Learn how to incorporate draft, threads, hinges and more by taking advantage of the most advanced injection molding process engine and mold making system in the industry. Xcentric Mold & Engineering provides fast, affordable, custom injection molding, CNC machining and 3D printing services. … [Read more...]
Download 52-Page EMI Shielding Guide
2016 Interactive Shielding Catalog PDF lets the user jump from page-to-page to download interactive sales drawings on 150 shielding products, including finger stock strips, gaskets, metalized fabric, fan vents, and board level shielding. … [Read more...]
The future of medical device coatings
Since the advent of Perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) free coating materials, the medical device industry as a whole has observed increased levels of coating-related issues. Underlying these issues is the concern that PFOAfree coating materials demonstrate reduced levels of fluoropolymer layer adhesion … [Read more...]
How to optimize DC Plant Topology
The 1000NX, a bipolar inverter, is specifically engineered to reduce wiring and labor costs by accepting DC inputs from a dual separable array. The DC architecture associated with the 1000NX inverter, when implemented correctly, can save significant conductor material costs compared to a traditional … [Read more...]
Redesign Improves High-Speed Can Making Machine
Solving a costly lubrication problem triggers unexpected productivity improvements Can making equipment is nothing if not specialized. Yet the subsystems found on these machines offer a number of design lessons that can be applied more broadly by any engineer working to improve the performance and … [Read more...]
Polymers Outperform Metals In Precision Gearing
Gears, especially in open gearing applications, share a set of well-known performance problems that crop up again and again across many different applications. The most common ones include excessive noise, vibration, heat, weight and corrosion. Gears also tend to be either over-lubricated or subject … [Read more...]
Wind turbine technology repair solutions
Blade manufacturers rely on Sika to deliver products and solutions critical to the repairing of wind turbine blades. For many years, our repair solutions have ensured that each blade maintains its service reliability, even when repaired in some of the harshest environments. … [Read more...]
High Performance Bonding Technologies for CSP
Sika provides adhesive solutions to optimize the production processes of bonding the fixation devices to the mirror systems. With different curing speeds and thixotropic behaviors of the adhesive technology Sika is able to offer solutions for every existing production process and process … [Read more...]
Reliable and process optimized solar adhesive systems
Sika takes pride in delivering products and solutions that will last decades under harsh environmental conditions and in our 30 years successful experience in the facade and 15 years in the renewable energy industries. The range of solar applications may be extremely varied, but systems share the … [Read more...]
Case Study : Robotic Dispensing of Appliance Adhesives Improves Quality, Reduces Cost
Background: The appliance industry bonds glass directly to oven door panels. Their adhesive choices are either very high bond double-sided adhesive tape or a liquid adhesive such as 2-component silicone or methacrylate polymer for high bond strength, long term adhesion and high temperature … [Read more...]