British Plastics & Rubber articles from April 2006

British Plastics & Rubber archives from April 2006

Open your process window and let profitability back in: Niall Marshall of Sasol Wax: polymer additives in South Africa describes how his company's EnHance process aids can increase flexibility and reduce energy costs in injection moulding.(INJECTION MOULDING)
April 1, 2006... MOST attempts to improve productivity focus on reducing the cycle time. Cycle time is the aggregate time taken for a number of sequential and/or simultaneous processes to take place during the production of a moulded article. Figure 1...

Sumitomo adjusts shot density for repeatability.(INJECTION MOULDING)
April 1, 2006... SUMITOMO's new SE-DU series of all-electric machines is now being brought into the UK by Electron Tech. The range, from 18 to 180 tonnes clamp size, augments the revamped mid-sized machine range from 220 to 550 tonnes that was introduced late...

Negri Bossi launches its electric machines.(INJECTION MOULDING)
April 1, 2006... The Elma all-electric machine from Negri Bossi has been redesigned and re-launched as the Canbel VE series, with the range extended to 850 tonnes --making it probably the biggest European-built all-electric machine. The Canbel is built on...

Sandretto now sells machines from Taiwan.(INJECTION MOULDING)
April 1, 2006... MACHINES from the biggest manufacturer in Taiwan are now available in Britain from Sandretto UK. The company has taken on the agency for Fu Chun Shin, better known as FCS Machinery, which builds around 2,800 machines a year at two factories in...

Demag adds new model in China.(INJECTION MOULDING)
April 1, 2006... DEMAG Plastics Group's new Chinese operation--it bought out its former partner in Demag Haitian at the turn of the year--has brought a new machine to market. The Ergotech Dragon 200 is a 200 tonnes toggle clamping machine with 'an...

CoMo keeps its eyes on cavity pressure.(INJECTION MOULDING)
April 1, 2006... A COMPACT integrated system for monitoring cavity pressure for good part/bad part discrimination, machine control and production documentation has been introduced by Kistler. CoMo Injection incorporates eight signal amplifiers to process...

Production monitoring for the first time user.(INJECTION MOULDING)
April 1, 2006... AN entry-level production monitoring/ scheduling system for plastic injection moulding which has 'scheduling and production reporting features found on much more expensive products' has been introduced by SYSCON International. QuickShot is...

PlanMaster improve production management for RPC.(INJECTION MOULDING)
April 1, 2006... A BARCO PlantMaster real-time production monitoring system has been installed by RPC Containers in Blackburn as a replacement for a 10 years old system. The factory produces about 5 million containers for the DIY and food industries each...

Gas assisted injection moulding of engineering polyamides.(INJECTION MOLDING)
April 1, 2006... Gas assisted injection moulding is well-established for normal engineering polymers, but high performance materials may present some problems, with tool temperatures in excess of 100 degC, melt temperatures of more than 260 degC and high levels...

PP + PA makes water-cored automotive cooling channels.(INJECTION MOLDING)
April 1, 2006... TWO COMPONENT system for moulding automotive coolant pipework using water injection moulding technology has been developed by PME fluidtec of Germany, with Eaton of the UK the latest processor to take it up. The pipes are made of 30 per...

Foamed LSR.(INJECTION MOLDING)
April 1, 2006... Arburg has developed ancillary equipment for physically foaming liquid silicone rubber alongside Sulzer Chemtech. The Optifoam process uses a highly compressed gas to foam the LSR, reducing weight, and so material content, by 30 to 40 per cent....

Stork on the move.(INJECTION MOLDING)
April 1, 2006... DUTCH machine manufacturer Stork Plastics Machinery will be moving into new premises in July. Once production is fully under way at the new site, the company will hold an open day in September when, as well as showing off the new factory, Stork...

C[O.sub.2] washing eliminates hot post curing of silicone rubber.(INJECTION MOLDING)
April 1, 2006... A FASTER, cheaper and more effective method of removing residuals from silicone rubber components is claimed by Danish company Nanon, which specialises in the nano-manipulation of polymers. It involves washing the components in liquid carbon...

Fluidised bed furnace clears contamination fast.(INJECTION MOLDING)
April 1, 2006... A HORIZONTALLY-loaded fluidised bed cleaning furnace has been installed by Boddington Technical Plastics to meet height restrictions without compromising the need to clean screws up to 2 m long. The Schwing furnace was the first of its type to...

