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Fire safe flexible conduits

Flexicon has supplied industrial fan manufacturer, Fläkt Woods, with high specification cable protection for the installation of powerful ventilation fans for the Marmaray tunnel rail project in Turkey, which links the European and Asian shores of Istanbul passing underneath the Bosporous Strait.

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Component costs cut

Steel producer, Ovako, has invested heavily in plant and procedures to enable it to manufacture high quality tube to guaranteed dimensions, so customers are able to reduce machining, improve yields and cut costs.

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Fluoroplastics agreement extended

Alfa Chemicals has become the official distributor for DuPont fluoropolymers (PTFE, PFA, FEP, ETFE) in the Ireland, the UK, Finland, Sweden, Denmark and Norway. The agreement includes DuPont Teflon and Tefzel, as well as Zonyl PTFE micropowders (Ireland and UK) and Capstone surfactants and repellants (Nordics).

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Micro-etched components

An innovative miniature surveillance helicopter is benefitting from the high precision manufacturing capabilities of leading photo chemical etching specialist, Precision Micro.

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Rapid machining

Following the launch of its speedicut rapid machining service two years’ ago, polymer specialist igus has now made the service even more varied.

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Structural tribo-filaments for 3D printing

Tribopolymer expert igus has developed a structural plastic filament for use in 3D printing. Developed for engineers wishing to create prototype bearings or small batch samples for real-world tests, the igus tribo-filament is said to be up to 50 times more wear resistant than conventional plastic materials used for 3D printing.

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