Owens Corning at JEC Europe 2015 Unveiled HydroStrand 258 Glass fiber Chopped Strands for PA

Owens Corning, one of the leading global producer of glass fiber reinforcements for composite systems, launched new HydroStrand® 258 glass-fiber chopped strands for polyamide (PA) resins. The product provides excellent dry-as-molded properties in a wide range of PA formulations, as well as outstanding performance in glycol resistant PA 6,6 formulations. It enables designers to reduce vehicle weight to improve fuel economy without sacrificing performance. Typical applications in automotive include oil and fluid pump housings, oil pans and powertrain parts.

HydroStrand® 258 product is designed to help grow businesses through enhanced performance and productivity benefits, like all Owens Corning’s innovations, 

Further to excellent dry-as-molded mechanical properties, the product delivers up to 22% increase in impact strength when used in impact modified grades. It increases the potential to integrate automotive functions and be flexible in designing efficient parts. 

With excellent hydrolysis resistance in PA applications, HydroStrand® 258 product improves critical impact properties in applications exposed to glycol and allows for up to 13% increase in impact after hydrolysis. This enables metal substitution in applications exposed to glycol and other liquids. 

Finally, the product shows strong thermal stability, thus less discoloration at higher temperatures. The product offers a low yellowness making the product easy to use in natural color applications, allowing for up to 26% improvement in color clarity. In terms of productivity, HydroStrand® 258 product can replace several specialty grade glass fibers, thereby lowering inventory carrying costs and reducing manufacturing change-overs. The product also enables strong processing with no hassle feeding. 

Hydrostrand® 258 chopped strands are made with the company’s patented boron-free Advantex® glass. It is manufactured and available globally. The products launch occurred at JEC Europe 2015 composites show and conferences in Paris.

Source: Owens Corning

Medical Device-PLASTICS; Developing & Protecting TECHNOLOGY, APRIL 21-23, Orlando

The theme for this year's 2-day conference on "Polymers & Plastics in Medical Devices" is to bring the participants up to speed on the newest trends and technical advances in the field of Medical Devices as it relates to Polymeric Materials.

The conference includes the following presentation:

Selection and Evaluation of Plastics for Cardiovascular Applications

Bioabsorbable, High-Modulus Polyester based Materials for Orthopedic Applications

Latest Update on UHMW Polyethylene for Implants

Flexible Tubing Development & Applications with Styrene-Butadiene Copolymer (SBC) Resins
Plastic Catheters Today: an Interventional Radiology Surgeon's Perspective

Trends in Plastic Processing & Materials for Medical Equipment Closures

High Performance Plastics for Hip-Retractor Application (vs Metals)

FiberLive: a High-Strength, Fully Absorbable Composite Material for Implants

Choices in Medical Device Coatings

Natural Fibers & Composites in Fabricating Body Parts

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Toray Introduces FDA-compliant Renewably-sourced Bio-based Lidding Films for Packaging

Toray Plastics (America), Inc. announces the introduction of new bio-based lidding films. LumiLid® bio-based, dual-ovenable lidding films are manufactured with Toray's proprietary sustainable resin blends, which are made with more than 50 percent renewable feedstocks. Bio-based LumiLid films were created to lessen the impact on the environment, as they use fewer petroleum resources while they are being manufactured, and to meet the needs of environment-conscious end users and consumers. In addition, like all LumiLid films, these are solvent-free and may alleviate end-users' concerns about solvent retention, as well as enhance the films' sustainability profile.

The new LumiLid films are designed for frozen, wet and dry food, and dairy applications. They are FDA-compliant for use with oven temperatures of up to 400°F for 30 minutes. LumiLid films are also Interstate Milk Shippers (IMS)-certified, so they offer another level of assurance for dairy customers.

"The next generation of innovative, bio-based film technology has arrived," says Milan Moscaritolo, Senior Director of Sales and Marketing, Toray Plastics (America). "The option to choose a bio-based lidding film that has so many advanced features and such high-performance capability presents a unique opportunity to end users and converters."

LumiLid bio-based films have the same superior performance qualities that are characteristic of the LumiLid brand. They have a low seal initiation (SIT), broad seal range, outstanding seal integrity, and an easy peel. They are available in clear, white, and metallized formats.

Source:Toray

Arkema Launches Polystrand®, a Range of Glass-reinforced Thermoplastic Tapes

To expand its current offer to the composites industry, Arkema is launching the Polystrand® range of products in Europe, featuring a full range of glass-reinforced thermoplastic tapes and prepregs. These high performance materials are giving access to lightweight, recyclable and structural composites, for the automotive, transportation, energy, consumer and construction markets.

Arkema is willing to bring ready-to-use materials to Composites molders, such as reactive thermoplastic resin for RTM and Infusion (Elium®), structural adhesives for composite-composite and metal-composite assembly (AEC Polymers®) and now thermoplastic tapes and prepregs for thermo-compression, thermo-stamping and lamination (Polystrand®).

Polystrand® tapes are continuous glass fibers impregnated by various polymers, such as polypropylene, polyamides and fluoropolymers. These tapes have outstanding properties in terms of stiffness, strength and impact resistance, as compared to traditional compounds. They can be laminated or laid up ply per ply in the load direction, in order to bring glass fiber properties where they are needed. The X-ply® prepregs are similar to impregnated fabrics but present the advantage of higher mechanical performances due to the absence of weave formation. These materials are already used in many applications in North America, for example in the automotive industry to reinforce front ends. Over-molding with short-fiber compound is possible to integrate functions to the composite part or to locally reinforce short-fiber composites. These continuous fiber materials bring endless opportunities to manufacture structural thermoplastic composite parts.

