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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. ...
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Long-Awaited Replacement Footbridge Connects Town Of Moray To Resort Beach In Lossiemouth
Description: The high-performance coatings system utilized on the bridge is A&I Coatings' Vitreflon fluoropolymer system. ...
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Maximising Performance and Reliability of Automotive Electronics with Conformal Coatings
Description: Phil Kinner, Head of the Conformal Coatings Division at Electrolube, explains how modern, carefully formulated conformal coatings are helping automotive electronics manufacturers to deliver ...
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Next Generation UV Cure Conformal Coatings Increase Performance and Speed-up Production
Description: Phil Kinner, Electrolube's Global Technical Director for Conformal Coatings, casts a spotlight on Electrolube's new series of UV Cure conformal coatings, examining the benefits these rapid cure ...
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Structural Steel Case Study
From: Weiler AbrasivesDescription: A leading heavy structural steel fabrication company located in Georgia, manufactures custom fabricated steel framing for building structures. Grinding wheels are used to grind welds and shape custom ...
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3M Pushes Medical Adhesives Closer to 21-Day Lifetime
From: JBC Technologies, Inc.Description: Medical devices like glucose monitors are often worn for a week or longer, pushing the capabilities of skin-contact adhesives to the limit. 3M scientists claim Medical Tape 4576, is a game-changer in ...
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Adhesives for Cryogenic Applications
From: Master Bond, Inc.Description: Adhesives capable of functioning reliably at cryogenic temperatures play an essential role across a broad number of applications. Blended with specialized filler materials, epoxy systems are capable ...
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Case Study: Tungsten Custom Shielding Plates for CT Scanner Project
From: MarShieldDescription: MarShield has been working to create custom pin hole plates for a CT scanner for the Department of Radiology of University of Chicago Urbana Campaign and University of Pennsylvania. The plates were ...
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Common Sheet Lead Questions
From: MarShieldDescription: Sheet lead is a common, quick and cost-effective method to efficiently shield radiation in dental offices, vet clinics, health clinics, hospitals and other areas. It can also be used for roof flashing ...
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Common Sheet Lead Questions
From: MarsMetalDescription: Sheet lead is a common, quick and cost-effective method to efficiently shield radiation in dental offices, vet clinics, health clinics, hospitals and other areas. It can also be used for roof flashing ...
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Elevator Weights Retro-Fit Options
From: MarsMetalDescription: Elevator test weights are essential for ensuring the safety of the elevators that we take for granted in our daily lives. We see elevators everywhere; we use them without thought or worry (at least ...
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Mars Metal: Providing Advanced, Innovative Production Technology & Extensive Process Capacity
From: MarsMetalDescription: The experienced Mars Metal team is dedicated to advancing production technology and developing new methods and materials for pattern construction, custom molding design and production methods. We ...
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Tiger Grinding Wheels deliver Longer Life, Cost Savings for Tank Fabricator
From: Weiler AbrasivesDescription: A global manufacturer of storage vessels and tanks serving the Refining, Marine, and Petro-Chemical industries was looking for an abrasives expert to evaluate their current grinding wheel performance. ...
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MicroForm® for Battery Technologies
From: Wallner ExpacDescription: For precision-engineered applications that require a light mesh, Wallner Expac manufactures Light Gauge MicroForm®. Versatile, economical, and environmentally friendly, it is fully customizable to ...
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3M RP+ Acrylic Foam Tapes Add Strong Permanent Bonding Option to VHB Portfolio
From: JBC Technologies, Inc.Description: The new RP+ family of Very High Bonding (VHB) acrylic foam tapes from 3M have unique performance and availability characteristics, making them unique among other tapes in the high-performance VHB line ...
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MicroForm For Lightning Strike Protection
From: Wallner ExpacDescription: Lightning strikes are inevitable, and for aircraft and wind turbines they are exceptionally dangerous. For specialized applications such as lightning strike protection, Wallner Expac manufactures its ...
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NIKKO Piezo Actuator Products No. 5.0
From: NIKKO CompanyDescription: Quiet and Excellent Response - Precise Positioning Capable ...
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Application of Silicon Nitride in Engine
Description: In the early days, whether it was a gasoline or diesel engine, the components inside were actually mainly metal materials. However, in order to improve thermal efficiency, the industry has begun to ...
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MicroForm Expanded Metals
From: Wallner ExpacDescription: The purposes of expanded metal are to conceal, filter, enclose, protect, and decorate. Strong, lightweight, and visually appealing, Wallner Expac- a 100% employee-owned company and North ...
