Materials

Materials

Eastman Discusses Reusable Sport Bottles Consumer Study; Sustainability Aspects

Brad Moncla, marketing segment manager for durables at Eastman, talks about the reusability of its Tritan products, sustainability, and a focus on the company’s COVID-19 response.

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Automotive

Materials: LCPs Designed for Rigors of 5G Cellular Communications, Autonomy

Sumitomo expands portfolio of LCPs with two thermotropic grades with low & consistent dielectric constant, loss tangent at high frequency and more to meet 5G technology evolving requirements. 

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polyolefins

Dow Develops Simplified, Lightweight Design for Face Shields in the Fight Against Coronavirus; Calls Out for Fabrication Partner

Dow shares open-source design of new face shield for healthcare professionals and is seeking fabricators to accelerate prodution to address PPE shortages.

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Packaging

Troy University's Center for Materials & Manufacturing Sciences Looking for Sustainable Personal Protection Equipment Materials

Spurred by coronavirus pandemic, Troy University researchers are exploring recycled HDPE for PPE and the recycling of uncontaminated medical packaging.

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Commodity Resins

Novel Washable PE-Based Health Mask Produced Via Thermoforming

Responding to coronavirus outbreak, Orbis is offering its BiOAID mask technology to interested thermoformers.

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Automotive

'First' All-Plastic Brake Pedal for Battery-Electric Sports Car

Lanxess Tepex nylon 6 composite insert and a glass-fiber reinforced nylon 66 compound for back injection/overmolding key to this innovation.

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Materialise Develops 3D Printed Oxygen Mask to Address Shortage of Ventilators

The Materialise NIP Connectors will be manufactured at the company’s certified printing facilities in Belgium and Plymouth, Michigan and on-site 3D printing facilities of qualified partners. Materialise is looking for partners to get this solution to as many patients as possible.

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Materials

Eastman Donates Material For Coronavirus Face Shields to Protect Medical Workers

The Tennessee Higher Education Commission is coordinating the effort to make 10,000 face shields in two weeks using 3D printers located at universities throughout the state.

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Medical

Solvay Partners with Boeing for Coronavirus Face Shields

Solvay’s Ajedium Films business to produce the medical-grade, sterilizable, transparent Radel PPSU or Udel PSU films. 

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best practices

Materials Part 1: What Annealing Can Do for Your Process

Relatively rapid cooling rates in processing introduce internal stress. If functional problems in use result, annealing may draw down the stress to levels that may not be achievable during processing.

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