13 Jul 2009
QUADRANT EXTENDS ITS LINE OF COLOURED RADEL® PPSU LSG STOCK SHAPES
Quadrant Engineering Plastic Products (Quadrant EPP), the world's leading manufacturer of engineering plastics in stock shapes (rods, sheets, tubes) for machining, introduces additional standard colours to its Radel® PPSU (polyphenylsulfone) Life Science Grade (LSG) portfolio. All Quadrant Radel PPSU LSG stock shapes are certified biocompatible according to ISO 10993, giving designers the confidence that their finished products will successfully past testing whilst at the same time allowing for faster product development at reduced costs. In addition, Quadrant offers lot traceability of its LSG stock shapes while traceability is typically available only for raw materials and guarantees consistency in formulations. Standard colours available now include black, natural (off-white), blue, green yellow, grey, brown, rust-coloured and red, whilst custom colours can be produced on request. Quadrant Radel PPSU LSG stock shapes are available globally as rods and sheets in various sizes, allowing manufacturers to optimize yield with minimized waste. Quadrant’s engineering and service capabilities also include design and production of finished parts.
18 Jun 2009
QUADRANT BRINGS HIGH PERFORMANCE PLASTICS DESIGN AND MATERIAL KNOW-HOW ONLINE
Quadrant EPP has launched www.designwithtorlon.com, a multimedia website built specifically to provide information to engineers, designers and machinists on the material properties and many advantages that machinable Torlon® PAI shapes from Quadrant can offer. The website is available in English. In addition to standard material information such as product specifications, basic application information and downloadable documentation, the new site also features specially commissioned video elements that increase the site's appeal and usefulness for the design community.
22 Nov 2007
QUADRANT EPP APPOINTS ANGST+PFISTER AS FIRST EUROPEAN DISTRIBUTOR
Lenzburg, Switzerland – November, 2007 – Quadrant EPP, the world's leading manufacturer of engineering plastics in stock shapes (rod, plate, tube) for machining, has announced the appointment of Swiss-based Angst+Pfister as its first European distributor. Angst+Pfister will distribute the complete Quadrant EPP product portfolio Europe-wide and particularly in Germany, Austria, France, Italy, the Netherlands, Belgium, Czech Republic and Switzerland.
2 Aug 2007
QUADRANT EPP’S TIVAR® DRYSLIDE CHUTE CLADDING GETS DHL OUT OF A STICKY PROBLEM
Tielt, Belgium – August, 2007 – Cladding in low-friction ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene has solved movement problems on package transport chutes at international express courier company DHL’s sorting centers in the USA and in Europe. TIVAR® DrySlide PE-UHMW is produced by Quadrant Engineering Plastic Products (Quadrant EPP), which also took care of retrofitting many of the chutes.
6 Jun 2007
GIANT OFFSHORE PULLEYS IN LUBRICANT-FILLED CAST NYLON 6 LAST LONGER
Tielt, Belgium – June, 2007 – A lifting device installed on the top of a North Sea drilling platform has been equipped with giant pulley wheels made by sandwiching rim segments in a molybdenum disulphide-filled nylon 6 between steel flanges.
6 Jun 2007
QUADRANT EPP’S BOROTRON® ENHANCED HDPE PROVIDES RADIATION SHIELDING
Tielt, Belgium – June, 2007 – Borotron® from Quadrant Engineering Plastic Products (Quadrant EPP) is a high-density polyethylene (HDPE) formulation enhanced with 5% elemental boron that provides extra shielding against electromagnetic radiation. The combination of boron within a matrix of HDPE, a naturally hydrogen rich material, results in an ideal product in nuclear shielding applications. Both boron and hydrogen are very good at absorbing free neutrons.
6 Jun 2007
QUADRANT EPP INTRODUCES NEXT GENERATION MATERIALS FOR SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING
Tielt, Belgium – June, 2007 – Longer production life of critical components in semiconductor wafer chemical mechanical planarization (CMP) processes is possible with new materials available from Quadrant Engineering Plastic Products (Quadrant EPP). Semitron® CMP LL5 and Semitron® CMP XL20 offer service life from five to 20 times greater than materials currently used to make retaining rings, which hold the wafer in position as it is being planarised.
6 Jun 2007
QUADRANT EPP FOCUS ON PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT YIELDS TWO NEW MATERIALS IN ITS PIPELINE FOR 2008
Tielt, Belgium – August, 2007 – In addition to several products which Quadrant Engineering Plastic Products (Quadrant EPP) will introduce at K 2007, the company also has developed a pipeline of new products targeted for commercialization in 2008. Two major projects that are in market testing are polyimide (PI) shapes and parts and PVDF film as a facing for outdoor architectural fabrics.
6 Jun 2007
HIGH-PRECISION TPE SPRINGS TAKE ON THERMOSET ELASTOMERS IN RAILWAY BUFFERS
Tielt, Belgium – June, 2007 – Thermoplastic elastomers are replacing conventional rubbers and steel in high performance springs used in railway rolling-stock buffers, draw gears and draft gears. German company DUREL is in the vanguard of this trend, manufacturing spring pads from rods and tubes supplied by Quadrant Engineering Plastic Products (Quadrant EPP) in Arnitel® thermoplastic polyether elastomer (TPEE) from DSM Engineering Plastics.
6 Jun 2007
NEW THERMOPLASTIC COMPOSITE FROM QUADRANT EPP PROMISES ENGINEERING PLASTIC ADVANTAGES PLUS HIGHER LEVELS OF STRUCTURAL STRENGTH TO REPLACE METALS
Lenzburg, Switzerland – June, 2007 – Quadrant Engineering Plastic Products (Quadrant EPP) has developed new technology for incorporating glass fibre reinforcement within polymer matrices to greatly enhance structural strength of a variety of engineering plastics in sheet and thick plate form. Because of the rigidity improvement possible, the new thermoplastic composites (TPC) will open the advantages of engineering plastics over metals and thermosets to applications where structural strength was a limitation in the past, or where the thickness of material required was cost-prohibitive.
6 Jun 2007
QUADRANT EPP AIMS HIGH WITH NEW LOW-FRICTION, LOW-WEAR STOCK SHAPES FOR SEALS AND BEARINGS
Tielt, Belgium – June, 2007 – Stock shapes manufacturer Quadrant Engineering Plastic Products (Quadrant EPP) has extended its Fluorosint® range of proprietary high performance PTFE-based shapes for machining with a grade that can operate in extreme environments at temperatures anywhere from -240°C to +260°C.