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Optimize Quality, Process and Energy Efficiency with Solutions for Lightweight Construction
Description: The building and construction industry has enormous influence in many matters, large and small. Its impact on the global economic and environmental situation and our daily life in residential, ...
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Terminal Blocks: The Building Blocks of Industrial Control Cabinets
From: MISUMI USADescription: A terminal block is a modular housing with an insulated body that secures two or more wires together. The insulating body of a terminal block consists of a current-carrying element, a clamping ...
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What is Silicone Glass Fabric and Where is it Used?
Description: In this article, we detail the key characteristics of silicone-coated glass cloth and its main applications. ...
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Characteristic of Silicon NItride
Description: Cubic boron nitride (c-BN) was first synthesized by General Electric (GE) in the 1950s using artificial methods under high temperature and high pressure conditions. Its hardness is second only to ...
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NIKKO Multi-layer Ceramic Substrates
From: NIKKO CompanyDescription: Ceramic substrates with a multi layer structure made by stacking green sheets in layers and fired to create a solid structure. ...
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Characteristics Of Boron Nitride Superhard Materials
Description: PCBN has most of the properties of CBN, and overcomes the shortcomings of CBN single crystal plane cleavage, and has many performance advantages as follows: ...
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Why do Alumina Ceramic Components have Spots and How to Prevent?
Description: Alumina ceramic is a kind of ceramic material with a-al2o3 as the main crystal phase, because of its own high melting point, high hardness, heat resistance, corrosion resistance, and electrical ...
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FEPM Type Fluoroelastomers Improve Performance of High Voltage Automotive Charging Cables
Description: Demand for plug-in electric vehicles (PEVs), including all-electric vehicles and hybrid vehicles, is growing around the world due to their energy saving, emissions and environmental benefits. ...
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Application of Boron Nitride Release Agent
Description: At present, boron nitride has been widely used in the determinant bottle-making machine. The use of boron nitride lubricating release agent can not only improve the yield of bottle making, but also ...
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Classification of Boron Nitride Release Agent
Description: The release mechanism of boron nitride is mainly to form a layer of isolation film between the mold and the product to avoid the adhesion of the mold and the product, which can protect the mold and ...
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Advantage of Boron Nitride Release Agent
Description: Release agents can be divided into organic release agents and inorganic release agents, among which Boron Nitride (BN) is the leader among inorganic release agents. ...
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Hexagonal Boron Nitride Powder used for Coating, Release Agent and Spray
Description: Application of hexagonal boron nitride powder. ...
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Improving the Efficiency and Lifetime of LEDs via Effective Thermal Management
Description: Maintaining the correct die temperature of the LED can not only extend the life but also lead to more light being produced and therefore, fewer LEDs may be required to achieve the desired effect. ...
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5 Things You Need to Know about Precision Machining Technical Ceramics
From: Insaco, Inc.Description: Technical ceramics such as alumina, zirconia, and sapphire can significantly improve the performance of components subjected to extreme conditions, especially in aerospace and defense applications. ...
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An Engineering Designers Guide to Technical Ceramics
From: Insaco, Inc.Description: Modern technical ceramics offer amazing material properties and features when compared to more conventional materials such as steel, plastics, or other non-ferrous materials. Ceramics typically offer ...
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Technical Ceramics for Medical Applications
From: Insaco, Inc.Description: Today’s technical ceramics offer unique material properties and features when compared to metals and plastics. Typically high hardness, good wear resistance, high compressive strength, and ...
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4 Cold Weather Construction Issues and Solutions
From: Polyguard Products, Inc.Description: Architects and builders of homes in cold regions must include sufficient cold climate insulation and quality air and moisture barrier systems to ensure airtight, comfortable, healthy, durable, and ...
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The Importance of Safety when Cutting, Grinding and Finishing in Shipbuilding Applications
From: Weiler AbrasivesDescription: Operations try to do much of the metal preparation and fabrication in a shop, but that’s not always possible. Some fabrication and the final assembly must happen in the shipyard and often in the ...
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What are the Difference in Application of Silicon Nitride Ceramics prepared by Different Sintering Processes?
Description: Reaction sintering refers to the process of obtaining a predetermined sintered body by chemically reacting the raw material molded body through the solid phase, liquid phase and gas phase at a certain ...
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Silicon Nitride Ceramic Bearing
Description: Si3N4 is the most suitable bearing material among the above four common engineering structural ceramics. ...
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Engineered for Strength and Safety: How Expanded Metal Offers Protective and Decorative Solutions for Solar Panels
From: Wallner ExpacDescription: According to the Office of Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy, since 2010, the average cost of solar PV panels has dropped more than 60% and the cost of a solar electric system has dropped by ...
