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3D printing company EOS is now offering European distribution of three polymers for additive manufacturing (AM) from ALM, a wholly owned subsidiary of the company. The following fiber reinforced materials are now available: ALM HP 11-30, a carbon fiber-reinforced polyamide 11 material with high strength, impact resistance, and an increased elongation at breakThe material is suitable for components subject to mechanical wear that require a minimum level of toughness, including automotive industry applications, particularly for motorsport.  ALM PA 640-GSL, a polyamide 12 material filled with lightweight glass microspheres, providing practically the same properties as a normal glass filled polyamide, but with reduced weight (component density: 0.82g/cm³). With a microsphere and carbon fiber filling, ALM PA 640-GSL is suitable for applications that require extremely low weight, high strength, and rigidity in one product. It also features increased thermal resistance and impro...

One major problem in treating cancer is identifying the location of small tumors and treating them before they metastasize. In an effort to overcome that problem, researchers at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center have developed a fluorescing nanoparticle capable of finding tumors, lighting up upon arrival and being activated with light to generate heat to destroy the cancer cells. A study in which these nanoparticles – Hybrid Donor-Acceptor Polymer Particles, or H-DAPPs – successfully located and killed breast cancer skills in mice is published in the current issue of the journal ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces. "An unexpected result was how efficiently the nanoparticles localized to the tumors without any targeting agent," said the study's lead author, Nicole Levi-Polyachenko, Ph.D., associate professor of plastic and reconstructive surgery at Wake Forest School of Medicine, part of Wake Forest Baptist. "Achieving high enough levels of H-DAPPs within th...

Nanodiamonds Boost 3D Printed Polymer Performance The Carbodeon/Tiamet 3D filaments are based on a jointly-patented technology which significantly improves the mechanical and thermal properties of 3D printed items.  Mr Reid Larson, CEO of Tiamet 3D, said: “By joining forces we’ve already developed filaments with a 100 percent increase in tensile strength, improved printability, and better thermal properties. Printing also runs more quickly and more reliably with the addition of Carbodeon polymer-tailored nanodiamonds.” Carbodeon CEO Dr Vesa Myllymäki, said: “Nanodiamonds offer the potential to make 3D printed components that perform as well as or better than comparable injection molded components, but with massive cost reductions and production speed improvements, especially for prototype, on-demand and short run production.” 3D Printed Items with Improved Properties 3D printing using improved-performance thermoplastics has potential in almost all manufacturing en...

 Racquet Plastics-A Belgium based company which produces antimicrobial plastic sheets for hospitals (operation theatre,ICU)and other industries to eliminate bacteria within short span of time. RACPLA Plastic sheet which is incorporated with Silver antimicrobial technology to eliminate micro-organisms. I think the sheet is one time investment for many years and it's cost effective as well for long term basis. 1. Racquet Plastics, Belgium (Plastic sheet makers for all Hospitals) Website: http://www.racquet-plastics.eu/index.html ISO 22196 / JIS Z2801 Certified ANTIMICROBIAL PLASTIC SHEET to eliminate MRSA-HOSPITAL BUG ,E-COLI,SALMONELLA,LEGIONELLA,LISTERIA and MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCLOSIS and others. Combination sheets: Special sheets to be made to eliminate tuberculosis bacteria, algae, fungi, and MRSA,Ecoli, salmonella bacteria.And can be used this sheet in Operation Theater,Patient ward,ICU ,Laboratory,and corporate office. Also this can be used in the following areas: Wall l...

Indorama Ventures Public Co. Ltd. (IVL), has entered into an agreement to acquire M&G Polimeros Brazil SA in Ipojuca Brazil for an undisclosed amount. In a March 16 statement, Bangkok-based IVL said the plant is the largest PET facility in Brazil, with capacity of 550,000 metric tons per year. According to IVL, the plant is strategically located and benefits from virtual integration with a manufacturer of purified terephthalic acid (PTA), a key feedstock to PET. The transaction is expected to be completed in second quarter of 2018, subject to regulatory approvals. The acquisition in Brazil follows a series of takeovers and investment in recent months by IVL, which claims to be the world’s No. 1 PET player. M&G parent M&G Group of Italy and U.S. unit M&G Polymers USA of Houston both filed for bankruptcy in October. M&G in February sold a PET plant in West Virginia and an R&D center in Ohio to Taiwanese materials firm Far East New Century Corp. Indor...