New Pipe And Valve Support System Helps Achieve Thermoplastic Piping

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Mechanical stress is the leading cause of premature stress leaks in plastic piping systems. Pipe clams, which address the leaks, usually only cause fixed points that lead to continual stress.

To address this challenge, GF Piping Systems created the new Stress Less Pipe and Valve Support System. It benefits to those who own, design, and install thermoplastic piping systems. It’s a pipe guide and valve support system that specifically eliminates the typical thermal expansion and contraction stress that improper installation, stress transfer, and seismic events cause. It only comes in contact with a low friction, molded HDPE insert, which then lets it slide in with minimal stress during each thermal expansion cycle. An exterior steel hoop supports the pipe during normal operating conditions. Stress valves, which move in two directions as the pipe contracts and expand, complete the system.

The Stress Less Pipe and Valve Support System increases the service life of PP, PVDF, HDPE, PVC, CPVC, and ABS industrial piping systems.

Ecomass Technologies

For over twenty years, Ecomass Technologies has provided groundbreaking solutions in the engineering and development of high density materials, high density polymers, and high density plastics. It works with customers, original equipment manufacturers and material processors in government and industry to overcome physical property and material demands. Its skill and expertise allows customer to focus on form and function while it resolves the products’ material challenges. It strives to provide customers with the highest performing, lowest priced materials so that they can effectively compete in their markets.

Ecomass high gravity compounds are engineered to replace traditional materials. They’ve replaced lead, aluminum, steel, stainless steel, brass, bronze, copper, and tungsten in a wide range of applications. They’ve replaced toxic lead projectiles, shielded x-ray and gamma rays, dampened vibrations in automobiles and sporting goods, and balanced weights.

And, now, high density compounds, like the kind Ecomass produces, are improving pipes, just like GF Piping Systems.

All Ecomass Compounds meet the EU RoHS Directive, are 100% lead free, do not contain any U.S. EPA toxic or hazardous materials, and comply with Section 1502 of the Dodd-Frank Act.

Contact Ecomass today or see its website and complete one if its RFQ Forms to find out how you and/or your company might be able to use its compounds.

 

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Improving Ship Comfort

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Consorzio Servizi Navali Industriali (CSNI Scarl) and Marinoni, European companies that specialize in flooring and fire prevention systems, are working on solutions to improve ship comfort. Their projects focus on reducing the noise that passes through deck structure into the cabins below and developing a new housing solution that reduces the height between decks.

The engineers looked at the ship’s structure with regard to reducing vibrations. There were hundreds of supports in the ship’s structure. Inserting an acoustical vibration dampening system at the base of the supports would dampen the vibrations and cut their flow.

The engineers will also identify and develop improvements for future ships. Such improvements will reduce structure weight, overall installation volume, and reduce construction and refitting time costs. This part focuses mostly on the hotel part of the ship.

The companies’ objective are to industrialize the system and pinpoint a configuration that can attain the highest dampening of the widest spectrum of vibro-acoustic frequencies, all while maintaining shipbuilding requirements.

CSNI Scarl and Marinoni presented their work at the March 19, 2018 Italian Association for the Council of European Municipalities and Regions

Ecomass Technologies

Ecomass Technologies is the pioneer and technological groundbreaker in high density plastics, high density polymers, thermoplastic composite materials, and high density engineered thermoplastics. Its sales and engineering teams have helped commercial and government customers conquer physical property challenges by developing over 100 high gravity thermoplastic composite materials engineered for weighting, balancing, radiation shielding, and vibration dampening applications.

All materials have natural or resonance frequency. Energy waves, which have both frequency and amplitude, cause vibrations. When technicians and engineers can’t isolate and reduce energy at the source, they utilize dampening materials to reduces, restrict, or prevent oscillations and, thus, reduce energy.

Aircraft audio systems, sports and luxury automobiles industrialists, are just of the few who have successfully used Ecomass’s vibration dampening compounds to achieve their developmental goals.

All Ecomass Compounds meet the EU RoHS Directive, are 100% lead free, do not contain any U.S. EPA toxic or hazardous materials, and comply with Section 1502 of the Dodd-Frank Act.

Contact Ecomass today or see its website and complete one if its RFQ Forms to find out how you and/or your company might be able to use its compounds for vibration dampening or apply them to any other valuable use.

 

EconCore Produces Honeycombs Designed with High-End Polymers

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EconCore produces honeycomb sandwich materials that are used in automobiles, furniture, buildings, and package designs. Just recently, it revealed that it had tested honeycomb structures constructed with modified PC, nylon 66, and PPS and that it was going to keep on pursuing improvement with those and other high-end polymers.

