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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. ...
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Silicone Coated Fiberglass: Properties & Applications
Description: Silicone-coated fiberglass fabrics are manufactured for use in a range of applications where high heat or flame resistance is required, as well as high levels of resistance against abrasion, ...
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Adhesives for a Variety of Repair Applications on Aircrafts
Description: Repair requirements for out of autoclave applications with film adhesives, bonding, filling, potting and wet lay-up repair with paste adhesives and higher temperature products for propulsion ...
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Surface Activation Methods for Bonding to Thermoplastics: Plasma and a New Tailored UV Based Method
Description: The constant trend to optimize the costs of raw materials and related processing costs has accelerated the use of thermoplastic composites as alternatives to traditional thermoset composites in the ...
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Common type of wear-resistant ceramics: Boron Carbide Ceramics
Description: Hot-pressed boron carbide is a nonmetallic refractory compound, which is one of the hardest materials in artificial abrasives. ...
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New Non-Fluorinated Barrier Technology
Description: There has never been a non-fluorinated sizing additive that could protect paper products like fast-food containers from both water and food oils. That has changed with AGC's development of a new ...
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Safety Principles
Description: 1.Storage and handling of grinding wheels 2.Proper use of grinding wheels ...
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Adhesive Tapes Help RV Manufacturers Achieve Light Weighting Goals
From: Can-Do National TapeDescription: Across the board, the vehicle manufacturing industry has become increasingly focused on light weighting. This is a design approach that focuses on reducing the overall weight of vehicles by reducing ...
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Aerospace Insulation Fabrics for Vibration and Temperature
Description: Insulation fabrics serve a variety of purposes across the commercial and industrial sectors, but their primary use is to mitigate the transfer of heat between two objects. A secondary purpose of ...
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Commonly Used Wave-transmitting Ceramic Materials for Microwave Heating: Oxide Ceramic System
Description: The commonly used oxides of wave-transmitting materials for microwave heating mainly include fused silica, glass-ceramic, alumina-based ceramics, etc. Among them, fused silica has stable chemical ...
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Relationship between Abrasive Grain, Hardness and Grinding Status
Description: The type and degree of blockage of grinding wheel are mainly related to the mechanical properties of workpiece, the characteristics of grinding wheel, stock removal, types of coolant, and ways of ...
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What is Neoprene Coated Fabric Used For?
Description: Neoprene-coated fabric is a material that is commonly used in industrial settings and high-temperature applications. The fabric serves as a protective barrier for many standard applications because ...
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Air Pass Ceramic Plates
From: NIKKO CompanyDescription: Contributes to the properties, quality and yields of the sintering products! ...
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Alumina Zirconia Plates
From: NIKKO CompanyDescription: Thin and robust ceramic substrates ...
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Glazed Substrates
From: NIKKO CompanyDescription: Glazed substrates with excellent surface flatness ...
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High Strength Alumina Substrate
From: NIKKO CompanyDescription: Enhanced thermal shock resistance of 96% upgrade of alumina substrates ...
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Low Temperature Co-fired Ceramic Substrates
From: NIKKO CompanyDescription: High density 3 dimensional circuitry available in multilayer substrates ...
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Piezo Electric Products
From: NIKKO CompanyDescription: Using original Piezo-electric material suitable for ultrasonic vibrating device, Actuators ...
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Application of Boron Nitride
Description: H-BN is an important material in the industrial revolution. H-BN also has the advantages of insulation, good thermal conductivity, high temperature, chemical stability, strong lubricity, etc. It ...
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Application of Boron Nitride (2)
Description: Good thermal conductivity, soft hexagonal crystal makes the mixture of particles and particles close contact, smooth heat conduction path; Insulation provides excellent dielectric strength for plastic ...
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Thermal Grease vs Thermal Pad
Description: Thermal grease is a thermally conductive compound designed to be used as an interface between heat sinks and heat sources. The main purpose of thermal grease is to eliminate air gaps or micro spaces ...
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Thermal Putty vs Thermal Grease vs Two-Part Fast Curing Thermal Conductive Gel
Description: There tend to be microscopic grooves or uneven surfaces which create air gaps between the microprocessor and heat sink, reducing the effectiveness of the heat transfer. Thermal grease keeps ...