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Mission Critical: How Expanded Metal Protects from the Damaging Effects of Lightning Strikes
From: Wallner ExpacDescription: All thunderstorms are dangerous because every thunderstorm produces lightning. For aircraft and wind turbines, lightning strikes can be exceptionally dangerous; however, because of stringent and ...
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What Can Boron Nitride Powder be Used For?
Description: Boron nitride is the release agent for metal forming and lubricant for metal drawing. Boron nitride is the special electrolysis and resistance material in high temperature state. ...
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Conformal Coatings vs Encapsulation Resins - Making an informed choice for Electronic Protection
Description: At Electrolube, a question that we are often asked is: "Which is better to protect my PCB in a harsh environment, a conformal coating or a resin?" Phil Kinner discusses the Pro's and Cons of each ...
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Non-Shielding Pipeline Coatings
From: Polyguard Products, Inc.Description: If you have come to this page, you probably have questions about non-shielding pipeline coatings. Shielding is hardly a new problem. Concerns were published about shielding starting in the early ...
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Is Hexagonal Boron Nitride (HBN) a Conductor or an Insulator?
Description: Hexagonal boron nitride is a boron product with a wide range of applications. For it, the question that many people are very concerned about is whether hexagonal boron nitride is a conductor or an ...
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Boron Carbide: Used As Polishing Abrasive
Description: The application of boron carbide as an abrasive is mainly for the grinding and polishing of sapphire. Among the superhard materials, the hardness of boron carbide is better than that of alumina and ...
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NIKKO Insulating Heat Dissipating Ceramic Substates
From: NIKKO CompanyDescription: Insulating/heat-diss ipating substrates are required to efficiently dissipate heat from semiconductors that reach high temperatures under high power (high voltage or high current) conditions. ...
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Revolutionary Advance in Chromic Acid Anodizing Masking
Description: Chromic acid anodization (CAA) is the one of the oldest and most widely used processes in the aerospace and metal finishing industries. Type I Chromic Acid Anodizing is an electrochemical process that ...
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Finish Cast Parts Faster and Improve Productivity with Ceramic Abrasives
From: Weiler AbrasivesDescription: Few industrial jobs are tougher than the tasks in a foundry's cleaning room. High temperatures, heavy physical demands, and the need for constant attention to safety create challenging conditions for ...
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Properties Of Boron Carbide
Description: In terms of physical properties, the hardness of boron carbide is only second to diamond and cubic boron nitride, and it can still maintain high strength at high temperature, which can be used as an ...
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Tips for Overcoming Common Challenges when using Wire Brushes
From: Weiler AbrasivesDescription: When operators use wire brushes with the proper technique and follow best practices, these products are an excellent way to efficiently remove contaminants, clean welds or prepare a part for the next ...
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What is Cryogenic Pipe Insulation and What Are the Best Systems?
From: Polyguard Products, Inc.Description: The rising need for liquefied natural gas (LNG) demands high-performance technology, like cryogenic pipe insulation, to transport and store cryogenic gas reliably, ensuring safe and efficient ...
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How Logistics Drones are Blazing a Trail for Urban Air Mobility
Description: UAM (Urban Air Mobility) and AAM (Advanced Air Mobility) promise a revolution in faster, cleaner, more integrated transportation. ...
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Special Metal Spotlight: Niobium
Description: Niobium is named for Niobe, the daughter of Tantalus, a Greek god. It has been confused with tantalum, named for Tantalus, and it also is called columbium due to confusion over its properties when it ...
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Sustainable Commercial Air Transport Calls for a Holistic Approach
Description: While it is true that direct carbon emissions from airliner engines are by far the biggest contributor to air travel's environmental impact, in reality, resetting commercial air transport for a carbon ...
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Sustainable Innovation in Aerospace
Description: How is the autonomous flying vehicle market currently innovating? ...
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How to Choose the Ceramic Ring for the Fiber Laser Cutting Machine?
Description: The ceramic ring is an important part of the cutting head of the laser cutting machine. Its main function is to transmit the electrical signals collected by the laser head nozzle, which plays an ...
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Case Study: Self-lubricating Nacelle Slider Tracks Improve Endurance and Lower Maintenance Costs
Description: Self-lubricating nacelle slider tracks improve endurance and lower maintenance costs ...
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Product Overview: Sintering Tooling
From: NIKKO CompanyDescription: Ceramics offer high thermal resistivity and chemical resistivity. Commonly used for sintering tooling of electronic components ...
