Alcoa and Nike Team up to Form Licensing Partnership for New Nike Premium Baseball Bats
NEW YORK -- June 6, 2006--Alcoa (NYSE:AA) announced today that its Global Engineered Products business has signed a multi-year contract with Nike to supply specialty aluminum drawn tube for the sports giant's premium brand baseball bats that will be used on baseball diamonds throughout the world this season. Nike's Aero Torque® and Aero Strobe® baseball bats are made with Alcoa's...
Read More »Concast Introduces Proprietary Alloy 380 to Meet the Most Demanding Applications.
The newest addition to the Concast family of alloys is Concast 380. This proprietory alloy uses the addition of colbalt to the elemental matrix to provide an aluminum bronze based alloy with outstanding mechanical properties. Exceptional compressive strength combined with high frictional resistance make Concast 380 an ideal choice for various high load applications. Industry standard material...
Read More »Vicote(TM) Coatings for Aluminum Wear Plate in Treadmill Replace Solid Plastic Component for Optimal Wear
Greenville, SC- (November 14, 2006) - When Advanced Mechanical Technology, Inc. (AMTI) of Watertown, MA, wanted a longer-lasting wear plate for its new dual belt instrumented treadmill, it chose an aluminum wear plate coated with VICOTE(TM) Coatings, based on VICTREX® PEEK(TM), a high performance thermoplastic, because of its superior friction and wear properties. According to Stephen...
Read More »Alcan Shows Advanced Lightweight Aerospace Solutions at "Aluminium 2006" Exhibition in Essen, Germany
ESSEN, Germany, September 20 -- Alcan is presenting its innovative, lightweight aluminium solutions for the aerospace industry at the ALUMINIUM 2006" exhibition in Essen, Germany from September 20 - 22, 2006. "Alcan's global leadership position in value-added sheet, plate, and extrusions make it the partner and supplier of choice for the world's major aircraft manufacturers," said Michel Jacques,...
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Corrosive/Ultrapure Fluid Heat Exchanger Coils - Choosing the Right Strategy
Check out this white paper to learn which heat exchanger types are the best for high temperature performance in chemically aggressive applications.
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Sealing Foils are designed for PCR and cold storage.
AlumaSeal 96(TM) and AlumaSeal 384(TM) Aluminum Foils feature single-tab-design for protecting samples in microplates during polymerase chain reaction (PCR) gene amplification or cold storage. Pierceable by pipette tips or robotic probes, foil and adhesives tolerate temperatures from -80 to +150°C. AlumaSeal 96 is designed to fit inside raised-rim plates, and both foils are certified free...
Read More »Alloy is corrosion resistant without coatings.
Aluminum die-casting alloy, Delphi K-Alloy, allows manufacturers to produce die casting products without dimensional changes or equipment modifications. Alloy features 25,000 psi yield strength and 5.1% elongation. Suitable for high volume automotive applications, marine and outdoor products, K-Alloy can be used in place of stainless steel in qualified applications.
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Packaging Service offers foil laminate liquid stick pack.
Offered for single-use applications such as product samples and giveaways, liquid Stick Pack features directional flow channel and ability to accept high-level flexographic printing on its foil laminate film. Single-use packaging product is available in tube-like packette form in sizes from 1-30 ml. Bulk product can be delivered in nearly any vessel, including pails, drum totes, and tank trucks.
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Impact/Slider Bars are built to withstand stressful use.
Gorilla(TM) Impact/Slider Bars are built to withstand stress and impact generated in transfer area on conveyor system. Belt contact area, manufactured from ultra high molecular weight (UHMW) polyethylene, provides minimal coefficient of friction. Underlying materials are constructed from 55-durometer rubber and heavy-duty aluminum support channel. Available in 48 and 60 in. lengths, products come...
Read More »Foil Laminate packages liquid-saturated products.
Flexi 6648 is suited for overwrapping materials impregnated with liquids and lotions. Laminate features PET/foil/clear PE and offers optimized moisture vapor and oxygen permeability; MVTR is
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Aluminum Profiles are clear anodized for protection.
Offering 24 aluminum T-slotted profile shapes, The Industrial Erector Set® gives users various options, allowing creativity when designing projects and creating solutions to problems. They include closed surface framing choices, metric or fractional units, and smooth surface or Align-a-Groove(TM) framing.
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Cut and Bevel Pipe up to 63" Diameter with a Single Lightweight, Portable Machine
CS Unitec is a leader in power tools designed for industrial applications, with products that set the standard for robust performance and industry-leading reliability. Adding to our long list of innovation is a new line of pipe cutting machines. For cutting and beveling pipe up to 2" in thickness and diameters from 12" to 63", no other cutting system comes close. See our video to learn more.
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