Component Management

The range of engineering adhesives includes new, low-odor formulations, which enable a more comfortable manufacturing environment, and low-blooming solutions. Blooming is the effect of adhesive being squeezed out between parts being assembled and causing staining.

With the new TCTP series, MTC Micro Tech Components has presented a silicone-free, thermally conductive one-component gap filler based on acrylic for for optimised heat management. The dispensable paste offers a very high thermal conductivity and can be used in applications where the use of silicone is critical. For example, at car manufacturers it is imperative to avoid silicone, because of outgassing issues, until the end of painting plant.&nbs...

Adhesives specialist Intertronics has announced that it now supplies the small plasma handheld device, the piezobrush PZ3. It efficiently uses cold atmospheric pressure plasma for the surface treatment of plastics, metals and natural materials. The plasma treatment activates, functionalises and cleans surfaces.

6K has announced its division 6K Additive has commissioned the first two commercial UniMelt microwave plasma systems. The news not only represents an achievementfor 6K, but also for global sustainable manufacturing as premium metal Additive Manufacturing (AM) powders from sustainable sources become a reality.

A patented antimicrobial surface-coating technology developed by Irish company Kastus has been shown to be effective against human coronavirus on treated surfaces, an independent Global testing laboratory has confirmed.

The Assembly Solutions division of MacDermid Alpha Electronics Solutions will be introducing its ultra-low temperature solder and 5G solutions at the Productronica China show from July 3rd to 5th, 2020, at the National Exhibition and Convention Center in Shanghai.

A number of the products that we offer are described as being highly accurate, precise and/or repeatable. We believe that these criteria are important to a process where consistent, high quality output is required, and they have a big impact on productivity through reduction of material waste, quality-based rejects, and rework. But what exactly do we mean when we say ‘accurate’, ‘precise’ and ‘repeatable’? ...

Clayens NP and TactoTek have announced that they have signed an agreement for Clayens NP to market and sell solutions built using TactoTek’s Injection Molded Structural Electronics (IMSE) technology for high growth plastronics markets.

Since the outbreak of Coronavirus (COVID-19), demand for alcohol-based sanitising products has increased sharply, leading to global shortages of isopropyl alcohol. Electrolube has seen a dramatic rise in demand for its IPA wipes, IPA100, which quickly sold out globally amidst the pandemic due to their high isopropanol content.

Parylene Conformal Coating often gets asked the question: ‘Can my xxx be parylene coated?’  The number of substrate surfaces that can be coated with parylene is plenty. In the table below a number of industrial applications that use Parylene conformal coatings are listed. The examples can be extended. By Sean Horn, Parylene Conformal Coating