Panacol has developed a new plastic bonder, Vitralit® UV 7030, certified to USP Class VI biocompatibility standards for medical device assembly applications, featuring high elongation at break, as well as excellent adhesion to difficult to bond plastics. The various material selections and pairings of flexible tubing and rigid connectors often create significant assembly challenges in high volu...

A new IRS 3078 polyurethane potting compound is now available from adhesives and dispensing equipment specialist Intertronics complementing the company’s extensive range of materials and equipment for electronics bonding, potting, coating and encapsulating. IRS 3078 polyurethane potting compound is a semi-rigid, room temperature curing and electrically insulating black polyurethane potting comp...

Global rail track products and adhesive supplier edilon)(sedra has provided a sound damping system (SDS), as well as an innovative rail insulation system Editack Spray to the newly built Odense Tramway line in Denmark. The intended purpose of the 14.5km new double track light rail transit is to reduce the number of car trips in the growing city, as well as noise pollution and carbon emissions,...

International supplier of rail products, fasteners and services, Vossloh Group, is strengthening its strategically important position in the Dutch rail infrastructure market with the acquisition of ETS Spoor B.V. ETS is an established and leading market player with a wide range of products and services in the technologically sophisticated and highly innovative Dutch rail infrastructure market....

With its needle bonding adhesive Dymax MD® 1406-M, Dymax has introduced a medical grade, light curable adhesive specifically designed for the ever smaller bonding surfaces found on smaller needles and the innovative plastics in medical applications. The adhesive has a very low viscosity for excellent wetting of components, and cures tack-free within seconds when exposed to LED or broad spectrum...

Conduit installations must retain their load-bearing capacity for a sufficient length of time in the event of fire. This gives people time to safely evacuate the building in case of fire. fischer has therefore developed the European Assessment Document (EAD) 280016-00-0602 for pipe support systems and optimised it for fire protection. This served as the basis for the European Technical Assessme...

Under extreme conditions, voestalpine Railway Systems Beijing delivered 22 heavy haul rail expansion joints to Haolebaoji-ji'an Railway. The Haoji Railway is a 1,813km freight dedicated railway in China’s ever expanding network. It connects the Northern province Inner Mongolia with Jiangxi, a landlocked province in the East. Mount Lóngmén is where the Yellow River abruptly leaves the vast, rugg...

Two adhesive grades - BAMFutura™ packaging and Pressen pressure sensitive adhesives - from Beardow Adams are being used in combination for the manufacture of packaging to transport extremely important supplies and pharmaceutical goods for the healthcare sector. BAMFutura™ packaging and Pressen pressure sensitive adhesives (PSAs) are two highly efficient, thermally stable adhesive types which ma...

EN 45545-2 specifies EU-wide fire protection requirements for the materials and components used in rolling stock. Specially designed potting compounds from WEVO-CHEMIE GmbH – including WEVOPUR 552 FLX and WEVOPUR 67210 FL meet the highest requirements of this standard and can therefore be used for electrical and electronic components in rail vehicles and railway infrastructure. Plastics are wi...

The load-bearing capacity values in cracked and non-cracked concrete of the established concrete screw JC2 have been significantly increased, as well as an optimised tip geometry to create the JC2 Plus. Available from the Construction Division of EJOT®, the JC2 Plus is easy to install and comes in a newly launched 14mm size. Concrete screws are known as all-rounders. They are installed directly...