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964 0�/45� Portable Spectrophotometer

Fri, 15 Sep 2006 12:17:00 GMT

Includes all attributes of the 962, plus a "JOB" function that takes user through the color measurement process by a sequence of specific steps. Superior inter-instrument agreement

Brochure: ColorFlex EZ Spectrophotometer

Wed, 01 Sep 2010 05:02:00 GMT

HunterLab's next generation Color Flex EZ spectrophotometer takes color quality control to its highest level with 45/0 design for the ultimate in color measurement preciseness. Combining versatility, simplicity and performance, the ColorFlex EZ reflects almost 60 years of color measurement innovation in one easy-to-use, compact instrument from the world's most trusted leader in color quality.

Jomar To Debut Two New Injection Blow Molding Machines At Germany's K Show This Fall

Mon, 09 Aug 2010 09:54:00 GMT

Jomar Corporation will exhibit two new Injection Blow Molding (IBM series) machines at the K Show in D�sseldorf, Germany, October 27 to November 3, 2010 (Hall 14, Stand A32): the Model 85S HYBRID and the Model 20

Cintas Introduces New Eco-Option For Housekeeping Apparel

Mon, 09 Aug 2010 14:14:00 GMT

Cintas Corporation recently announced the availability of a new eco-apparel option for the housekeeping department. Designed with the environment in mind, Cintas' Velocity collection has been reinvented to include a 60/40 recycled polyester/polyester blend fabric. This is one of several eco-friendly collections by Cintas to be introduced for housekeeping this year. "Housekeeping is often the largest department in a hotel," said Todd McKeown, vice president of hospitality at Cintas. "By converting our

Eriez Introduces Mobile Training And Education Center

Tue, 31 Aug 2010 06:26:00 GMT

Eriez, world authority in advanced technology for magnetic, vibratory and inspection applications, introduces its latest resource: Orange University, a mobile training and education center designed for hands-on demonstrations and customer workshops.

Eastman Chemical Company Launches New Polymer For Faceshield Applications

Fri, 27 Aug 2010 03:51:00 GMT

Eastman Chemical Company announced recently that it will launch a new polymer for sheet and injection-molded faceshield applications. Eastman Tritan copolyester is an innovative clear polymer that delivers high-impact strength and chemical resistance to compete with polycarbonate (PC) in faceshield, visor and mask applications for the motorcycle, industrial, sports, medical and military industries

AdvanSource Biomaterials Announces Patent For Antimicrobial Polyurethane Resins

Wed, 25 Aug 2010 13:45:00 GMT

AdvanSource Biomaterials Corporation, a leading developer, manufacturer and seller of advanced polymer technologies and materials for a broad range of medical devices, recently announced that it has received a "Notice of Allowance" from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office in connection with its antimicrobial patent application filed in June 2007. U.S. Patent No. 7,772,296

Cereplast, Inc. Strikes Deal With RI.ME. Masterbatch To Supply Bioplastics Resins For European Market

Wed, 25 Aug 2010 12:00:00 GMT

Cereplast, Inc. ("Cereplast," or the "Company"), a leading manufacturer of proprietary bio-based, compostable and sustainable plastics, announced recently that it has entered into a multi-million dollar contract with RI.ME. Masterbatch S.r.l.,("RI.ME.") based in Mozzate (CO), Italy, to supply bioplastic resins for use in its masterbatch process for adding colorant to bulk, uncolored resins

Rapid Prototyping Leader Quickparts Launches New Rapid CNC Machining Service - QuickCutCNC

Wed, 25 Aug 2010 08:20:00 GMT

Quickparts(www.quickparts.com), one of North America's largest providers of custom designed parts, ranging from rapid prototyping : to plastic injection molding, recently launched a new CNC machining service called QuickCutCNC

Case Study: Penn Color

Wed, 25 Aug 2010 07:33:00 GMT

To give these manufacturers a means of controlling color precisely and reducing downtime on the shop floor, Penn Color Inc. has developed a resin-based family of colorants for PET (polyethylene terephthalate) that improves on wax-based and liquid colorants that may cause color variations, jam feeding mechanisms, or cause screws to slip in molding machines. By X-Rite, Inc.

