16-03-2011
Belden presents Hirschmann™ WLAN products at Hanover fair
At this year’s Hanover Fair – 4-8 April 2011 – Belden will present a number of innovations. One of these is the Hirschmann™ HiLCOS 8.50 WLAN firmware. Installable on all access points and clients of the BAT series, this is currently the only firmware on the market that supports fully-integrable and easy-to-manage WLAN networks in both Profinet and EtherNet/IP networks. Further highlights include BAT300 access points that support the IEEE802.11n (300MBit/s) standard and BAT WLAN controllers that allow simple operation of up to 100 access points. Also on dislay will be a large range of antennas, including models that support MIMO technology (multiple input, multiple output). Another highlight is the Industrial HiVision suite of network management software, which can now also integrate WLAN components.
15-03-2011
Quadrant launches first stock shape range compliant with EC 1935 / 2004
Quadrant is launching a new family of food compliant thermoplastic stock shape products that conform to the regulation framework 2002/72/EC, 1935/2004 and 2023/2006.
14-03-2011
MOOG TO PRESENT TWO TECHNICAL PAPERS ON WIND TURBINE BLADE LOAD MEASUREMENT AND PITCH SYSTEM MODELS AT EWEA 2011
East Aurora, New York, USA, 14 March 2011 – Engineers from Moog are scheduled to present two papers at Poster Sessions on Wednesday March 16 at 16.00 and 17.30 at EWEA, Europe’s premier wind energy event that takes place this year in Brussels. Topics are “A pitch system model for more realistic load simulations of wind turbines,” and “How to increase turbine payback with blade load measurement.” Moog, a leader in providing blade pitch control, slip ring and rotor monitoring solutions for the wind energy industry has been a frequent presenter at previous global wind events.
11-03-2011
Cradle-to-Cradle Akulon for office furniture
DSM Engineering Plastics has commercialized its Cradle-to-Cradle grade of Akulon® polyamide (PA) 6 in office furniture. Akulon K224-G6, is the first and only polyamide certified Cradle-to-Cradle® grade by McDonough Braungart Design Chemistry (MBDC).
09-03-2011
Users of Advanced Medical Polymers Gain Controlled, Consistent, Compliant Color With New Clariant MEVOPUR® Masterbatches
Muttenz, 9 March 2011 – Manufacturers of medical devices and packaging who choose newer plastic materials like Eastman Tritan™ co-polyester and TOPAS® cyclic olefin copolymer (COC) now have readily available color options that are pretested and compliant with key standards governing materials used in medical and pharmaceutical applications. Available under the new Clariant Masterbatches brand name MEVOPUR®, these color concentrates and pre-color compounds are produced under specially controlled conditions in ISO13485 certified plants, using raw materials that have been biologically evaluated against USP parts 87 and 88 (Class VI devices) and/or the international standard ISO10993, and spectroscopically analyzed on delivery.
07-03-2011
DSM DYNEEMA APPOINTS EUROFIBERS BV AS PREMIUM DISTRIBUTION PARTNER
The Netherlands, March 7, 2011 - DSM Dyneema has formed a partnership with EuroFibers BV in which they become a Premium Distribution Partner for UHMWPE fiber manufactured by DSM Dyneema. The new agreement becomes effective April 1st 2011 and is specific to Scandinavia, Denmark, United Kingdom, Benelux, France, Italy, Greece and the Iberian Peninsula.
07-03-2011
El fabricante chino Leedarson abre un camino en la iluminación LED gracias a sus disipadores térmicos blancos construidos con el compuesto LNP* Konduit* de SABIC Innovative Plastics
BERGEN OP ZOOM, Países Bajos – 7 de marzo de 2011 – SABIC Innovative Plastics ha anunciado que Leedarson Lighting, uno de los principales fabricantes privados de soluciones integrales de iluminación y distribuidor de soluciones de iluminación para el ahorro energético, ha seleccionado LNP* Konduit*, compuesto térmicamente conductivo en una nueva formulación blanca para la fabricación de disipadores térmicos para dos de sus modernas bombillas basadas en diodos emisores de luz (LED). Con sede en Xiamen, China, Leedarson está utilizando el nuevo material compuesto LNP Konduit como sustituto del aluminio en estos disipadores térmicos con el objetivo de lograr sus objetivos fundamentales: un diseño excepcional y color blanco resistente al calor sin necesidad de aplicar pintura secundaria; una mayor productividad gracias a la aplicación del moldeo por inyección; y la conformidad con los requisitos de la industria en términos de aislamiento eléctrico. Mediante la combinación de unas cualidades estéticas superiores y las ventajas aportadas a la producción, materializadas en un excelente rendimiento de disipación térmica, el compuesto LNP Konduit puede ayudar a impulsar la adopción de las soluciones de iluminación LED y ampliar sus beneficios de ahorro energético y menor impacto ambiental.
04-03-2011
Protection – be safe and be certain – the technical textiles industry can count on Clariant
Muttenz, 24 May 2011 – ‘Performance that protects – Protection that performs’ is Clariant’s key theme for the 2011 Techtextil show.