All these technologies and other Arkema Composites solutions will be displayed at the JEC Europe show, from March 10th to 12th 2015, in the Arkema booth (n° D41) and Polystrand booth (n° K4).

Source: Arkema
 

Conference on Polymeric Materials in Medical Devices, APRIL 21-23, Orlando

The theme for this year's 2-day conference on "Polymers & Plastics in Medical Devices" is to bring the participants up to speed on the newest trends and technical advances in the field of Medical Devices as it relates to Polymeric Materials. The target audience is Medical Device producers, Molders of Sub-Assemblies, Plastic & Additive suppliers, Equipment & Prototype Designers, Regulatory professionals, Sales, Marketing, and Business Development leaders throughout the entire supply chain of the Health-Care industry. The conference has been structured to provide ample opportunity for networking to encourage the sharing of new ideas and concepts throughout the value chain.

The following 4 sessions in the conference will bring latest developments of polymers in Medical industry in recent years.

Implants: CardioVascular, Orthopedic, and Vision-Care

Disposable Plastics: Catheters, Tubings, & Diagonostics

Durable Plastics: Housing & Components for Devices

New Materials: Plastics, Coatings, Additives & Processing

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US President Barack Obama Names Evonik as Key Partner of IACMI

Evonik Corporation, Parsippany, USA, was recently named by U.S. President Barack Obama as a key partner of the Advanced Composites Manufacturing Innovation Institute (IACMI), a $250 million public-private partnership of academia, federal and state government, and companies seeking to advance the commercialization of novel material sciences and composites solutions to the automotive, wind energy and compressed natural gas tank industries.

Led by the University of Tennessee at Knoxville, the IACMI reflects a $70 million commitment from the U.S. Department of Energy and $189 million from IACMI’s partners. IACMI is the fifth named institute of President Obama’s National Network for Manufacturing Innovation.

“Evonik is proud and excited to have an opportunity to work with technology leaders across academia and industry to bring composite solutions to life,” said Dr. Matthias Kottenhahn, head of Evonik High Performance Polymers business line. “Evonik’s participation in IACMI is right in our sweet spot, as we have a strategy of offering the world commercially viable ideas on how to utilize resources more efficiently. Our involvement complements other investments we’ve made, including a Composites Project House which is working to develop new materials and innovative light-weighting system solutions.” 

Evonik manufactures a range of products that can be found in almost all components of fiber-reinforced composites. The company supplies core materials for sandwich construction, thermoplastic and thermosetting resin matrices, as well as the essential components for matrices such as crosslinkers, catalysts, impact strength modifiers or processing and process additives. Some of these products are used in sizings for glass or carbon fibers, and in adhesives for joining fiber-reinforced composites. 

Source: Evonik 

3D printing Conference in Feb 17-19,Las Vegas

The automotive industry has adopted of 3D printing technologies and has been one of the main drivers for their growth and evolution since 1980.Current 3D printing business volume has reached above 250 million dollars for both materials as well as hardware technologies.3D printing projects have been supported by governments in recent years. It is estimated that 3D printing industry’s CAGR is above 20 % and will reach 1 billion dollars in next 3-4 years. Companies like Mercedes, BMW, Porshe, Kepler motors, Aston martin, Nissan etc have adopted 3D printing for their process in recent years.

Global premier companies listed below will share the advances being made at their respective institutions:

• GE Aviation

• Siemens Energy

• John Deere

• Reebok International

• Lockheed Martin

• IBM

• Accenture

• World-Class Healthcare & Materials Institutions

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Keynote Presentation: 21st Century Industrial Manufacturing to be Re-Shaped via 3D Printing Larry Doerr, COO-North America, Stratasys, USA

Flavor of Revolution in Healthcare Industry:

World’s 1st Total Cranial Skull Implant using 3D Printing Technology: Entering A New Era in Surgical Procedures

Dr. Bon Verweij, Neurosurgeon, Univ Medical Center-Utrecht, Netherlands

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Flavor of Revolution in High-Tech Industry:

3D Printed Jet Engine Nozzle: From Prototype to Production

Mike Cloran, Marketing Director, GE Aviation, USA

Portfolio of Real-Life Products Enabled via 3D Printing James Orrock, VP-FDM Materials Development, Stratasys, USA

3D Printing of Optical & Precision Parts for the Aerospace Industry Joni Mici, OptoMechanical Engineer, Lockheed Martin Adv Tech Center, USA

3D Printing @ Siemens Energy Dr. Vladimir Navrotsky, Technology & Innovation Manager, Siemens, Sweden

Smart Collaboration: America Makes – The National Accelerator for Additive Manufacturing & 3D Printing Dr. Kevin Creehan, Deputy Director-Technology Division, America MakesNational Additive Manufacturing Innovation Institute, USA

LaserCusing® Industrial 3D Printing Process: Impact on Global Engineering & Manufacturing – Cost Reduction, Shorter Lead Times & Improved Product Performance John Murray, President & CEO, Concept Laser Inc., USA

3D Printed Award Winning Models for NASA & Aerospace Industry Dr. Gregory Dodge, Director, Novajo Technical Univ, USA

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http://DDDPrintingConference.com