Stack moulding eases mix and match door panel production.(INJECTION MOLDING)
April 1, 2006... FOUR Husky Quadloc Tandem 1,350 tonne machines running stack moulds have been supplied to Johnson Controls at Melfi, in the south of Italy, to produce two-colour interior door panels for the Flat Grande Punto. The panels are the first in Europe...

DVDs moulded in less than 2 seconds.(INJECTION MOLDING)
April 1, 2006... JUST how much quicker can optical discs be moulded? At this year's Media-Tech Expo, the International Trade Fair for the Optical Discs industry, Netstal will be running an all-electric e-Jet optical disc moulding machine making DVD-9 discs in...

In-mould processes add soft touch polyurethane coatings.(INJECTION MOLDING)
April 1, 2006... TWO processes for adding a soft touch polyurethane coating to an injection moulding are being championed by Bayer MaterialScience. One involves a second shot from an add-on reaction injection moulding unit Krauss-Maffei showed a similar set-up...

Hot runners for packaging applications.(INJECTION MOULDING)
April 1, 2006... NEW Hasco Z201 Value Shot hot runner nozzles have been produced for packaging component applications in 25, 32 and 45 mm diameters and lengths of 50 to 125 ram. They are recommended for polyolefins and styrenes in a shot weight range of 5 to...

Needle shut off gives dosing security for medical mouldings.(INJECTION MOULDING)
April 1, 2006... A CUSTOMISED moulding machine and hot runner system were developed by German medical moulder B Braun for making infusion solutions at its Melsungen LIFE--Leading Infusion Factory Europe--plant. The process runs as one line, from the...

Conductive core pin range extended.(INJECTION MOULDING)
April 1, 2006... THE Hasco Z494/... steel/copper core pin range has been expanded with new sizes adding diameters between 7 and 12 mm. These pins have a hardened steel casing and copper core, giving heat conductivity up to 10 times better than with tool steel....

Valve gates maintain glass fibre length.(INJECTION MOULDING)
April 1, 2006... HOT runner system valve gate cylinders intended to retain maximum glass fibre length in moulded parts have been developed by Synventive Molding Solutions. The HYC 4018 and PNC 7518 are suitable for hydraulic and pneumatic systems respectively,...

Pressure sensors are easier to install and maintain.(INJECTION MOULDING)
April 1, 2006... MOULD PRESSURE sensors from Kistler now include indirect measurement and single-wire devices, and the ability to operate at 200 degC. The connecting cable can be replaced on-site by the user, simplifying installation and reducing service costs....

Seal material stops inserts flashing.(INJECTION MOULDING)
April 1, 2006... A sealing material to prevent melt flashing past metal inserts is now available from Hasco. The A4200/MurSeal flexible sealing element is made from a material developed in cooperation with the Plastics Institute (KIMW), in Ludenscheid, the...

Nylon rivets 'stronger than spot welding'.(INJECTION MOULDING)
April 1, 2006... JOINING sheet metal components by through-injection with nylon can be more effective and economical than spot welding, according to Lanxess. The company has carried out tensile fatigue tests on specimens of steel 'riveted' together with 30 per...

Netstal to display 192 cavity PET system at Chicago.(INJECTION MOULDING)
April 1, 2006... The moulding machine is dwarfed by the materials and parts handling systems needed in modern PET preform production. Netstal says the PET-LINE 6000-6600 R it is planning to show at the NPE exhibition in Chicago, USA, will be the largest PET...

Delcam and Pathtrace to unveil new CAM systems.(TOOLING)
April 1, 2006... NEW versions of Delcam's PowerMILL and Pathtrace's EdgeCAM will be released at the Mach 2006 exhibition at the NEC in Birmingham on May 15-19. Version 6.5 of Delcam's PowerMILL CAM system has new and improved functionality for roughing and...

Standard modular system for sliding core moulds.(TOOLING)
April 1, 2006... MEUSBERGER Standard Mould Bases of Wolfurt in Austria has introduced a new standard modular system for sliding core moulds consisting of standard parts available ex stock. The plate dimensions are compatible with standard Meusburger F-Plates....

DMS helps WHS produce its largest ever mould.(TOOLING)
April 1, 2006... Sutton Coldfield tool maker WH Smith and Sons has built the biggest mould in its 60-year history to a tight deadline with the collaboration of DMS-Diemould. The mould, which is now in full production, produces a boot liner for a UK car...

