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Usa, plant are porosity-free, which is
especially critical for uniformity for thick
cross sections and flawless machining.
Quantum's proprietary annealing techniques result in machined parts with no
residual stress, the company adds.
Quantum stocks a broad inventory of
rod and plate, offers small minimumorder processing, and has short lead
times for items not in stock at time of
purchase (usually 2-3 weeks).
www.quantum-polymers.com

* Adchem Corp., a major supplier of
pressure-sensitive adhesive (Psa) tapes
for the automotive, transportation, and
industrial markets, issued a bonding
study of adhesive tape systems for six
rogers corp. Poron® urethane foam
products tested against twelve adchem
tape systems. the study included Poron
urethane 4790 and 4701 materials used
in communications, automotive, electronics, and industrial device gasketing,
sealing, and cushioning applications.
adchem's Poron study was conduct-

* the society of Plastics engineers
(sPe) rotational Molding division has
announced the professional and student winners in its Product Design
competition. the winners will be honored and receive cash awards at the
sPE rotational Molding topcon conference, held June 1-4, 2014, at the
Holiday inn conference center in independence, Ohio, Usa.
the professional winners are as follows:
*
1st place: Jamie Wirkler, product
manager, the Kitchen community, a nonprofit organization that
fosters the creation of "learning
gardens" in schools and communities. the winning design is for
garden beds that can withstand
the same use as playground equipment while serving as attractive
containers for food production (see
photo). 
*
2nd place: tom Fish, sr., director of
product development, little tikes,
the international producer and
merchandiser of children's toys.

*

the product design is for a "pirate
bed." 
Honorable mentions: three separate entrants: ahuha Yuvraj singh,
Frontier Polymers Pvt. ltd.; tom
Fish, sr., little tikes; and larry
Moody, Wavemaster Docks.

and the student winners include:
*
1st place: Kyle anderson, Milwaukee
institute of art and Design. the winning design, called icoustics, is for
sound amplifiers for iPhones.
*
2nd place: Jacqueline Edwards, Milwaukee institute of art and Design.
the product design is for a children's hospital bed.
*
Honorable mentions: ten separate
entrants, all of them students at
the Milwaukee institute of art and
Design.
More information about the winning
designs is posted at www.spe-rotomolding.org, along with details about the
upcoming sPE rotational Molding
topcon.

Photo courtesy of Adchem

ed both with and without heat during
the lamination process as well as at
room temperature and at elevated temperatures, after aging. the study
provides bond strengths for each foam

Photo courtesy of sPe

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