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What are Thermal Interface Materials (TIMs)
Description: Thermal Interface Materials (TIMs) or Thermal Compounds, is a general reference used to describe any material used between two parts to improve the thermal transfer between those two parts. A thermal ...
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Alternatives to Rhodium and Palladium Layers
Description: The prices for rhodium and palladium have exploded over the last few years along with production costs. In order to be able to continue to serve the market, a rethink in surface plating is required. ...
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Direct Immersion Gold (DIG) also for Bonding at Room Temperature
Description: The problem of gold in bonding processes is widely known: As a rule, a minimum substrate temperature of 120 °C is necessary to achieve a good bond. ...
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Foresighted Calculation with Platinum
Description: Due to their skin compatibility, platinum coatings for medical applications have been established for years. More and more producers are switching to platinum coatings here due to the price of ...
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AMOLEA™ Fluorosolvents: Advantages and Applications of Next-Generation Precision Cleaning
Description: Precision Cleaning With Fluorosolvents ...
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Speaker Grilles
From: Wallner ExpacDescription: Why Expanded Metal is a Sound Choice for Your Vehicle’s Speaker Grille Covers ...
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Transparent Amorphous Fluoropolymer Coatings Protect Sensitive Electronics and Optics Components and Transmit Light
Description: Components inside devices can corrode when exposed to contaminants and moisture. This corrosion can reduce electronic performance and cause electrical shorts and device failure. Manufacturers use ...
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Digital Health Ready: Flexible Wire Harness for Embedding in Textiles and Clothing
From: Embro GmbHDescription: Advantages of Flexible Wire Harness ...
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Knowing How: Heating Mats for E-mobility
From: Embro GmbHDescription: Application of textile heating mats for batteries and accumulators ...
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Medical Wearables - Ask an Expert Q&A
From: BoydDescription: Medical Wearables is a rapidly growing industry, so we had one of our experts answer a few frequently asked questions. ...
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Silicone Heating Mat Vs. Aramid Heating Mat
From: Embro GmbHDescription: We explain the differences between silicone heating mats and heating mats made of aramid fibers in more detail, go into the advantages and disadvantages of each product type and find out which heating ...
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What is Air Gap Bonding?
From: BoydDescription: As performance requirements for integrated touchscreens and displays continue to evolve, effectively bonding display components together is critical. A typical display is composed of many layers such ...
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What is Optical Clear Adhesive (OCA) Bonding?
From: BoydDescription: What is the Process Behind Optically Clear Adhesive (OCA) Bonding? ...
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What is the Process Behind Optically Clear Adhesive (OCA) Bonding?
From: BoydDescription: What is the Process Behind Liquid Optically Clear Adhesive (LOCA) Bonding? ...
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Application Note - Using Beam Splitters for Teleprompters
From: Abrisa TechnologiesDescription: Abrisa Technologies’ teleprompter beam splitter glass is used when talent needs to access text or prompts from an LCD or digital projection system and maintain a direct facing camera or audience ...
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Application Note: Low Sparkle Non Glare Glass
From: Abrisa TechnologiesDescription: "Sparkle" occurs when non-glare glass is used with a display and has a surface where the etch pattern size and roughness has variation resulting in inconsistent, insufficient, or unpredictable light ...
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Case Study: Durable Seal Reduces Warranty Claims for a Premium Water Softener Valve Manufacturer
Description: A national manufacturer of premium water softener valves had been experiencing an increase in warranty claims from loyal owners. The company — a long-time Minnesota Rubber & Plastics ...
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Case Study: Improving Process Reliability in Semiconductor Fabrication without Impacting Production
Description: One of the largest semiconductor OEMs in the world needed to safely retrofit the baffles used in their semiconductor fabrication process across all production sites with a more reliable, ...
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Composition of Grinding Wheel
Description: Grinding wheels contains abrasive compounds for grinding and abrasive machining operations. Such wheels are also used in grinding machines. ...
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What is the Best Basement Wall Sealer?
From: Polyguard Products, Inc.Description: The best basement wall sealer will effectively stop moisture infiltration through a concrete foundation to prevent the growth of structurally damaging and unhealthy mold, along with corrosion. The ...
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What is Wear Resistance?
