EPUJ 01-02 2012 - Products and Applications
Dow Polyurethanes, in cooperation with Cannon SpA, has launch PASCAL Technology in September 2011.PASCAL, a new polyurethane foam insulation technology that improves energy efficiency of refrigerators and freezers by up to 10 percent, was first featured in household refrigerators and freezers by Haier and is now commercially available to appliance manufacturers.Combining a proprietary...
In January 2011, the first Trias 800 triple roller mill was installed at ISL in Kürten. This puts ISL in a pole position as owner of the first device of this type to be installed and operated anywhere in the world. The manufacturer of colour pastes and specialised lacquers for the plastics industry is hence well equipped for the future.The new triple roller technology enables the...
If you want to stay ahead in the wood-based panel industry, it's best to rely on machines and basic products that do more than their rivals. What really counts here are mechanical characteristics, strength, durability, speed in production and high reliability as well as, for example, the cost-effective use of binders that, all things considered, are simply better than other materials. For years...
The pioneering colorants offer PU manufacturers excellent tools to respond quickly to market expectations with In-Line Blending by Milliken, a new concept of accurate color addition direct into the polyol stream with a minimal investment.Reactint Colorants are reactive polymeric colorants that consist of chromophores which are chemically bound to polyols. This allows the Reactint Colorants to...
Alberdingk Boley launches a new OH-functional polyurethane dispersion to market with binder agent Alberdingk DUR 95 VP. Particularly high gloss levels, very good wood warming (‘Anfeuerung'), long open time and a low minimum film forming temperature are the main features of this water-based polyurethane dispersion. "Properties like these were previously only achieved with...
Established in 1986, Fusion Specialties Inc., with the help of BASF technology, pioneered mannequin making out of polyurethane. With custom orders representing 95 percent of its business, Fusion Specialties works with each client to create a line of mannequins that is unique to each brand. No two companies receive the same product. Fitness gear can be displayed on athletic mannequins practicing...
Simrit has developed diaphragms of thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) that are particularly tough. This increases the service lives of the units in which these components are installed by up to a factor of 3.Diaphragms are important components in fittings, e.g. for fluid pumps, building technology applications or in plant construction. Previously, mainly materials like acryl nitrite butadiene...
Volker Welsch, head of development at Sonderhoff Chemicals, in his paper „What are the potentials of natural fibre reinforced polyurethane?" presented a newly developed product made of natural fibre reinforced polyurethane (PUR/NF) of which 67% are regenerative raw materials with a share of 40% flax fibre during FSK Polyurethane conference 2011. The potential of natural fibres...
Premium-quality wooden furniture and fittings will embellish any office interior - until the first scratches or stains appear. Sharp points, rough edges, coffee, coke or chemicals: The risk of damage to a wooden top is ever-present. But now a pioneering collaboration between Haworth (www.haworth.de) and Rühl Puromer means scratches and stains will be a problem of the past - thanks to...
