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Broanmain Plastics will be showing recent prototype-to-production projects at the Southern Manufacturing & Electronics exhibition in February. The company offers tool design and various plastic moulding and finishing technologies on a single site in Surrey. One of the projects was a motion sensor housing (right) for Cucumber Lighting Controls, which was seeking a UK-based moulder. “Manufacturing components on UK shores ...

MBA Polymers UK has launched a recycled ABS (acrylonitrile butadiene styrene) feedstock for injection moulding in electronics, automotive and consumer industries. ‘ABS 4125 UL’ is UL certified and contains ≥95% post-consumer recycled content, derived from the waste electronics sector. It is already being exported to the USA and Hong Kong. “UL accreditation verifies the quality, safety and sustainability of recycled ...

Carton packaging for small electrical goods has a lower carbon footprint than plastic alternatives, according to Pro Carton, the European association for carton and cartonboard manufacturers, which is highlighting a report written by the bio-economy unit of the Research Institutes of Sweden (RISE). Cartonboard is an industry name for non-corrugated cardboard or packaging card. The research compares the cradle-to-grave carbon ...

German company Trinamix has turned to near infra-red spectroscopy to create a mobile sensor that can, at the push of a button, distinguish the similar nylons PA6 and PA66 for recycling. The polymers have similar properties, are used interchangeably in numerous applications, and are virtually impossible to distinguish with the naked eye. At the same time, separating them to create single-grade ...

3D printed plastic parts can be accurately nickel plated if the plastic is pre-doped with catalyst before printing, according to scientists from Waseda University, Japan. It is an alternative to a conventional technique, where a plain plastic object is dip-coated with catalyst after manufacture, and then immersed in an electroless metal-plating solution. To improve adhesion, a roughening or etching step ...

BCL Enclosures of Yorkshire is offering the BC range of hand-held cases for measuring instruments, wireless communication devices, and control and data recording devices. BC2 has a belt/pocket clip and integral PP3 battery compartment with a removable cover and clip-in terminals as standard. Four internal location pegs and sockets hold a PCB in place without the need for further fixings. ...

Pennsylvania-based Greene Tweed is offering a thermoplastic to connector makers that can operate above 460°C. PEK (left) and 3000 XT connectors (right) Called Arlon 3000 XT, is is said to provide thermal stability, chemical resistance, low moisture absorption, low wear and high impact resistance. It is “the world’s first and only cross-linked, semi-crystalline polyketone and delivers superior high-temperature performance over other ...

The British International Education Association (BIEA) launched its third annual youth STEM competition at a conference at the Royal Institution on the 15 January. This year’s competition is titled “STEM (Stop) the tide of plastic pollution”. EW reporter Alex McCarthy attended the conference to find out how the organisation plans to encourage more young people into STEM. The afternoon was ...

BCL Distribution has expanded its T Series of small multi-purpose lidded enclosures – which it makes in North Yorkshire. The ABS plastic used means users can add holes and cut-outs by both drilling or punching. There are six sizes: T1-26 40 x 28 x 18mm, 1mm walls, polished finish HBT3 73.5 x 51 x 25.5mm, 1.75mm walls, matt finish T2 75 ...

A team from Denbighshire organic semiconductor maker SmartKem has achieved <200ns delay through an organic semiconductor inverter, claiming it to be the fastest yet for solution-processed transistors. The inverters use a small-molecule organic semiconductor in a carrier polymer, both dissolved in tetralin to form an ink branded tru-Flex by SmartKem. Spin-coating results in the small molecule material forming thin polycrystalline ‘platelets’ ...