Advanced Antivibration Components (AAC) has introduced new silicone gel tape and chip vibration isolators. These isolators, identified as the V10Z62MGT and V20Z62MGC series, are designed for light to medium loads.

The first system for mixing components under high pressure was developed up to series production maturity by Karl Hennecke in the 1950s.

At NPE several suppliers of thermoplastic elastomers showed new products. Among them where Teknor Apex Inc. with Telcar OBC, a thermoplastic elastomer compound based on Infuse brand olefinic block copolymers licensed from Dow.

Bayer MaterialScience LLC recently developed a new family of hydrophilic coatings.

As this year’s NPE show in Chicago Frimo Inc., the Wixom-based subsidiary of German Frimo Group, presented the entire product portfolio of the group as well as new products for the US market.

When Highlight Parking Ltd. conceived its signage system for displaying vacant parking bays to car drivers at Heathrow’s Terminal 5, they approached an engineering design company to create a suitable protective housing for the outdoor electronic sensor.

For cable manufacturers and suppliers in the IT and entertainment electronics sector, Kraiburg TPE has developed special halogen-free and flame-resistant TPE compounds that meet the stringent flame-resistance requirements of the relevant European and US standards.

At NPE in Chicago, Engel, the Austrian manufacturer of injection moulding machinery part-handling automation systems, presented among other exhibits a 60 tonne tiebarless all-electric e-motion combi machine as part of an integrated system that produced a multi-component cell phone holder. The part was moulded with PP and TPE.

The Gelsenkirchen, Germany, based company Masterflex has introduced a novel inhouse-developed clamping system that fits many wire-reinforced Masterflex hoses and is said to ensure quick and easy hose installation.

Bayer MaterialScience recently developed a new family of hydrophilic coatings. These products are intended to combine lubricity and hemocompatibility with the good mechanical properties of polyurethane.