Kuka integrates injection moulding functions.(AUTOMATION & ROBOTICS)
April 1, 2006... KUKA Robots has introduced a package to allow users to integrate Kuka KS shelf-mounted six-axis de-moulding robots with injection moulding machines from 100 to 6,000 tonnes. An SPI interface is included, as is a Festo valve stack with vacuum...

K-M beefs up its automation business.(AUTOMATION & ROBOTICS)
April 1, 2006... THE Neureder automation company, which Krauss-Maffei bought in 2002, has been renamed Krauss-Maffei Automation and the company plans to expand it to built it into a major business activity. The aim is to increase the number of injection...

Package deals on six-axis robots.(AUTOMATION & ROBOTICS)
April 1, 2006... A COMPLETE six-axis robot cell package is being offered by Totnes-based Barr & Paatz from 35,000 [pounds sterling]. The package includes a Staubli or Mitsubishi robot, moulding machine interface, customised gripper assembly, guarding and...

Off-line programming for multiple robots.(AUTOMATION & ROBOTICS)
April 1, 2006... NEW RobotStudio5 software from ABB enables robots to be programmed off-line so that production need not be halted to programme robots for new or modified parts. Virtual trials and development can be performed in parallel to system build and up...

Dealing with non-packaging post-consumer scrap.(RECLAMATION & RECYCLING)
April 1, 2006... THE ability to dry scrap rapidlv with its Infra Red Dryer has brought UPM into co-operation with Sims Group, reckoned to be the world's leading metal recycler with 120 sites across four continents. Sims has developed a plastics recycling line...

Brother moulds from 100 per cent WEEE scrap.(RECLAMATION & RECYCLING)
April 1, 2006... OFFICE equipment manufacturer Brother has successfully trialled production of a fax machine ribbon component made from reclaimed electrical and electronic equipment scrap. The trial was done with material from post-consumer waste reclaimed by...

Plastics recyclers claim misrepresentation of European reclaim rates.(RECLAMATION & RECYCLING)
April 1, 2006... THE European Plastic Recyclers organisation EuPR has reacted angrily to the publication by PlasticsEurope--formerly the Association of Plastics Manufacturers in Europe--of what it says is the wrong data on European plastics recycling, and for...

Electrostatic sorting 'is too complex and expensive'.(RECLAMATION & RECYCLING)
April 1, 2006... EXPERIMENTS with electrostatic sorting of rigid post-consumer plastics waste have been carried out in Ontario, Canada, and showed that it was probably beyond the capability of the agencies needing to do it. Most Ontario material recovery...

Big and small options for in-line film reclaim.(RECLAMATION & RECYCLING)
April 1, 2006... THE Omega, new to Plasmac's scrap-to-pellets range, has been designed to reprocess rigid, thick, blocked or loose material without the need for primary size reduction. Alternatively, it can accept high-speed in-line trim with simultaneous...

Film reclaim consultancy offers refurbished machinery.(RECLAMATION & RECYCLING)
April 1, 2006... A CONSULTANCY set tip by a former technical manager of Munchy is now also able to supply refurbished recycling equipment. Oxplas was formed by John Watman, who left Munchy after it closed in 2002--before being bought by Boston Matthews, and...

Large screenless granulator range extended.(RECLAMATION & RECYCLING)
April 1, 2006... A LARGE-SCALE screenless granulator with a third shaft to draw in material has been added to the Wittmann range. The SJD83 is a larger version of the SJD63, which has been on the market for several years, and has an average throughput of 70...

Forced feeding for granulators.(RECLAMATION & RECYCLING)
April 1, 2006... ALTHOUGH feed screws are now revolutionary in only one sense of the word, Herbold nevertheless has a patent pending on its forced feeding device for granulators. Instead of relying on gravity to feed the grinding chamber, Herbold is using...

Tria completes large granulator redesign.(RECLAMATION & RECYCLING)
April 1, 2006... NEW equipment at the heavy duty end of the range has been introduced by Tria. The XT and BM series have been extended to include the 500 series with in-feed apertures from 700-1,600 mm wide and drive power from 75-150 kW. The modular design...

