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Coloring on the Machine: You Can Do It Right
Coloring at the machine can offer significant cost benefits, including lower material inventory costs and improved process flexibility when compared with the cost of buying precolored resin or installing a large-capacity central blender to premix resin and color concentrate.
Read MoreXenotest® Alpha+
The Xenotest Alpha+ provides reproducible and repeatable test results of lightfastness and weatherability using an air-cooled xenon arc light source and the ability to perform high irradiance tests up to 3 Sun. · Air cooled xenon lamp with 2200 Watt · XENOSENSIV sensors for measuring and controlling irradiance in the wavelength band 300-400 nm and Black Standard Temperature at sample holder level · Total exposure area: max. 1320 cm2 · Temperature control selectable by test chamber or Black Standard Temperature or both simultaneously · Air volume control to influence the temperature difference between test chamber and Black Standard Temperature · Specimen spray system · Color touch screen to show current test status and graphic display of the progression of your test parameters · Serial interface RS232, USB Slave Port, SmartMedia · Water supply with integrated water reservoir (capacity 70 l) · Software languages variable between German, English and French
Read MoreCi4000 Xenon Weather-Ometer®
The Ci4000 is approved by many OEMs in the automotive, paints and coatings, and plastics industries as the exclusive platform to deliver accurate, reproducible and repeatable results for predicting service life. · 6500 W water cooled xenon arc lamp system · Total exposure area of 6,500 cm2 · TFT full color touch screen control panel · Direct setting and control of irradiance · Direct setting and control of BPT/BST (Temperature range: BPT 40º to 110º C; BST 40º to 120º C) · Direct setting and control of relative humidity (precise humidity control: 10% RH to 75% RH in light cycles and up to 100% in dark cycles) · Direct setting and control of specimen and chamber air temperature · 14 factory pre-programmed test methods; space for 12 custom programs · Multi-language capability · SmartDamper™ to reduce test variability in chamber temperature and humidity and compensates for changes in ambient laboratory conditions · SmartLight Monitor™ to verify that the correct light capsule is installed · Xenon lamp cooling system to dramatically reduce the amount of cooling water used Specimen and rack spray · Filter combinations available for tailoring the spectral output of the xenon arc lamp · 3-tier specimen rack
Read MoreCi3000+ Xenon Weather-Ometer®
The Ci3000+ with its advanced digital control system, is the perfect balance of price and performance in a state-of-the-art weathering testing instrument. · 4500 W water cooled xenon arc lamp · Total exposure area of 2,188 cm2 · TFT full color touch screen control panel · Direct setting and control of irradiance · Direct setting and control of BPT/BST (temperature range: BPT 40º to 110º C; BST 40º to 120º C) · Direct setting and control of relative humidity (humidity range: automatic 10 to 100% RH) · Direct setting and control of specimen and chamber air temperature · Multi-language capability · SmartDamper™ to reduce test variability in chamber temperature and humidity and compensates for changes in ambient laboratory conditions · SmartLight Monitor™ to verify that the correct light capsule is installed · Xenon lamp cooling system to dramatically reduce the amount of cooling water used · Specimen and rack spray · Filter combinations available for tailoring the spectral output of the xenon arc lamp · Single-tier specimen rack
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NPE 2006 News Wrap-Up: Hot Shots: New Nozzles and Controls Add Sizzle to Runnerless Molding
Electrically driven valve pins, a low-cost alternative to valve-gating, mold-mounted temperature controllers, and new components for fast color changes are some of a host of new components and systems unveiled at the giant NPE 2006 show in Chicago this past June. (Some brand-new introductions since the show are also included in this report.) The news includes runnerless products aimed at everything from micromolding to shot weights up to 17.4 lb.
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NPE 2006 News Wrap-Up: Testing and QC--New Lab Instruments Stress Affordability and Convenience
Thermal and mechanical testers, color and appearance sensors, vision inspection devices and CMMs—the NPE had them all in more compact, economical, and easy-to-use models.
Read MoreHydraulic Toggle Presses Get Upgraded Controls
Several new control features are provided on the F2R series of high-precision hydraulic toggle presses (80 to 600 tons) from Hong Kong-based Welltec Machinery (offices in Elkhart, Ind.). Announced at the NPE show in Chicago, the machines have a new DE020 controller with a 6 in. color graphic touchscreen and a new three-color alarm lamp (previously one-color). New features include a micro-sensor linear transducer that controls clamping, injection, and ejector strokes, a new electronically settable proportional backpressure setting (previously set manually), and a new water-flow regulator for improved cooling.
Read MoreYour Business in Brief - May 2006
Ampacet Boosts Capacity in OhioAmpacet Corp., Tarrytown, N.Y., has added a new twin-screw compounding line at Heath, Ohio, that increases capacity there by 20%. The new line will produce custom color concentrates for injection and blow molded packaging. Bayshore Vinyl Bought by MexichemBayshore Vinyl (formerly the Bayshore Group), Tennent, N.J., has been bought by Primex, a unit of Mexichem, a large chemical company based in Mexico City.
Read MoreDuPont Licenses Surlyn Reflections Line
DuPont Co., Wilmington, Del., has granted an exclusive worldwide license to LTL Color Compounders, Inc., Morrisville, Pa., to make and sell the Surlyn Reflection Series resins.
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Fixing the Mixing in Wood-Plastic Profiles
Color consistency and durability are critical to wood-plastic composites, especially in outdoor applications.
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