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Tyvek® Classic: protecting users from dust and dirt in cement production |
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Written by RealWire
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Wednesday, 17 December 2008 03:25 |
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Holcim Ltd is one of the world's leading producers of cement and aggregates. (1) At the Holcim (Deutschland) AG Lägerdorf site in Northern Germany, employees working in cement production have switched from wearing disposable garments made of SMS material to wearing limited use type 5/6 chemical protective garments made of DuPont™ Tyvek® Classic to protect them from dust and dirt.
The kiln technology adopted in modern cement plants increasingly supports the use of substitute fuels such as tyre chips, plastic waste, provided their chemical composition is deemed suitable for the combustion process. |
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Stratasys To Add SABIC’s ULTEM 9085 High Performance Thermoplastic For Direct Digital Manufacturing & Rapid Prototyping |
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Written by RealWire
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Wednesday, 03 December 2008 18:56 |
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Flight-Certified Material Can Benefit Aerospace and Other Manufacturers That Need Strong, Lightweight Plastic
Frankfurt, 3 December, 2008— (NASDAQ: SSYS) Stratasys announced today at the EuroMold Show in Frankfurt, that it will offer SABIC’s ULTEM* 9085, a high-performance thermoplastic for direct digital manufacturing and rapid prototyping. The material will be available from Stratasys for the FDM additive fabrication process in the first quarter of 2009.
ULTEM 9085 is a strong, lightweight, flame-retardant thermoplastic widely used in aircraft interiors. The material has a V-Ø rating for flame, smoke and toxicity (FST). Its availability for the FDM additive fabrication process will allow direct digital manufacturing and rapid prototyping with this material for the first time. |
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