Loading ...Today is the last day to file your taxes! And while some procrastinators will be doing some last-minute number crunching, these companies hope their new products aren’t taxing to buyers.
Putting some pizzazz into recycling, Acrilex, Inc. created Ecoglas, a new line of acrylic sheets.
Putting some pizzazz into recycling, Acrilex, Inc. created Ecoglas, a new line of acrylic sheets. Made from 30 to 50 percent recycled plastic materials, the environmental sheets resemble beach glass, stained glass, jungle or desert camouflage and hard candy. Designed as a fusion between the art of acrylic casting with inclusion of colorful post-industrial scrap plastic, the materials are offered in a variety of colors and textures. The product fabricates like cast acrylic, is thermo-formable, and translucent. The company says Ecoglas is the only cast acrylic sheet on the market today made from blended, dissimilar, recycled polymers. Ecoglas is targeted for such applications as point of purchase displays, store fixtures, furniture, colorful lighting, privacy panels, and signs.
LCOA Composites is getting light on defense, in a way, with NIJ Level IIIA, a new ballistic hybrid used for ballistic shields, body armor, automotive armor and any application where lightweight Level IIIA protection is required. The solution weighs less than one pound per square foot and is priced less than a standard woven Kevlar solution weighting 1.5 pounds per square foot. It is intended to offer a niche solution by being more cost competitive than other composite products in the lightweight armor category. The hybrid solution is priced at approximately 20 percent less than an ultra high molecular weight polyethylene (UHMWP) and 5 percent less than a woven Kevlar product.
Lambient Technologies new monitoring software for curing polymers.
Lambient Technologies LLC hopes to be instrumental in monitoring the dielectric properties of curing polymers with its newly-developed instruments, sensors and software. The Ceramicomb-1” is designed for use in presses, molds or harsh environments where a rugged, reusable dielectric sensor is desired. It may be mounted so the electrodes are flush with a platen or mold surface, insuring no interference with the flow of material during processing. The Varicon sensor is designed for use in presses, molds, bulk materials or laminates where a thin, flexible dielectric sensor is necessary. And the LTP-350 MicroPress is a small thermal pneumatic press designed for the curing of SMC, BMC, epoxies, polyesters, polystyrenes, polyurethanes, silicones, laminates and other polymeric materials.
Composite twin powers, activate! Arkema and Vosschemie have teamed up to create an exclusive technology to expand unsaturated polyester resin into foam. The Luperfoam system is a combination of three products: Luperfoam 329, an exclusive blowing agent, Luperox DP33 G, a high performance organic peroxide from Arkema, and a ready-to-use unsaturated polyester resin developed by Vosschemie. The system is designed to expand unsaturated polyester foam in optimum conditions, thereby avoiding the preliminary phase of costly testing. The unsaturated polyesters for rigid foam applications are becoming more targeted for structural panels in areas including mobile homes, buses, and truck trailers. Arekma says the system helps reduce the weight of these vehicles, therefore affording fuel consumption benefits.
