Composite Products Worth Seeing
According to weather experts, even though spring doesn’t officially begin for a few weeks, sunnier days are ahead not only for Joe Citizen, but for companies introducing new products as well:
VAST Enterprises, LLC is paving the way for expansion with its new product
VAST Enterprises, LLC is paving the way for expansion by offering a larger, 4×8-inch version of its composite landscape pavers. Manufactured in VAST’s proprietary composite blend of up to 95 percent recycled car tires and plastic containers, the pavers are designed to fulfill the most demanding requirements for hardscape beauty, design versatility, toughness, and installation efficiency. The pavers weigh less than nine pounds per square foot (compared to 30-35 for concrete) and the company says the bigger size lessens installation time by 44 percent. The bigger size is designed for large commercial hardscapes such as parking areas, walkways, building entrances and plazas.
Toho Tenax Co., Ltd. may not be a lightweight company, but it will begin selling a lightweight carbon fiber fabric that it says is less than half the weight of conventional carbon fiber fabrics. The new fabric, which has been developed with Sakai Ovex Co. and is used for forming prepregs, is intended to further reduce the weight of composite products. The fabric is made with Tenax’s new carbon fiber yarn designed for making ultra-thin fabrics, and the company says it has achieved development of a thin fabric measuring just 0.06 mm in thickness. The company is targeting the material for high-strength, low-weight applications such as golf club and tennis racket shafts and personal computer casings.
Sealant Equipment & Engineering, Inc. is going with the flow by unveiling its new Servo-Flo 704-PGM
Sealant Equipment & Engineering, Inc. is going with the flow by unveiling its new Servo-Flo 704-PGM two-component, variable-ratio, high-volume, meter-mix dispense system. It is designed for an operator to move the 2-part dispensing system to the point of application through small openings or store the system in a small confined area. The dual-servomotor design is designed to dispense materials at various fluid ratios and various flow rates without making any mechanical changes to the dispensing equipment. Adjustments to ratio or material flow are made electronically at the operator interface. The Servo-Flo 704-PGM is a continuous flow dual-gear meter system which precise proportion, mixes and dispenses infinite volumes of two-part polyurethanes, epoxies, silicones and acrylics.
Chem-Trend’s new agent is no longer a secret. Lusin Alro OL 202 F is the company’s first silicon-free, NSF registered release agent specifically developed for use in the thermoplastic industry. The new product conforms to NSF H1 requirements, as well as to the EU plastic directive 2002/72/EG. The silicon free mould release agent is applicable for temperatures up to 392 degrees Fahrenheit and can also be used as a lubricant. The product is suited for applications in the manufacturing process of products such as beverage- and baby bottles, toys, tooth brushes, coffee machines and other household articles worldwide. It can also be used in the production of cosmetic products, and is suitable for use in the food industry in non-food contact applications according to European as well as U.S. regulations.
