Component Management

Manufacturer of high-performance polyurethane, polyurea and hybrid coatings for a variety of applications, Chemline, has announced CHEMLINE ARC. This coating adheres extremely well to concrete with the use of a primer. The company claims that it is widely used in both the construction and contractor markets due to its excellent physical properties and resistance to moisture issues. Typical applications include: secondary containment for oil and g...

A waterborne moisture barrier coating developed by Cortec gives paper manufacturers the ability to create non-toxic, effective, environmentally friendly paper and corrugated-board alternatives to wax and polyethylene papers. By applying EcoShield Barrier Coating onto their Kraft paper, recycled paper and linerboard, manufacturers can produce fully recyclable and repulpable paper and boxes that resist moisture, oil, and grease.

Adhesive company, Intertronics, has announced the Dymax BlueWave MX-250 which offers all the benefits of curing using UV LED technology, in a flood lamp configuration which has the power and control suitable for production. There are significant potential advantages in using LEDs to generate UV light suitable for curing adhesives and coatings in a manufacturing environment. No bulb to change, instant on/off, minimal life-time intensity deter...

P2i has announced that it has coated more than 250 million electronic devices since it started working with smartphone manufacturers in 2011. The Oxfordshire based company has seen 55% year-on-year growth in the period Q1-Q3, between 2016 and 2017, the company said it had a strong finish to the year to push totals towards the 300 million mark.

Biofilms are generally seen as a problem to be eradicated due to the hazards they pose for humans and materials. However, these communities of algae, fungi, or bacteria possess interesting properties both from a scientific and a technical standpoint. A team from the Technical University of Munich (TUM) describes processes from the field of biology that utilise biofilms as ‘construction workers’ to create structural templates for new m...

  You can find products based on organic and printed electronics in numerous industry sectors, from automotive, consumer electronics and household appliances to packaging and healthcare. Consumer electronics is currently the largest industry in which this technology is being applied. 

In 2006, Caltech's Paul Rothemund (BS '94)—now research professor of bioengineering, computing and mathematical sciences, and computation and neural systems—developed a method to fold a long strand of DNA into a prescribed shape. The technique, dubbed DNA origami, enabled scientists to create self-assembling DNA structures that could carry any specified pattern, such as a 100-nanometer-wide smiley face.

Mobile phone speakers and motion detectors in cars and video games may soon be powered by electricity generated from low cost and sustainable biomaterials, according to research carried out at University of Limerick (UL), Ireland. Scientists at UL's Bernal Institute have discovered that the biomolecule glycine, when tapped or squeezed, can generate enough electricity to power electrical devices in an economically viable and environmentally s...

It was a very successful show for the MicroCare Europe team at Productronica 2017, in Munich as the company saw footfall upwards of 44,000, and visitors from 42 different countries and the MicroCare stand was overwhelmed by the positive feedback from end-users and distributors, all interested by the company’s new cleaning technologies.

Kalrez 9600 is a perfluoroelastomer compound developed to meet the needs of the semiconductor fabricating industry introduced by DowDuPont Transportation and Advanced Polymers, a business segment of DowDuPont Specialty Products Division.