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"An Introduction to Mold Making and Casting" Video
Now Available from PTS |
Rubber Guy & Rubber Gal Lead The Way To Mold Making Success in this Smooth-On video!
It will introduce you to the basics of mold making and casting. Presented in an easy to understand format, this video will show you:
- Materials available for making a rubber mold of any original model
- How to select a mold rubber for your project
- How to prepare your original model for mold making
- How to use mold rubber so that it cures properly
- Casting materials available for making copies of your original model
- And Much More!
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Smooth-On Announces New Body Double
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Smooth-On's New Body Double™ is a silicone rubber that can be applied directly to the skin to make fast and lasting molds of the face, hands and other body parts. Available in "Standard" or "Fast" Set, both are mixed 1A:1B by volume, cure quickly with high tear strength and will reproduce perfect detail from any original model - far better detail than any alginate.
Cast As Many Times As You Want - You can cast anything into a Body Double™ mold and make many castings from a single mold - not just one.
Save On Material And Labor Costs - With Body Double™, you use less material and can go right from the body to casting. By not having to make a plaster positive from your alginate mold, clean
it up and re-mold it, you actually end up saving money. |
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LOCTITE Introduces The Next Generation
of Plastic Bonding |
Loctite has made the assembly of difficult to bond thermoplastic components easier and better by adding Loctite®.
LOCTITE® 3030 Polyolefin Bonder enables manufacturers to expand their design options, boost productivity and improve product performance. This new 2-component, thixotropic acrylic adhesive eliminates mechanical fasteners, plastic welding, surface treatments, messy hot melt or solvent-based adhesives and primers. The new 3030 Polyolefin Bonder sets quickly to let you get your product assembled and out the door faster and easier.
Loctite® 3030 Polyolefin Bonder is designed primarily to bond many low energy substrates such as polyethylene and polypropylene, and can be used as a general-purpose adhesive on many other substrates.
Typical Applications
Loctite® 3030 is designed for bonding to difficult substrates, such as HDPE, LLDPE, and polypropylene. The product offers good resistance to many chemicals, allowing it to be used to assemble small appliances, signs and displays, speaker components, battery cases, liquid tanks, and storage bins to name just a few. |
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| Introducing RenCastTM |
| 6492 / Ren® 6492 is a non-mercury, flame retardant polyurethane system. This product is a new development in the family of RenCast fast polyurethanes, which have been specifically formulated to have an interesting combination of long work time (gel time) and short demolding time. RenCast 6492 is designed to closely simulate the properties of flame retardant ABS. |
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| 6494 / Ren® 6494 is a non-mercury, flexible polyurethane system. This product is a new development in the family of RenCast fast polyurethanes, which have been specifically formulated to have an interesting combination of long work time (gel time) and short demolding time. RenCast 6494 is designed to produce rubber-like parts with flexibility and hardness of 40 - 50 Shore A. |
| 6496 / Ren® 6496 is a non-mercury, thermoplastic-like polyurethane system. This product is a new development in the family of RenCast fast polyurethanes, which have been specifically formulated to have an interesting combination of long work time (gel time) and short demolding time. RenCast 6496 is designed to simulate thermoplastics such as TPO and PE. |
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New Products Introduced by RenShape Solutions
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Introducing RenShape® 5020 Low Density Styling Board
RenShape 5020 is a light gray colored, syntactic polyurethane board. RenShape 5020 has a moderately low density of approximately 10 pounds per cubic foot. RenShape machines very easily and finishes to a very good surface. The product is useful as a material for hand working and CNC machining styling and temporary master models.
Introducing RenlnfusionTM 8615/ Ren® 8615 High Temperature Epoxy Resin System
RenInfusion 8615(Resin) / Ren 8615(Hardener) is a two-component, low-viscosity epoxy system developed for use in the production of advanced composites using vacuum-assisted resin transfer molding (VARTM), resin transfer molding (RTM), Seemans Composite Resin Injection Molding Process (SCRIMPSM), or other infusion processes. The low-mixed viscosity and wet-out potential of RenInfusion 8615/ Ren 8615 enhance processability parameters. |
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Polymer Tooling Systems, Inc. Supplier Change
Vantico is now Huntsman Advanced Materials
and RenShape Solutions |
RenShape Solutions is a leader in the supply of synthetic materials to the pre-production and production market, delivering quality solutions, technical support and service - all aimed at increasing the speed of taking design concepts through to production.
Since 30 June, Vantico has a new owner and has become Huntsman Advanced Materials, part of the Huntsman group of companies. Huntsman is the world's largest privately-owned chemical company. It comprises five Business Divisions. Advanced Materials will be part of the Polyurethanes and Specialties Division.
Huntsman now has full operational and financial control of the business and has renamed it Huntsman Advanced Materials. It will be managed as part of Huntsman's Polyurethanes and Specialties Division.
Peter R. Huntsman, President and CEO of the Huntsman companies, said, "There are strong supply chain and commercial synergies between Advanced Materials and our existing businesses. We also are pleased that it gives us a more diverse portfolio of innovative, higher end products. We are confident that Huntsman Advanced Materials will significantly enhance our position in the market."
Huntsman Advanced Materials is a global manufacturer and supplier of materials for coatings and structural composites, of adhesives, tooling, electrical and electronic insulation materials to a wide range of industries.
The operating companies manufacture basic products for a variety of global industries including chemicals, plastics, automotive, aviation, footwear, paints and coatings, construction, technology, agriculture, health care, textiles, detergent, personal care, furniture, appliances and packaging. Originally known for pioneering innovations in packaging, and later, rapid and integrated growth in petrochemicals.
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New "Kneadatite® A/B multi-Purpose Epoxy Putty Bars"
from Polymeric Systems, Inc. |
Kneadatite® A/B multipurpose features & benefits
- Excellent for larger figures
- Great for "bulking up"
- For easier smoothing, add water to create a "slip"
- Can be mixed with Blue/Yellow (a.k.a. "Green Stuff")
- Lower cost
- Cures very hard (Shore D Hardness = 80)
- Long work life
Kneadatite® A/B multipurpose Epoxy Putty Bars are packaged:
- 12 – 1 lb. Kits/Shipping Carton
- Each Kit contains 1/2 lb. Bar Part A & 1/2 lb. Bar Part B
- Shipping weight: 13 lb. per carton
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New Packaging -
Kneadatite® Blue/Yellow a.k.a. "Green Stuff" |
| Polymeric Systems, Inc. announced that, based on customer feedback, they have improved the form and packaging of Kneadatite® Blue/Yellow. Please be assured the formula is unchanged. |
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| Kneadatite Blue/Yellow is now available in two separate bars packaged in one tube featuring: |
- New more attractive label
- Two separate pieces to avoid curing at interface
- Less time spent picking out cured pieces
- Less material waste
- Reduced skinning
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| Kneadatite Blue/Yellow will: |
- Cost the same
- Weigh the same
- Same number of pieces per carton
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| Miniature figure sculptors and modelers use Kneadatite (Blue/Yellow), which they have nicknamed "Green Stuff," for a number of specific uses: |
- To fashion the models used to make the molds for miniature pewter figures
- To fill gaps that appear in "built-up" kits
- To customize pieces with added parts not included in model kits
- To make original sculptures
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