Description: Which factors influence wear resistance and wear rate? ...
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The Mechanical Properties of Hexagonal Boron Nitride
Description: The friction coefficient is 0.16, and does not increase at high temperature. It has higher temperature resistance than molybdenum disulfide and graphite. It can be used until the oxidizing atmosphere ...
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Wheel Conditioning
Description: Proper wheel conditioning is a critical part of any grinding process. The condition of the wheel will determine the wheel's ability to meet the part finish requirements and metal removal rate ...
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Better Silver SPA now uses also the Advantages of RHODUNA® PT
Description: After only a few months, RHODUNA® PT has become an indispensable part of the product portfolio ...
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Brush Plating Electrolytes at a Glance
Description: Compex products or product segments comprehensibly prepared ...
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Interview with the Inventor of IntraCu®
Description: CEO of Shinhao explains the benefits of IntraCu® electrolytes and more ...
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New ENIG/ENEPIG Process with Virtual Commissioning
Description: PCB manufacturer Piu-Printex calls the conversion of its plating processes ‚open-heart surgery‘. This was achieved over two consecutive weekends under pandemic conditions. ...
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Pale Gold Coatings are now Also Possible without Allergies
Description: Until now, light gold layers were mostly only possible with the addition of nickel or cobalt ...
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Properities of Hexagonal Boron Nitride Powder
Description: Hexagonal boron nitride (h-BN) has excellent electrical insulation, excellent chemical stability and excellent dielectric properties. ...
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Protective Layers for Precious Metal Surfaces
Description: Protection right from the start for high-quality final surfaces ...
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FABRICATION FACTS: High Ion-Exchange (HIE™) vs. Soda Lime Glass
From: Abrisa TechnologiesDescription: HIE™ glass can achieve two times the compressive stress and depth of layer as does soda lime, if not greater. ...
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Introduction to Dresser
Description: Dresser is a tool to dress (slightly trim) the surface of a grinding wheel. Dressers are used to return a wheel to its original round shape (to true it up), to expose fresh grains for renewed cutting ...
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RF Cable Materials Q&A: How to Go Beyond Industry Specs for Next-Generation Requirements
Description: The next generation of RF cables demands more from manufacturers than ever before. We've collected some recently asked questions and included answers from our materials experts to help you optimize ...
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Special Metal Spotlight: Nitinol
Description: Shape-memory Nitinol has a unique ability to adapt to extraordinary strains and is compatible with the human body. Because of this, it is finding numerous applications within the medical field. ...
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Special Metal Spotlight: Tantalum
Description: Resistant to corrosion and high heat, Tantalum may be most commonly used in the electronics capacitors found in cell phones, automobiles, laptops, and more. But this versatile special metal's ...
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Special Metal Spotlight: Titanium
Description: Found in food dyes, medical implants, and aerospace honeycomb cores, titanium is one of the most versatile elements on the periodic chart. Learn more about this special metal that can be as strong as ...
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The Difference between Hexagonal Boron Nitride Powder and Graphite Powder
Description: Hexagonal boron nitride powder and graphite powder both can be used as lubricating and release agent. ...
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Types of Dressers
Description: Three types of dressers are used to dress the wheels of CNC grinders used for grinding complex shapes. This type of dresser is mainly in use on CNC grinding machine tools to automatically dress the ...
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Technical Bulletin: PPG PolyGrid Expanded PEEK Film for High Performance Filtration & Separation Applications
Description: Expanded Polyether Ether Ketone (PEEK) PPG POLYGRID® is now available for critical filtration and separation applications where a high performance polymer is essential. Thin, versatile expanded ...
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Technical Bulletin: PPG PolyGrid Expanded Polymers for Filtration, Separation and Chemical Processing Applications
Description: PPG PolyGrid® expanded polymers are primarily used as filtration membrane support materials and separation/feed/drai nage layers in pleated or spiral wound filter cartridges. Many of the PPG ...
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The Benefits of Removable Insulation Blankets
Description: What Is A Removable Insulation Blanket? Made from layers of insulating material, removable insulation blankets are incredibly versatile and can be used in numerous environments where materials are ...
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Superabrasives
Description: Superabrasives refer to grinding wheels with diamond or CBN grains. ...