Waste recycling begins at home'.(RECLAMATION & RECYCLING)
April 1, 2006... SEND your waste plastics to us, not to China, is the plea from Liverpool-based recycler Centriforce Products. The company has a range of industrial products made from recycled plastics--mainly polyethylene--but says its expansion is...

RWM returns--bigger and better.(RECLAMATION & RECYCLING)
April 1, 2006... RWM, said by organiser EMAP Maclaren to be the biggest and best attended show for the recycling and waste management industry, will be returning to the NEC in Birmingham from September 12 to 14, with more space and a new look. With the...

Flame resistant PU foams silence electrical appliances.(REACTION PROCESSING)
April 1, 2006... POLYURETHANE flexible moulded foams from Bayer MaterialScience have been used for years in vehicle interiors to reduce noise. Now the company has developed flame-resistant grades of Bayfit Tec to do the same job for electrical appliances such...

Hennecke moves forward on three fronts.(REACTION PROCESSING)
April 1, 2006... NEW developments in machinery for high pressure PU processing, PUR-CSM (PU composite spray moulding) and rigid integral skin foam production have been made by Hennecke. In an attempt to convince users, including small and start up...

Induction-heated tooling tested for long fibre PU injection.(REACTION PROCESSING)
April 1, 2006... THE Cage System tool surface heating technology is being evaluated by Krauss-Maffei as a cost-effective method of manufacturing lightweight, glass-fibre reinforced polyurethane parts with a good surface appearance using its LFI long fibre...

RTM/VRTM machine designed for simplicity.(COMPOSITES)
April 1, 2006... A RANGE of resin transfer and vacuum resin transfer injection machines being introduced by Composite Integration has been designed with a high level of automation to meter, mix and inject resin and catalyst with the minimum maintenance and...

The most automated PET beer system in the world--probably.(BLOW MOULDING)
April 1, 2006... BEER is now being shipped in bulk in PET with a new non-refillable keg system developed for Carlsberg by KHS Till in Germany. The Draught Master system combines storage with dispensing. The non-refillable PET keg is attached to a tapping...

PolyOne adds lab machines for customer support on colorants and additives.(BLOW MOULDING)
April 1, 2006... POLYONE has boosted its European blow moulding support with two new machines, a coextrusion machine at its Cergy site in France and a stretch blow machine at its Assesse colour laboratory in Belgium. Worldwide the company already had a mono...

Sidel to expand Malaysian output.(BLOW MOULDING)
April 1, 2006... MANUFACTURE of Sidel blow moulding machines in Malaysia is to be increased with the opening of an 11,000 [m.sup.2] building, two thirds of which will be used for assembly and testing, to replace the existing two plants located 20 km apart....

Bottle barrier from South Africa.(BLOW MOULDING)
April 1, 2006... AN oxygen barrier coating for PET and polypropylene bottles has been developed by South Africa's Council for Scientific and Industrial Research. The Oxyplete coating is applied by spray or dipping after a surface modification step using...

Graham opens Dutch hole-in-the-wall bottle plant.(BLOW MOULDING)
April 1, 2006... GRAHAM Packaging has started up an onsite bottle-making operation with Royal Numico in the Netherlands. It is making HDPE multi-layer bottles for Numico's infant milk and clinical nutritional products for the European market using proprietary...

PEN takes the pressure for foam dispenser.(BLOW MOULDING)
April 1, 2006... A pressurised dispensing pack for personal care products has been developed by Graham Packaging and SeaquistPerfect Dispensng, a specialist in dispensing valves, pumps, and accessories, The pack has a disPenser in the base and is blow moulded...

New PE for injection moulded pressure pipe fittings.(ENGINEERING MATERIALS)
April 1, 2006... BOREALIS has developed an injection moulding grade of polyethylene specifically for PE 100 pressure pipe fittings. Borstar HE3490-IM combines the higher pressure performance of a PE100 material with the processing friendliness of a PE80, and is...

Petroplas opens the door to Biesterfeld.(ENGINEERING MATERIALS)
April 1, 2006... MATERIALS distributor Petroplas of Reading has linked with German-based trans-European distributor Biesterfeld Plastic in a 50:50 joint company. Biesterfeld Petroplas gives Biesterfeld the UK foothold that it has been seeking for several years....

First ElectriPlast licensee named.(ENGINEERING MATERIALS)
April 1, 2006... THE ElectriPlast technology for highly conductive plastics which we wrote about last month has its first licensee. Heatron Inc of the USA has taken a license to use ElectriPlast 'for specific applications in the heating and LED lighting...

