NASA is working on a new type of bandage that can dramatically increase recovery time for those who are wounded. Most people know that blood flow is essential to the wound healing process. Heat is one way to increase the...
In addition to the solar and aerospace industries, one of the biggest growth factors for the fluoropolymer market has been the automotive industry. This is so for a number of different reasons. First and foremost, there are the increasing environmental...
Have you ever wondered how food is packaged and sealed once it has been grown and harvested? When we talk about food processing, we are talking about the cooking, mixing, packaging, and transportation of food and beverages. Given the amount...
Medical device manufacturers are constantly looking to improve their device designs to increase their performance levels. There are a number of different trends in the medical device industry that manufacturers will have to consider when bringing a product to market....
All around us there are wires and cables that power our electronics, connect us to the internet, and more. In order to protect these wires and cables and prevent an adverse event, insulation is needed. But you might ask what...
Right now, we are in the middle of summer, so heat is probably on your mind. Heat exchangers exist in all sorts of applications. Your heating system might use a metal heat exchanger to transfer heat. This could mean it’s made of...
If you are in the market for a new car, you might run into a term called power to weight ratio. Power to weight ratio is a simple formula where you divide the vehicle’s horsepower by its curb weight. For...
Our H2 thermally conductive PFA tubing (approximately 2.5x the thermal conductivity of normal PFA) has been recently featured in an extensive study measuring the benefits of using such a material in gas sampling applications. "Since conductive PFA combines low interaction...
What is PTFE? PTFE is a material in the family of fluoropolymer plastics. PTFE was the "miracle" fluoropolymer invented in the 1940's by DuPont, although at the time it lacked a market or problem to solve, and was hard to make and process....
