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11/17/2011 | New To Market
Identity cards such as driver’s licenses and passports have to meet functional and esthetic demands in terms of scratch resistance. Bayer MaterialScience’ Makrofol ID 320 has developed an outer film (overlay) for these cards that is scratch-resistant and hard-coated on one side.
8/15/2011 | RD 100 Awards
Tesla NanoCoatings Ltd. is
the first company to bring to market a corrosion-resistant coating for steel
made with fullerene carbon nanotubes. The coating, Teslan Carbon Nanocoating,
provides cost savings and elevated protection.
8/15/2011 | RD 100 Awards
In a single material, HybridSil
Fire/Blast, a spray-on polymer nanocomposite coating technology from NanoSonic Inc. and the U.S. Navy, provides a previously
unavailable degree of independently validated fire and blast protection.
11/4/2010 | Tools And Technology
ZYP
Coatings, Inc. has introducted its new “brushable”
biodegradable-oil-based lubricant/coating/paint Keralon-B for use from
ambient to 1000 C. Its lubrication is based on both organic and
inorganic ingredients.
9/29/2010 | Tools And Technology
Kimble Chase
introduced KimCote plastic coated glassware. KimCote is an ultra-clear
coating
that is applied to the exterior of laboratory glassware in order to
resist
breakage and contain leakage.
3/19/2010 | New To Market
At the AudiologyNOW! 2010 show in San Diego next month, UK-based coatings company P2i will display their relatively new Aridion liquid-repellant nano-coating. Designed for exposure to humidity or sweat, the polymer layer is applied by a pulsed ion gas process that lower’s the hearing aid’s surface energy, coaxing water away from delicate components.
12/4/2009 | Tools And Technology
Fiberguide Industries offers a full line of standard optical fibers with polyimide coating. Fiberguide’s polyimide coating is suited for oil and gas, aerospace, sensors, defense, medical, and security applications requiring high temperature resistance. The coating withstands operating temperatures up to 400ºC (300ºC continuous).
10/7/2009 | New To Market
Advanced Diamond Technologies, Inc. has announced the
introduction of UNCD Horizon, the world’s smoothest vapor-deposited diamond, to
its family of award-winning diamond products. UNCD Horizon represents a
generational leap in diamond wafer technology that brings the surface roughness
of diamond films to levels comparable to electronic grade silicon wafers;
opening up new vistas for the application of diamond into a wide variety of
electronic and biomedical devices.
5/26/2009 | Tools And Technology
A system to enhance barrier properties of PLA (Poly Lactic Acid) films is now being offered by Sono-Tek Corp. based on its ultrasonic atomization spray coating line.