New light shines on developments at Bayer.(ENGINEERING MATERIALS)
April 1, 2006... THE little light in the handbag' has grown into a business of its own at Bayer. A few years ago Bayer developed an electroluminescent film that lights up when a current is applied. Unlike previous technologies which were limited to flat...

Mobile phone casing made from 'highest biomass plastic yet'.(ENGINEERING MATERIALS)
April 1, 2006... PLANT-based fibres are being added to plant-based plastics in Japan to mould a mobile phone casing that has a biomass ingredient ratio of around 90 per cent--higher than any other plastic used in electronic devices, according to its developers....

PE improved by irradiation without cross-linking agents.(PACKAGING MATERIALS)
April 1, 2006... A METHOD of improving the properties of polyethylene by irradiating it but without using cross-linking agents which might create gels and hamper recycling has been devised by an American irradiation specialist. Steriginics Advanced Applications...

Distrupol adds Innovene materials in Ireland.(PACKAGING MATERIALS)
April 1, 2006... DISTRUPOL Ireland has added Rigidex high density polyethylenes to the materials it distributes for Innovene. The company is already the exclusive distributor for Innovene's polypropylenes and its other polyethylenes. In addition, Nova...

PET reheats quicker without loss of clarity.(PACKAGING MATERIALS)
April 1, 2006... A PET grade intended to shorten reheat times in the reheat blow moulding process, but without the drop in clarity that this has meant before, has been introduced by Eastman. The new Vorcalor PET CB01S contains proprietary infrared absorbing...

Labelling technology set to breathe new life into EPS containers.(FINISHING)
April 1, 2006... THE IMage EPS cup decorating technology which Nova Chemicals bought from Autonation of the Netherlands last October is about to go commercial in Europe. An Eastern European converter is likely to be the first user, with a Western European...

Light filtering glazing and improved panelling for public transport.(FILM & SHEET CONVERSION)
April 1, 2006... DISCOLORATION of fabrics and other materials inside public transport vehicles is combated by new Lexan Margard MR5 sheet from GE Structured Products, which absorbs ultra violet and infrared light in the 780-1,400 nm wavelength range. As...

Test fluids last longer in the light.(FILM & SHEET CONVERSION)
April 1, 2006... PRODUCTION capacity for surface tension test fluids, dyne pens and silicone rubber sleeves has been increased by Schleising Consultancy to meet higher demands. Mixing and manufacture of test fluids is done in a dedicated room in which...

Multi manifold dies apply coatings in combination.(FILM & SHEET CONVERSION)
April 1, 2006... EXTRUSION Dies Industries has introduced multi-manifold slot dies for coating fluids on to web substrates. These enable one die to be used to apply two or more coatings simultaneously to achieve higher productivity and avoid the risk of...

Hot air welder for restricted spaces.(FILM & SHEET CONVERSION)
April 1, 2006... PRECISION welding of sheet in restricted spaces is facilitated by the new Leister Fusion 2.0 hand extruder. It is 450 mm long and weighs 5.9 kg. Output of 1.8 kg/hr is suitable for users in various industries such as boat building and container...

Double barrier between emitters cuts maintenance.(PROCESS CONTROL)
April 1, 2006... THE new 3850 static eliminator bar from Fraser Anti-Static Techniques has a double barrier to separate the negative and positive emitters which the company says improves performance and reduces maintenance. Users can regulate static...

Entry-level machine interface unit.(PROCESS CONTROL)
April 1, 2006... A NEW low-cost machine interface unit from Mattec Corporation automatically monitors machine production and downtime, while allowing manual entry of downtime reasons, scrap counts and scrap causes. The MIU Level Z operator terminal can...

Dewpoint transmitter for demanding applications.(PROCESS CONTROL)
April 1, 2006... MEASUREMENT trends and a history up to a year can be monitored and displayed on a large numerical and graphics display with multi-lingual user interface on the new Vaisala Drycap Series DMT340 dew-point transmitter. There are four models in the...

System control can be from anywhere in the plant.(MATERIALS HANDLING)
April 1, 2006... NEW features of the Wittmann M7-Touch network control for materials handling systems eliminate need to operate from a fixed station. The operator can move freely around a plant at any time, view the status and operate the desired handling...