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Engineered for Strength and Safety: Providing Fall and Impact Protection for Skylights with Expanded Metal
From: Wallner ExpacDescription: As new homes and businesses are constructed, skylights are a common rooftop addition. Industry experts say that skylights can lower electric lighting bills by one-third or more, and evolving building ...
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Wheel Bond
Description: Among the four kinds of bond of CBN wheels, vitrified CBN grinding wheels are of the fastest development and become the first choice for grinding of high efficiency and high precision. ...
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What Should We Know about Hexagonal Boron Nitride Powder?
Description: Regarding hexagonal boron nitride, BN and graphite are isoelectronics. Known as white graphite, it is an advanced ceramic material with good lubricity, electrical insulation and chemical resistance. ...
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A Manufacturer Q&A With Berry Global: Skin Contact Adhesive Tapes & Wearable Medical Devices
From: JBC Technologies, Inc.Description: How do you ensure your wearable medical device stays stuck without irritating the wearer's skin? Is MARSI a who or a what? Are there special requirements for stick-to-skin adhesive tapes? Learn more ...
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Optical Substrate Material Selection Guide
Description: The selection of optical substrate material is a vital step to determine the best appropriate optics for your individual applications. The characteristics(optical transmission, refractive index, ...
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Graphene Enhanced Conductive Adhesives
Description: G6 Epoxy offers a broad range of electrically conductive adhesives based on proprietary fillers. In our formulations, we extensively use nanomaterials, especially graphene, which profoundly enhance ...
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The Benefits of Expanded Mesh in Shielding Applications
Description: EMFs are formed from solid metal foil in a proven, economical "slit-and-stretch" process. They are electrically continuous and, unlike knit or woven meshes, exhibit consistent and predictable ...
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Good Performance And Heat Dissipation Advantages Of Hexagonal Boron Nitride Powder
Description: Boron nitride is one of the most valued materials in nitride. It has six crystal forms. The most common being of Boron Nitride are cubic boron nitride (c-BN) and hexagonal boron nitride (h-BN), of ...
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Disruptive Technology for Advanced Battery Development
Description: Data sheet showing the benefits of using expanded foils in battery, capacitor and energy storage technologies. ...
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Learn How Extreme High Temperature Coatings Prevent Component Failure at 800F - 1200+F
Description: A component is at higher risk of corrosion if it operates at extreme temperatures and is not protected by a coating or other corrosion-preventing barrier. Many systems include components subjected to ...
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Polyethylene Film Offers Dependable Protection
From: Can-Do National TapeDescription: Polyethylene film is widely used in construction as a vapor barrier, window film, flooring and countertop protective film, and more. It is ideal for protecting building materials, sealing off rooms, ...
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Surface Energy and Successful Bonding
From: Can-Do National TapeDescription: The Challenge of Bonding Low Energy Surfaces ...
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Technical Bulletin: Battery Solutions
Description: PPG's engineered materials redefines availability for precision expanded foils and polymers with exacting mechanical and electrical properties that meet unequivocal conductivity, weight and ...
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Which Metals Work Best For Plating Ceramics?
Description: While we often associate electroplating with metal products, the process also works with some non-metallic materials, such as ceramics. Manufacturers often choose to electroplate a coating of metal ...
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The Use of Boron Nitride Powder In Coating Industry
Description: The use of boron nitride in the coating industry is based on its lubricating properties, especially at high temperatures. The main applications are as follows: boron nitride coating and boron nitride ...
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What is Second Harmonic Generation (SHG)
Description: The application of the Second Harmonic Generation (SHG) technique is boosting currently. The technique has been utilized extensively as a measure to obtain laser light with short wavelengths which are ...
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A Brief Introduction to HTCC
Description: HTCC (High Temperature co-fired Ceramic) adopts tungsten, molybdenum, molybdenum, manganese, and other High melting point metal heat resistance paste printed on 92 ~ 96% alumina flow Ceramic green ...
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Hexagonal Boron Nitride Application Lubrication Oil
Description: Hexagonal boron nitride (BN) is also known as "white graphite" in the industry. The friction coefficient is as low as 0.16, and it does not increase as temperature increase. It is more resistant to ...
