By Patric Scheidner

Corporate Vice President Global Head of Aviation, Space, Rail

Printed electronics such as the technology used in the smart health patch are enabling remote patient monitoring (RPM).

Many of the electronic devices used today serve a similar purpose as they did 10 years ago, and yet many have become smaller, faster, lighter and with the ability to be used virtually everywhere. 

In today’s world, reliability has become essential when it comes to electronic devices.

Motors and Drives are Key to Energy Conservation

Major Factors Driving Innovation for Power Conversion and Industrial Automation Applications

Structural Adhesives Take on New Importance as Battery Electric Vehicle (BEV) Growth Surges 

Use high performance epoxy backing to extend machinery life

Over the last 35 years the epoxy crusher backing compound has replaced molten zinc as the preferred backing material for rock crushers within the mining and aggregate industries. This is due to its many advantages over pouring molten zinc especially from an increased health and safety standpoint. With epoxy backing there is no longer the safety hazards for workers to handle extremely high temperature molten white metal.

Epoxy crusher backing compounds are 100% solids, pourable, self-leveling, two-component epoxies used to fill cavities and eliminate gaps behind wear parts in both gyratory and cone crushers. It improves the mining equipment’s performance with high compressive strength, impact, and vibration resistance. This dramatically minimizes friction and vibration during extreme crusher operations which is critical to extending the life of wear liners and mantles.

The decision to use mass timber reflects consumer demand for wood’s aesthetic: calm, organic, warm, well-being, and health-conscious luxury. It is also a reflection of market demand for its sustainability, ecological and human health benefits. Architects talk about “healthy interiors” when advocating beautiful wooden building designs.

So, health and safety are a high priority for both consumers and developers alike. It is not just the safety of the structures; it is emissions too. Safety includes interior air quality and indoor emissions.

There are invisible carbon-containing organic chemicals naturally present in indoor air. They come from many sources, such as flooring, furniture, fabric, and paints. Even trees, humans, and pets emit volatile organic compounds (VOC).

Developers are painstaking in choosing low-emission flooring, paint, and other building products. As a result, VOCs are not typically present at a considerable concentration in the air of today...