EconCore’s patented ThermHex technology has already produced honeycombs made with high-performance thermoplastics. It utilizes a swift in line operations sequence to create structures from a single continuously extruded thermoplastic film. Such consists of an operation series of thermoforming, folding and bonding. It has the potential to work with various thermoplastics and ultimately produce honeycombs of which density, size, and thickness can be modified with simple hardware and/or process parameter adjustments. The method would provide completed composite sandwich materials that are both effective and practical.

Thermoplastic honeycomb cores for composites offer a performance-to-weight ratio that is much easier to achieve than with other types of core materials. ThermHex cores are about 80 percent lighter than solid thermoplastic cores and offer greater thermal insulation, acoustic performance, higher heat resistance, and excellent flame resistance. EconCore is working to provide materials for aerospace and railway industries and sees potential for aircrafts.

Ecomass Technologies

For nearly thirty years, Ecomass Technologies has delivered groundbreaking solutions through advanced thermoplastic, composite materials, high density polymers, and high density plastics and engineered thermoplastics. It’s worked with government and private industry to solve physical property and material challenges to meet their application needs. Its skills and expertise in the formulation and development of high-density thermoplastic compounds provides its customers, original equipment manufacturers, and material processors, the freedom to focus on design, form and function, while it solves material challenges. By providing the best and lowest-cost materials, it allows its customers to develop and produce the parts and allows them to compete in their respective markets.

Ecomass’ technical support team has advanced experience and can take your product from a concept sketch all the way to a finished part and support you throughout the entire project, from start to completion. Its customer service team is recognized for its skill and responsiveness.

Contact Ecomass today or see its website and complete one if its RFQ Forms to find out how you and/or your company might be able to use thermoplastic composite materials, high density plastics, and high density polymers or any of many other compounds Ecomass Technologies creates.

All Ecomass Compounds meet the EU RoHS Directive, are 100% lead free, do not contain any U.S. EPA toxic or hazardous materials, and comply with Section 1502 of the Dodd-Frank Act.

 

TriFusion Prints a Prosthetic Leg with Carbon Fiber Polyamide and Thermoplastic Material Socket

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TriFusion Devices, of College Station, Texas, along with BASF and Essentium, Has developed a 3-D printed prosthetic leg printed with reinforced short carbon fiber polyamide and a socket crafted with thermoplastic material. The leg’s socket allows for easier and faster adjustments and provides a snugger fit. Standard carbon fiber sockets usually take around three days to cast and mold. TriFusion’s 3D-printed sockets ship within twenty-four hours of scanning.

The prosthetic is lighter, less expensive, and offers people freedom and mobility. Patients who tested it gave it positive feedback.

The companies’ next steps will be to incorporate softer material into the design to further boost patient comfort. They expect the prosthetic to be ready for general release later this year.

Ecomass Technologies

Since 1998, Ecomass Technologies has delivered groundbreaking solutions through advanced thermoplastic composite materials, high density polymers, and high density plastics, which can be used in various applications, including weighting, balancing, radiation shielding and vibration damping.

Ecomass works with both government and commercial clients to resolve problems, create solutions, and meet application requirements. Its proficiencies and experience in the formulation and development of high-density thermoplastic composite materials offers customers the freedom to focus on form and function, while it solves the challenges their products face. It empowers its customers to design and produce the best parts possible by providing them with the highest-performance and lowest-cost high density materials and high density plastics so that they can succeed and prosper in their markets.

Ecomass’ commitment and responsibility to its customers remains long after the sale of it materials. It provides support from product concept and design, all the way through production and assembly.

The perfect high gravity compound, engineered to your part or application requirements, at the best possible price, is just a phone call or a few clicks away. Contact Ecomass today to learn how it can deliver a material solution perfectly tailored to your needs. Or, check out its Case Studies and Products pages to learn more about how its materials have been utilized to add value to its customers’ products.

All Ecomass Compounds meet the EU RoHS Directive, are 100% lead free, do not contain any U.S. EPA toxic or hazardous materials, and comply with Section 1502 of the Dodd-Frank Act.

 

Blow Molded Plastic Bottles

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The surge in pharmaceuticals, reduced sales prices, and the rise in storing frequently used goods (disinfectants, health and beauty products, etc.) in large scale containers, has led to an increase in the manufacture of blow molded plastic bottles.