Bulk solids pumps range expanded.(MATERIALS HANDLING)
April 1, 2006... EW bulk solids pumps from K-Tron are designed to provide gentle and precise feeding of free flowing granules, flakes and powders. The BSP-135 with three feeding ducts replaces the BSP-125, which had two ducts, and extends the feed rate...

Summit adds metal fabrication.(MATERIALS HANDLING)
April 1, 2006... TO increase control and cut costs of the metal fabrications needed for customised materials handling systems Summit Systems has bought a metal fabrication company. The company says that its systems often require modifications to standard...

Rhoss chillers 'more than meet' ECA criteria.(TEMPERATURE CONTROL)
April 1, 2006... NEW Z Power RI34A 750 to 1,285 kW air cooled chillers from Coolmation were developed by Italian manufacturer Rhoss in partnership with Udine University and are claimed to have the best European Efficiency Ratio performances available, more than...

Climaveneta offers lower taxes and free cooling.(TEMPERATURE CONTROL)
April 1, 2006... THE latest Enhanced Capital Allowance (ECA) Scheme approved chillers from Climaveneta of Italy are now available from ICS Cool Energy, while another Climaveneta distributor, Powermaster Products, is offering a free-cooling module. The new...

Accelerated oxygen permeability procedure for PET.(TESTING)
April 1, 2006... RUDOLF Wild, the world's largest privately-owned manufacturer of natural flavour ingredients for foods and beverages, has developed an accelerated oxygen permeability test for PET containers. Its patented PET proof procedure will be reserved...

Tension and flex testing in one package from Instron.(TESTING)
April 1, 2006... INSTRON has introduced a complete plastics testing package for tension and flexural tests. Described as 'affordable', the system consists of a Model 3345 testing machine bundled with tensile wedge grips, flex fixtures, a Dell PC with 17 in LCD...

Dilute polymer viscosity measurement is automated.(TESTING)
April 1, 2006... A NEW solution viscometer from Viscotek Europe automates viscosity measurements for dilute polymers. The Y501 Automated Relative Viscometer measures solvent and sample viscosity simultaneously, avoiding errors due to temperature fluctuations...

Lloyd extends 'Plus' range of testing machines.(TESTING)
April 1, 2006... LLOYD Instruments has added two models to its Plus Series of materials testing machines. The new LR100KPlus and LRI50KPlus extend the range to nine models with capacities from 1 to 150 kN. These floor-standing machines can measure forces up to...

Universal impact tester for plastics.(TESTING)
April 1, 2006... ZWICK has introduced a universal pendulum impact tester for Charpy, Izod, tensile impact and Dynstat tests on plastics to ISO and ASTM standards. ASTM recommends the use of the lightest standard pendulum whereas ISO prefers the heaviest...

Mecmesin tests child-resistant closures.(TESTING)
April 1, 2006... A TESTING system for child-resistant closures has been introduced by Mecmesin. A child-resistant package is one that can only be opened with a combination of dexterity, coordination, strength and experience that is well within the capabilities...

Automated measurement of powder transportation.(TESTING)
April 1, 2006... Not so much testing of materials, but testing the way they are processed is behind Freeman Technology's FT4 powder rheometer. This tests wall friction to establish how a powder will process in a given plant: the frictional resistance between a...

The mixed mesh shape of things to come: thick, thin. Simple, complex. Modelling flow in an injection moulding is dependent on part geometry. But allowing for the most difficult simulation penalises simple tasks, unless you can strike a compromise. Clive Maier looks at how the analytical mesh that represents a component may soon be defined according to the job in hand.(SOFTWARE)
April 1, 2006... MOULDING simulation in 3D made its commercial breakthrough at K'98. Before that, everything was in 2 1/2D although the models looked like 3D. Models in 2 1/2D may seem realistic but they really consist just of surfaces with assigned...

Berstorff.(What's New on the Web)
April 1, 2006... Rubber and plastics process machinery manufacturer Berstorff has redesigned its web site for a fresh layout, more functions and easier access to more information. The site includes detailed specifications for Berstorff's processing machinery...

Watlow i-Catalog.(What's New on the Web)
April 1, 2006... Heating specialist Watlow has added an interactive product catalogue to its web site. With i-Catalog, users can search for products using code numbers or even partial cede numbers and can select predetermined criteria to build a heater based on...