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Alumina Mo-Mn Metallization Method
Description: The metalized layer is obtained by adding a small amount of MoMn powder and coating it on the surface of the ceramic body with a binder and sintering at high temperatures. So far the most widely-used ...
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Introduction Of The Application And Prospect Of Boron Nitride Nanomaterials
Description: The purpose of preparing and characterizing boron nitride nanomaterials is to improve the performance of traditional boron nitride materials, exert various effects on the nanometer scale, achieve ...
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Characteristic of Boron Nitride
Description: As a structural analog of graphite, BN’ s physical and chemical properties are better than graphite. The performance of BN is as follows: ...
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Converting Adhesive Tape:
From: Can-Do National TapeDescription: The process of transforming a flexible material, adhesive or non-adhesive, into another form in order to solve a specific problem ...
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EV Market Needs and Challenges
From: Can-Do National TapeDescription: The year 2022 will see significant growth in the electric vehicle (EV) market. According to a recent report from Bloomberg News, three new EVs will hit the automobile market, more than doubling the ...
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High-Performance Fabrics for Aerospace Applications
Description: The aerospace industry is a market that is driven by demand for greater aircraft performance and commercial return. In this article, we discuss how Mid-Mountain’s products can help the industry ...
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What are Passenger Boarding Bridges?
Description: What Materials Can be Used for Passenger Boarding Bridges ...
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5 Ways Micro 3D Printing is a Manufacturing Game-Changer for Medical Device Manufacturing
From: Empire GroupDescription: Thanks to micro DLP printing technology, it's now entirely possible to take your design right from prototype and iteration to production without tooling costs and delays. And it becomes all the more ...
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Hexagonal Boron Nitride Powder
Description: Hexagonal boron nitride (HBN) powder has good thermal conductivity, insulation, chemical stability and lubricity. Its anti-oxidation temperature exceeds 2000 ℃, and it also has good lubricity at ...
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Tape Glossary
From: Budnick Converting, Inc.Description: Acrylic – A synthetic polymer with excellent aging characteristics that can be used as either a single component adhesive or a coating or saturant, depending upon composition. Adhesive transfer ...
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What is a Pressure Sensitive Tape?
From: Budnick Converting, Inc.Description: The Pressure Sensitive Tape Council (PSTC) defines Pressure Sensitive Tape as a continuous flexible strip of cloth, paper, metal or plastic coated on one or both sides with a permanently tacky ...
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Case Study: Custom Formulated Material Delivers High Performance for a Surgical Seal Solution
Description: A large medical technology company aimed to upgrade its medical device solution used primarily to cut and cauterize tissue in minimally invasive surgeries. The goal was to improve the design to allow ...
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Case Study: Developing a Custom Material for Trocar Seal Surgical Applications
Description: Materials science is at the heart of innovating medical device applications. In this case study, you will learn how materials science allowed us to develop a custom material for Trocar Seal Surgical ...
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Case Study: Medical Device Sealing Solutions
Description: What designers and manufacturers need to know, avoid and consider when planning seals in medical devices. ...
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Case Study: New Material Formulation Leads to Seal for Point-of-Care Diagnostics
Description: Our team was part of the rapid response to urgent COVID-19 patient needs. We created a new material formulation for a point-of-care medical diagnostics seal that meets strict chemical and mechanical ...
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Case Study: Wilson Wolf G-Rex® Gas Permeable Cell Culture Device Molded And Assembled By Minnesota Rubber And Plastics
Description: Wilson Wolf created a paradigm shift with its cell culture design disrupting age-old beliefs regarding cell production. Minnesota Rubber and Plastics (MR&P) facilitated the unique design with an ...
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Why Should Ceramic Heating Elements be used for E-cigs Instead of Metal Coils?
Description: MCH (Metal Ceramic Heater), is an advanced ceramic heating element of high-efficiency, environmentally friendly, and energy-saving. Nowadays, the ceramic heating element has been used in more and more ...
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High-Temperature Co-Fired Ceramics(HTCC)
Description: HTCC ceramic heating element is the abbreviation of High-temperature co-fired ceramics. It is made of tungsten, molybdenum, molybdenum, manganese and other high melting point metal heating resistor ...
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Flash Freezing in Fluoropolymer Bottles
From: SavillexDescription: Flash freezing is the process of rapidly lowering the temperature of a liquid so that larger ice crystals do not have the chance to form. These larger crystals can potentially damage proteins and ...
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Why use Microporous Ceramic for Vacuum Chucks
Description: Vacuum chucks are used in the thinning, dicing, cleaning, handling, and other processes of semiconductor electronic chips, like wafers. Why choose microporous ceramic vacuum chucks? 1. During the ...