The blow molding technique utilizes a multi-layer technology to shape different types of plastic, including PET (polyethylene terephthalate), PE (polyethylene) and HDPE (High Density Polyethylene), into lightweight bottles, jugs, and jars. The method improves product stability, compatibility, and regulates moisture barrier requirements. As well, the process involves low costs.

The various blow molding processes include stretch, extrusion, injection, and compound blow molding. Extrusion blow molding is the most common process. A hot tube holds the plastic material in the mold. The machine blows air from the top. The shape is then formed and immediately frozen.

The dairy, food, auto, and beverage industries also use blow molded containers.

Ecomass Technologies

Since 1998, Ecomass Technologies has produced innovative solutions through thermoplastic composite materials, high density polymers, and high density plastics. It specializes in high density and lead replacement applications, which can be utilized in a wide array of applications, including vibration dampening, Radiation shielding, gamma ray shielding, and x-ray shielding.

Ecomass Technologies is primarily a material compounder dedicated to developing, devising, and creating the finest composite materials to empower its customers to produce the best possible parts. It also, however, helps its customers manage the injection molding process of products made with its materials (for example, blow molded plastic bottles and containers).

Ecomass’ commitment to its customers continues long after the sales of its materials. It strives to makes sure that the product its materials helped produce exceeds all expectations.

Ecomass Compounds satisfy the international regulatory concerns of the international marketplace, are completely nontoxic, and meet the EU RoHS Directives

Ecomass’ customer service team is recognized for its skill and responsiveness. See its website for contact information and its RFQ Form. It’s probably already worked on the solution you’re seeking.

 

Redesigned Toyota Camry Features Vibration Dampening

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Toyota redesigned its Camry for model year 2018. It’s been the annual best-selling sedan in America for nearly twenty years. The car maker sells nearly half a million each year, so the new design needed to maintain its top-of-the-line status.

It has a new look, a two-part grill, LED lights, and self-leveling headlights, redesigned dashboard, just to name a few features. It’s also a hybrid.

The Camry is also more peaceful. In addition to other technologies, Toyota’s engineers utilized foam vibration dampening materials throughout the vehicle and a unique vibration damping coating across a wider area of the under floor.

Car experts and enthusiasts alike called it an extremely quiet ride and went on to rave over the new design.

Ecomass Technologies

Ecomass Technologies is the forerunner and technological groundbreaker in high density plastics, high density polymers, thermoplastic composite materials, and high density engineered thermoplastics. Its sales and engineering teams have helped commercial customers and governmental agencies overcome physical property challenges by developing over 100 high gravity thermoplastic composite materials engineered for weighting, balancing, radiation shielding, and vibration dampening applications.

All materials have natural or resonance frequency. Energy waves have both frequency and amplitude and cause vibrations. Technicians and engineers first try to isolate and reduce energy at the source. If they can’t, they then use dampening materials to restrict, reduce, or prevent oscillation, which then reduces energy. Aircraft audio systems, sports and luxury automobile manufacturers have effectively applied Ecomass’s Vibration dampening compounds to achieve their developmental goals.

Contact Ecomass today or see its website and complete one if its RFQ Forms to find out how you and/or your company might be able to use its compounds for vibration dampening or apply them to your developmental goals, as well.

All Ecomass Compounds meet the EU RoHS Directive, are 100% lead free, do not contain any U.S. EPA toxic or hazardous materials, and comply with Section 1502 of the Dodd-Frank Act.

Vibration damping material, Vibration dampening

Radiation shielding, gamma ray shielding, X-ray shielding

Frangible bullets, frangible ammunition, Lead free ammunition

Thermoplastic composite materials, Lead substitute

High density polymers, High density plastic, tungsten polymer

 

Boeing to Use Parts Made From Thermoplastic Composite Materials

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Boeing recently awarded a multiyear contract to LMI Aerospace for thermoplastic composite parts for its 747, 767 and 787 Dreamliner aircraft.

thermoplastic composite materials save costs when compared to other metals and, thus, are being used more and more in the aerospace industry. End finishing work on parts fashioned from other materials considerably increases per-part cost. So, cost effectiveness is most particularly noted with smaller parts.

Thermoplastic composite parts additionally offer the same composite strength and weight advantages as metal. LMI further saves costs by producing parts in batches.

Ecomass Technologies

Since 1998, Ecomass Technologies has delivered groundbreaking solutions through advanced thermoplastic composite materials, high density polymers, high density plastics, and tungsten polymers, which can be used in various applications, including weighting, balancing, radiation shielding and vibration damping.