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Case Study - Attaching Stiffener Bars to Computer Enclosures
From: Budnick Converting, Inc.Description: We often find that customers are looking to simplify and enhance their mounting applications. In this instance, an electronics manufacturer needed an alternative method to mount stiffener bars to ...
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Case Study - Custom Adhesive Tab for a PE Film
From: Budnick Converting, Inc.Description: Our customer, a large supplier of packaging supplies to the cotton industry, came to us requesting our help in creating an adhesive tab matrix that they could put on to their film. They were providing ...
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Case Study - Die Cut Protective Film for RV Wheels
From: Budnick Converting, Inc.Description: A Budnick specialist visited an RV manufacturing plant with one of our distribution customers to view how and where the RV manufacturer was using adhesive products in their applications. The Budnick ...
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Case Study - Extrusion Attachment
From: Budnick Converting, Inc.Description: Budnick was approached by a medical equipment manufacturer who was experiencing issues with an extrusion that was being attached to a medical sink. The customer was using a double coated structural ...
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Case Study - Flying Splices in Varying Environments
From: Budnick Converting, Inc.Description: A building materials manufacturer reached out to us when they began experiencing failures with a tape that they were using for a flying splice application on their fiberglass insulation production ...
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Case Study - Improving the Process from Beginning to End
From: Budnick Converting, Inc.Description: A manufacturer of keys, fasteners, and signs, was moving production from Arizona to Ohio. They needed a supplier who would stock the tape used to mount their keys to packaging in a temperature ...
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Case Study - Masking Inefficiency Improvements
From: Budnick Converting, Inc.Description: A large supplier that designs and manufactures major structural components for the aerospace industry called on Budnick to help them with very complex masking applications. When we first visited the ...
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Case Study - Mounting a Fuel Tank Emblem
From: Budnick Converting, Inc.Description: A fuel tank manufacturer was mounting their logo emblems on the exterior of fuel tanks on semi-trucks but the tape being used to do so was failing. The tape was adhering initially, but failed once the ...
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Case Study - Repositionable Thermal Interface
From: Budnick Converting, Inc.Description: Our customer, an EMI shielding manufacturer, was producing a conductive, semi-cured silicone at their local location. They reached out to Budnick in hopes of finding a solution for a new application. ...
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Case Study - Securing and Mounting Medical Hose
From: Budnick Converting, Inc.Description: A medical equipment manufacturer needed to make process improvements and wished to condense the numbers that they were previously utilizing for their medical cabinets. The customer manufactures ...
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Case Study - Withstanding Wash and Bake Cycles
From: Budnick Converting, Inc.Description: A former customer contact took a new position with an industrial fluid thermal management and equipment protection company. He called us to see if we could consult with them on their masking of metal ...
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Electronic Device Repair Die Cuts
From: Budnick Converting, Inc.Description: An electronic device repair company was using a double-sided acrylic film tape to attach a face onto an Apple Watch. The customer wanted the rolls of tape slit to 2mm and 8mm widths. The converter ...
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Foam Gaskets for Cooler Doors
From: Budnick Converting, Inc.Description: Frustrated with long lead times and quality inconsistencies, a cooler and freezer door manufacturer turned to Budnick. They were previously buying foam from China and the long lead times were ...
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How to Read and Interpret a Datasheet - Understanding Testing Methods
From: Budnick Converting, Inc.Description: The PSTC defines peel adhesion as the force per unit width required to break the bond between a pressure sensitive adhesive tape and the surface to which it has been applied when the tape is peeled ...
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Matching Tape and Application
From: Budnick Converting, Inc.Description: Choosing the right adhesive tape for your application involves asking a number of questions. We've outlined some of these questions and pointers below to help you fulfill the needs of your application ...
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Architects Design Uber Headquarters In California With Movable Glass Panel Façade
Description: The glass windows of the Uber headquarters in San Francisco are movable, allowing air in and out of the massive façade. In addition, the accordion-style façade regulates the building's ...
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AWWA D102 Outside System No. 4, Fluoropolymer System Provides Best Life-Cycle Value
Description: Coating Steel Water Storage Tanks Using AWWA D102-21 ...
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Dynamic Architecture: Adaptable, Responsive, Energy Efficient Designs
Description: The movement of dynamic facades coincides with energy efficiency, allowing architects to create consciously modern designs. ...