Datasheet: ColorMunki Design

Wed, 25 Aug 2010 06:06:00 GMT

The innovative new way to create your own world of color. Ideal for agencies, corporate in-house and freelance designers, this do-everything solution gives you the freedom to design with any color from the visible spectrum, even ones you never thought possible.

Datasheet: X-Rite MA96™ Portable Multi-Angle Spectrophotometer

Wed, 25 Aug 2010 04:58:00 GMT

Color can make or break a product. Metallics, pearlescents, and other complex special effect finishes deliver limitless possibilities for enhancing product appeal. And limitless challenges as well. Duplicating complex colors from part to part is no easy task.

Datasheet: X-Rite MA94™ Portable Multi-Angle Spectrophotometer

Wed, 25 Aug 2010 04:38:00 GMT

Poster: Global Solutions For Color Supply Chain Management (CSM)

Wed, 25 Aug 2010 05:40:00 GMT

X-Rite has the depth of experience to strengthen each link in your supply chain worldwide and shorten its length in terms of time and virtual distance.

Brochure: Global Solutions For Color Supply Chain Management (CSM)

Wed, 25 Aug 2010 05:40:00 GMT

X-Rite has the depth of experience to strengthen each link in your supply chain worldwide and shorten its length in terms of time and virtual distance.

Datasheet: Color iQC Taper Option

Wed, 25 Aug 2010 05:24:00 GMT

Color iQC Taper Option is a color sequencing program that allows you to use CIELab data (representing rolls of fabric) and then place that data into a sequence (taper) such that color differences between adjacent rolls are minimized. This reduces the possibility of creating shaded products.

Kraton G1643 Roof Coating Formulation Exceeds ASTM D6083 Requirements

Wed, 25 Aug 2010 05:02:00 GMT

Kraton Performance Polymers, Inc. (NYSE: KRA), a leading global producer of styrenic block copolymers or "SBC's" (together with Kraton Polymers LLC and its other subsidiaries, "Kraton"), announced that its roof coating formulation containing Kraton G1643, a styrenic block copolymer (SBC), exceeds requirements in the ASTM International D6083 standard specification recognized in the elastomeric roof coating market

Bud Announces NBF Series Latchable Plastic Enclosures

Tue, 24 Aug 2010 18:55:00 GMT

Bud Industries, Inc., the leading manufacturer of electronic enclosures, announced the addition of a line of new plastic enclosures, the NBF Series. The new products expand Bud's already comprehensive selection of NEMA box and waterproof enclosures for a wide range of moist, corrosive, and dusty conditions

SP Family Brochure

Tue, 24 Aug 2010 15:02:49 GMT

The full line of SP Portable Sphere Spectrophotometers offers convenient, cost-efficient solutions designed to provide fast, precise color measurement information on a wide range of materials, such as paper, paint, plastics, and textiles.

Department Of Energy Funds Strategic Polymer Sciences' Innovative Air Conditioning And Refrigeration Technology Based on Giant Electrocaloric Effect In Polar-Fluoropolymers

Tue, 24 Aug 2010 14:00:00 GMT

Strategic Polymer Sciences, Inc. (SPS), an innovator in electroactive polymer (EAP) technology, recently announced it has received a $1 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy

Sheffield Plastics Firm Sows Seeds Of Success With Management Buy-In

Tue, 24 Aug 2010 05:36:00 GMT

Sheffield's Global Plastics Solutions, has expanded its reach by acquiring Cornish firm Orchid Plastics. The deal was completed with the help of a group of Yorkshire-based legal experts and financiers - the FD Centre, accountants Hart Shaw and law firm Nabarro