Ecomass works with both government and commercial clients to solve issues, develop solutions, and meet application needs. Its skills, and experience in the formulation and development of high-density thermoplastic compounds offers its customers the freedom to design and focus on form and function, while it solves the challenges their products face. It empowers its customers to design and produce the best parts possible by providing them with the highest-performance and lowest-cost high density materials and high density plastics so that they can succeed and prosper in their markets.

The perfect high gravity compound, expertly engineered to your part or application requirements at the optimal price point, is only a few clicks or a phone call away. Contact Ecomass today to learn how it can deliver a material solution perfectly tailored to your needs. Or, check out its Case Studies and Products pages to learn more about how its materials have been utilized to add value to its customers’ products.

All Ecomass Compounds meet the EU RoHS Directive, are 100% lead free, do not contain any U.S. EPA toxic or hazardous materials, and comply with Section 1502 of the Dodd-Frank Act.

Leveling the Playing Fields

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At the 2018 Pyeong Chang Winter Olympic, Nigeria became the first ever African Bobsled and Skeleton competitors. They joined Jamaica’s women bobsledders, who joined their male counterparts, who debuted thirty years ago. Why is that so amazing? Well, of course, they all come from regions that never see snow. Countries that are used to snow, such as Canada, Switzerland, Norway, and people who live in the northern regions of the U.S. usually dominate sledding and other winter sports. They can train.

The plastics industry is attempting to level the playing field. Engineers have succeeded in developing ice rinks with plastic polymers. But, for sledding and eventually perhaps other sports such as skiing and snowboarding, they’d need to create long, sloping tracks, ones that can allow sleds to speed in in excess of 75 mph and in a cost effective manner.

Jan-Anders Månsson, a professor in materials and chemical engineering and director of Purdue University’s Composites Manufacturing and Simulation Center, has dedicated the past several years studying a high-density plastic called “ultrahigh-molecular-weight” polyethylene. The plastic could eventually replace ice as the track surface for Olympic sledding sports. In theory, an artificial track misted with water could nearly copycat the friction required for sledding.

His ideas are sound. Ice lined tracks are costly. Such is why only sixteen exist. For the 2006 Turin Olympics, it cost $100 million to build the sledding track and it currently costs $1 million yearly to maintain it. A plastic track, on the other hand, would only cost about $5 million to build and even less to maintain, even in a warm area.

Manson came to Purdue in 2016, so he hasn’t been able to fund building a track. Plans to build one for the 2020 Youth Olympic Games in Lausanne were, unfortunately, abandoned. So, until he can, he won’t be able to level the playing field.

Ecomass Technologies

Since 1998, Ecomass Technologies has provided state-of-the-art solutions through advanced composite materials, engineered thermoplastic composite materials, high density plastics, high density polymers, and gamma ray shielding. It has worked with government and commercial customers to overcome physical property and material challenges and surpass application needs.

Ecomass’ focuses on the material challenges and provides original equipment manufacturers and material processors the innovative freedom to focus on form and function. It strives to provide its customers with the highest performing, lowest cost materials, and thus, empowers them to produce the finest parts possible, which then allows them to compete in their respective markets.

Ecomass’ high gravity compounds are engineered to replace traditional materials and have been used as a substitute for lead, aluminum, steel, stainless steel, brass, bronze, copper, and other metals in the following applications:

o to replace lead projectiles with nontoxic frangible projectiles as training ammunition for military and law enforcement personnel.

o to shield -ray and gamma ray sources in medical and industrial devices.

o as a Vibration damping material in the automotive and sporting goods industries.

o to balance weights and reduce the loads to which a part is exposed, thereby increasing its service life.

These are really just a few examples of what Ecomass industries’ compounds can do. They can truly “level playing fields!”

All Ecomass Compounds meet the EU RoHS Directive, are 100% lead free, do not contain any U.S. EPA toxic or hazardous materials, and comply with Section 1502 of the Dodd-Frank Act.

See Ecomass’ website to learn more about its compounds, products, and services and/or fill out its RFQ form to learn how it can develop and deliver a solution to satisfy your needs.

 

Short Fiber Thermoplastic Materials Outperform Long Fibers Thermoplastics

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Piper Plastics recently developed KyronMax a short fiber thermoplastic material that has more mechanical strength than long-fiber thermoplastic (LFT) materials.

