. ...
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Hexagonal Boron Nitride
Description: An electric heating element using boron nitride as an insulating material, including the outer tube of the electric heating tube. ...
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Pushing Design Boundaries with Materials Science to Respond to the Voice of the Patient
Description: The wearable drug delivery industry continues to expand, driving demand for smaller device sizes of existing applications and developing new applications to deliver drug products. Tailored drug ...
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Why Choose Ceramic Insulation Blankets?
Description: We will look at what ceramic insulation blankets are and what advantages they provide. ...
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Best Practices for Cutting Wheel Safety with a Variety of Wheel Diameters
From: Weiler AbrasivesDescription: Safety in a manufacturing environment is everyone's responsibility - and cutting wheel safety is especially important since these abrasives are used on tools that run at high speeds. This makes it ...
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Advancing Science in Extreme Conditions Requires Superconducting Filaments that Perform.
From: Isabellenhutte USADescription: Isabellenhütte's custom alloys deliver the tightest tolerances with required quality and reliability ...
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Room Temperature Silver-Graphene Electrically Conductive Epoxy
Description: G6E-RTSG™ epoxy is developed primarily for applications that require curing at room temperature. This allows faster and safer bond/connection of conductive components or materials. ...
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Silver-Nanocarbon Electrically Conductive Epoxy
Description: G6E-NS10™ epoxy is developed for general purpose applications requiring high performance bond or connection of electrically conductive components/materials for enhanced electrical conductivity. ...
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How to Select the Right Elastomer
From: APM Hexseal Corp.Description: An elastomer is a material that returns to its original shape after bending and stretching, which makes it especially useful for sealing seams to prevent gases, liquids, and more from getting in or ...
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The Small Satellite Market is Booming, with Materials Technology Innovation at its Heart
Description: This article considers the state of the space sector, focusing on the impact of the demand for small satellites on the value chain, from launch vehicles to materials technology. ...
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Application of Hexagonal Boron Nitride
Description: High-tech ceramic raw materials: hBN is used as a ceramic raw material for the preparation of high-temperature insulating materials, high-temperature resistant materials, etc. ...
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Grinding Wheel Specification
Description: The specification and its interpretation of vitrified CBN grinding wheels manufactured by our company are described as below picture. ...
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Specifications
From: Everlube ProductsDescription: Why are Specs so important? ...
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Why Hexagonal Boron Nitride Does Not Conduct Electricity
Description: Inorganic elements are crystals composed of nitrogen atoms and boron atoms. One is a diamond whose elemental composition is polymorphic, and one is shaped like a diamond. Another type of chart is the ...
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Balancing
Description: Any imbalances in the rotating grinding wheel will have a negative impact on the surface finish quality of the workpieces, the tool life of the grinding wheel, and the results produced on the machine. ...
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Grinding Wheel Hardness
Description: The term "grinding wheel hardness" does not refer to the hardness of abrasive grit, but to the ability of the bond to resist breaking off of abrasive grit. ...
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Solid Lubricants
Description: Molybdenum disulfide powder and graphite powder are added as additives to lubricating oil and grease. These two kinds of lubricants are black, which will pollute the environment. BN is white and ...
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Case Study for the Rail Industry
Description: IMPROVING EFFICIENCY AND QUALITY WITH AN NVH SUSTAINABLE SOLUTION ...
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High-Speed Rail: Why Quality Rail Materials are Key to Sustainable Travel
Description: To achieve carbon neutrality by 2050, we must look to high-speed rail as a go-to choice for long distance public transport. And to do this, we need to be using quality rail materials. ...
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How Drones are Becoming Today's Sustainability Superheroes
Description: The drone is set to be one of the superheroes of the global drive towards net zero. Drones can transform logistics networks with their fast, flexible, sustainable delivery capability over the last ...
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The Benefits of Threadlockers Over Mechanical Locking Devices
Description: Threaded assemblies have long been the fixing of choice for many applications, thanks to their impressive clamp load performance. But their design means they're susceptible to failure over time. ...
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Urban Air Mobility: Reshaping the Future of the Aerospace Industry
Description: Henkel has partnered with market leading suppliers to provide automotive e-mobility and UAV adhesive solutions designed to improve and support UAV drone and airframe design. ...
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Top 5 Benefits of Pressure-Sensitive Tapes Over Liquid Adhesives
From: JBC Technologies, Inc.Description: When we bond or join different materials together, we often look to the tried and true - liquid adhesives. Did you know that pressure-sensitive adhesive (PSA) tapes offer many benefits over liquid ...
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The Properties of Boron Nitride
Description: In terms of electrical characteristics, it has the advantages of good dielectric strength, low dielectric constant, low loss at high frequency, microwave penetration, and good electrical insulation. ...
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Slicon Nitride Ceramic Balls
Description: Silicon nitride balls are mainly used for two purposes. ...
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Fabrication Facts: What are the Benefits of Low Iron Soda Lime Glass?
From: Abrisa TechnologiesDescription: 1/8" thick low iron glass transmits approximately 2 to 3% more light than regular soda-lime glass, making it a perfect solution for applications requiring maximum visible light transmission and little ...
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Fabrication Facts: X-Ray (Radiation Shielding) Glass
From: Abrisa TechnologiesDescription: Despite the high metallic oxide content, Radiation Shielding Glass features high optical transmission, which makes it a perfect fit for view windows for X-ray rooms. ...