LanzaTech Produces Key Chemical Building Block From Waste Gases

Mon, 23 Aug 2010 18:00:00 GMT

LanzaTech has successfully produced 2,3-Butanediol (2,3-BD), a key building block used to make polymers, plastics and hydrocarbon fuels, using the company's gas fermentation technology. LanzaTech CEO Dr Jennifer Holmgren says the New Zealand clean tech company is the first to demonstrate that this platform chemical can be produced via fermentation from gases

Synventive Standardizes On Autodesk Moldflow Insight To Improve Product Quality

Thu, 19 Aug 2010 12:30:00 GMT

Synventive Molding Solutions, one of the world's leading manufacturers of hot runner systems and components, has standardized on Autodesk Moldflow Insight software globally to deliver higher quality, more optimized solutions for its customers. Synventive recently expanded its deployment of Autodesk Moldflow Insight software from Autodesk, Inc. to achieve a higher level of accuracy for its customized plastics injection molding applications, spanning operations in the U.S., Germany and China. Autodesk Moldflow Insight software, part

Early Registration Ends This Friday For CMAI's Annual Plastics Processors Conference & Industry Workshops

Thu, 19 Aug 2010 10:02:00 GMT

Chemical Market Associates, Inc. (CMAI) will host, for the seventh time in the U.S., the Plastics Processors Conference & Industry Workshops this year in Chicago, Illinois, at The Westin Michigan Avenue Chicago on September 20-21, 2010. Early registration closes this Friday, August 20, 2010. Day-of, walk-up registrations are accepted as well

Ropak Receives U.S. Patent For Its Innovative 'Corner Groove Product Feature' For Injection Molded Rigid Plastic Containers

Fri, 20 Aug 2010 03:57:00 GMT

Ropak Packaging, the largest producer of rigid plastic shipping containers in North America, has been awarded U.S. Patent No. US 7,740,149 B2, on June 22, 2010, for its innovative container sidewall strengthening system - dubbed the 'corner groove product feature'

J&L Plastic Molding Announces Certification To ISO 13485

Wed, 18 Aug 2010 08:27:00 GMT

J&L Plastic Molding announced its management system has been certified to ISO 13485:2003 and ISO 9001:2008. These certifications enable J&L to better serve the medical market with systems designed, implemented and maintained to meet the stringent requirements of the medical industry

Amana Tool's Non-Melt Saw Blades Provide Clean Cuts In Acrylics And Other Plastics, Eliminate Chip-Welding

Wed, 11 Aug 2010 13:09:00 GMT

Amana Tool, manufacturer of industrial-quality carbide-tipped, solid carbide and replacement carbide cutting tools, has announced the immediate availability of its non-melt circular saw blades for cutting plastic materials

Sterile Knob Covers Molded Of Radel PPSU Deliver Exceptional Sterilizability And Toughness

Wed, 11 Aug 2010 06:11:00 GMT

Prescott's Manufacturing Inc.'s new line of sterile knob covers for surgical microscopes are made of Radel R-5100 polyphenylsulfone (PPSU) resin from Solvay Advanced Polymers, LLC, for exceptional autoclavability and toughness

Toward Safer Plastics That Lock In Potentially Harmful Plasticizers

Wed, 11 Aug 2010 05:37:00 GMT

Scientists have published the first report on a new way of preventing potentially harmful plasticizers from migrating from one of the most widely used groups of plastics. The advance could lead to a new generation of polyvinyl chloride (PVC) plastics that are safer than those now used in packaging, medical tubing, toys, and other products, they say

Deltron Enables Leading U.S. Skateboard Manufacturer To Go Green

Tue, 10 Aug 2010 08:00:00 GMT

Deltron, Inc. recently announced that its Elasco, Inc. manufacturing subsidiary has enabled Sector 9, a leading manufacturer of skateboards and apparel, to go green by supplying eco-friendly skateboard wheels

Datasheet: Vortex® Multi-Port Wye Line Diverter™

Tue, 15 Jun 2010 10:01:00 GMT

The Vortex® Multi-Port Wye Line Diverter&trdae; is specifically engineered to handle dry bulk solids in vacuum or dilute phase pneumatic conveying systems with pressures up to 15 psig (1 barg).