KryonMax also has less design and process limitations and consistently outperforms LFT polymers, particularly when assessing the molded part’s performance. Most importantly, it surpasses limitations related to LFT compounds and generates lighter, yet sturdier molded parts. The technology also utilizes much lower filler loadings, which results in a tougher structural plastic that can be applied in exceedingly aggressive applications. Still, it is easy to use and no specialized molding equipment is necessary.

KyronMAX’s unique know-how is hinged on short fiber technology. The polymer, like metal, exhibits isotropy, and has properties that are identical in all directions. It, thus, eliminates the processing and fiber breakage concerns normally associated with LFT. Engineers and designers can now mold complex parts with unsurpassed dependability and achievement.

Ecomass Technologies

Ecomass Technologies focuses on the development and production of high density engineered thermoplastics and providing material solutions to original equipment manufacturers and material processors worldwide. Its sales and engineering teams have helped government and commercial clients solve physical property challenges by developing more than 100 high gravity thermoplastic composite materials engineered for weighting, balancing, radiation shielding, and Vibration dampening applications.

Ecomass’ materials are designed to replace traditional high density materials such as lead and other metallic materials. Its high gravity compounds can be formulated up to the density of lead (11.0 g/cc) and offer metal’s weight and physical properties, but with the design and production advantages of injection molded plastics. Its high gravity compounds can be compression molded or injected, which helps customers cut costs by eliminating any need for secondary operations.

Molded Solutions

Ecomass Technologies is a premier material compounder. It is dedicated to formulating the best possible composite materials so that its customers can produce the best possible parts.

Ecomass works with its customers all the way from product conception to production and set up. It makes sure that its materials exceed expectations.

For more than fifteen years, Ecomass has developed a network of injection molding partners. These solid relationships offer customers outstanding materials, shorter lead times, and low costs.

Ecomass Compounds meet the EU RoHS Directive, are lead free and nontoxic, completely satisfy international marketplace regulatory concerns, contain no toxic constituents or U.S. EPA hazardous materials, and comply with the Dodd-Frank Act, Section 1502.

Contact Ecomass today to check its case studies and products page to learn how it can deliver a custom tailored material for you.

 

High Density Plastics Make Bamboo Even Better

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Bamboo was one of the first building materials. It was sturdy, dense, and grew rapidly. It also offers several advantages over wood. It’s denser, has higher compressed strength, and contains less oil.

In China, it’s a building staple, but it never really caught on in the United States. United States’ manufacturers have tried for years to incorporate it. They initially tried it as a deck material. Those attempts, however, were terrible failures. The bamboo didn’t resist moisture effectively and it attracted insects.

Manufacturers decided they had to use some kind of replacement or additive in order to make the bamboo more practical. Cali Bamboo mixed reclaimed bamboo fibers with high density plastics and formed a mixture that it then shaped into decking planks of various sizes and colors. Bam Deck, as it’s called, resisted bending and sagging and was more than 3.5 times stronger than traditional wood plastic composite decking. It doesn’t require sealing, painting, or finishing.

Ecomass Technologies

Ecomass is the innovative and technological frontrunner in high density engineered thermoplastics. Ecomass Compounds are completely nontoxic and can be used to replace lead and other traditional materials.

Ecomass Compounds are a line of patented, nontoxic, high-density thermoplastic composite materials that can be processed on conventional injection molding, compression molding, and extrusion equipment. Ecomass Compounds can be formulated using a variety of polymers and fillers to meet a wide range of customer requirements including:

• Density (up to 11.0 g/cc)

• Heat Deflection Temperature

• Tensile Strength

• Impact Strength

• Flexural Modulus

Ecomass Compounds also have applications in a variety of other products where lead and other heavy metals are currently used. Some of these include lead free ammunition, Thermoplastic Composite Materials, Gamma Ray Shielding, Weighting and Balancing Applications, and Vibration Damping.

Ecomass high gravity compounds offer outstanding performance. Its high density injection-moldable materials free up premium space in component parts and its weighting and balancing compounds satisfy a wide range of physical property requirements.

Ecomass Compounds

Ecomass Compounds meet the RoHS Directive; do not contain lead or lead compounds; and, contain no materials the U.S. Department of Defense Listing of Toxic Chemicals, Hazardous Substances and Ozone Depleting Substances or the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Hazardous Substances Priority List considers toxic or hazardous.

If you have a special requirement, contact Ecomass Technologies via its RFQ Form at:

http://www.ecomass.com/contact-us/

Or see its website at: http://www.ecomass.com

It is probably already working on a solution.