Datasheet: Vortex® Fill Pass Diverter™

Tue, 15 Jun 2010 09:47:00 GMT

The Vortex® Fill Pass Diverter™ is specifically engineered to handle dry bulk solids in vacuum or dilute phase pneumatic conveying systems with pressures up to 15 psig (1 barg).

Datasheet: Vortex® Quantum® 3-Way Flex Tube Diverter™

Tue, 15 Jun 2010 09:30:00 GMT

The Vortex® Flex Tube Diverter™ is specifically engineered to handle dry bulk solids in vacuum or dilute phase pneumatic conveying systems up to 15 psig (1 barg).

Datasheet: Vortex® Quantum® 2-Way Flex Tube Diverter™

Tue, 15 Jun 2010 09:15:00 GMT

The Vortex® Flex Tube Diverter™ is specifically engineered to handle dry bulk solids in vacuum or dilute phase pneumatic conveying systems up to 15 psig (1 barg).

Datasheet: Vortex® Quantum® 4-Way Wye Line Diverter™

Tue, 15 Jun 2010 08:00:00 GMT

The patented Vortex® Quantum® Series 4-Way Wye Line Diverter™ is specifically engineered to handle dry bulk solids in vacuum or dilute phase pneumatic conveying systems with pressures up to 15 psig.

Datasheet: Vortex® Clear Action Gate™

Tue, 15 Jun 2010 06:30:00 GMT

The patented Vortex® Clear Action Gate™ is a problem solver specifically designed for demanding dry bulk material applications.

Datasheet: Vortex® 3-Way Seal Tite™ Gravity Diverter

Tue, 15 Jun 2010 06:29:00 GMT

The patented Vortex® 3-Way Seal Tite™ Diverter is designed for use in gravity flow applications where material can be diverter from one source to either of three destinations.

Datasheet: Vortex® 2-Way Seal Tite™ Gravity Diverter

Tue, 15 Jun 2010 06:10:00 GMT

The Vortex® 2-Way Seal Tite™ Diverter is designed for use in gravity flow applications where material can be diverter from one source to either of two destinations.

Datasheet: Vortex® Aggregate Diverter™

Tue, 15 Jun 2010 05:57:00 GMT

The Vortex® Aggregate Diverter™ is designed to meet the demanding applications associated with handling material such as sand, gravel, whole grains, and coal.

Vortex® Butterfly Valve - ED

Tue, 15 Jun 2010 05:55:00 GMT

The Vortex Butterfly Valves are available in a variety of models and styles. They are well suited for industrial applications including certain dry material, air, steam and liquids.

Brochure: Mixer Applications Gallery

Mon, 08 Mar 2010 07:51:00 GMT

Marion Mixers application focus.

Brochure: Unique Mixer Features & Benefits For The Food Industry

Mon, 08 Mar 2010 07:43:00 GMT

The agitator shaft transfers the rotational force produced by the drive assembly to the paddles or ribbons. Assuming like materials and torque requirements, smaller diameter shafts have higher stress concentrations than larger diameter shafts.

Vortex Valves- material handling valves

Tue, 22 Dec 2009 17:51:00 GMT

Vortex Valves, a Division of Salina Vortex Corporation manufacturers material handling valves for a global network of Original Equipment Manufacturers, Fortune 500 companies and process engineers. Valves are applied based on 30 years of customer proven application experience. Vortex valves truly handle the world's dry bulk solids.

ColorQuest� XE Spectrophotometer

Tue, 20 Jan 2004 21:27:00 GMT

The ColorQuest XE is a high performance spectrophotometer at an economical price. It allows you to measure transparent, translucent, and opaque liquids and solids for properties such as reflected color, opacity, brightness, strength, transmitted color, APHA, and haze.