Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, the global supply chain has faced unprecedented and complex challenges. For manufacturers, these supply chain challenges have caused considerable disruption, exposed risk, and have driven many to reconsider their existing methods of reshoring and moving manufacturing. As companies continue to navigate the issues in the evolving global supply chain, and as industries that invested heavily in outsourcing, offshoring and lean manufacturing continue to experience dramatic increases in risk, the need to protect against serious and costly supply chain disruptions is paramount.
Because we are formulators, we understand the chemistry intimately and know how it could be applied to the bushing. This is what makes us unique.
Transformer bushings are components of critical importance in the operation of a transformer. Their failure is one of the major causes of transformer failures, which sometimes can lead to fatal consequences, such as explosions, fires and oil spills.
A failed transformer bushing can thus cause a lot of trouble in the field. Not only is there a significant cost to replacing the bushing, but also the resulting transformer failure can incur additional costs, much higher than the cost of the failed bushing, and lead to downtime resulting in more costs to the operator.
Additionally, there is the question of the reputation of the transformer supplier, as well as a possibility to be subjected to penalties for power interruptions and failure to deliver electricity to customers.
Honing machines are high-performance systems that define the shape and surface of the interior of cylinders. All their parts, including their abrasive stones, must perform to exact specifications. The stones are held in place and spin inside the cylinder to finish the surface.
With abrasive honing stones, the choice of a good bond optimizes stone performance and cost per part. When used to clean or hone precision cylinders, the honing stones require an adhesive that can withstand the pressures of the torque of the machine’s operation and the extreme temperatures generated.
Seven years ago, a client asked Crosslink Technology Inc. to come up with a non-cytotoxic replacement for silicone in prosthetics.
Silicone is the standard padding used in sleeves, sprints, braces, arch supports and other prosthetic devices. While soft and reasonably tear resistant, silicone can sometimes cause allergic reactions in skin.
Shore hardness is the measured hardness of a cured material. Softer products are on the shore A scale, whereas harder materials are on the shore D and Rockwell scales. Most epoxies and polyurethanes fall into the shore A or shore D range with some in the very low end of the Rockwell scale. Some applications, such as rollers, require precise control of the cured hardness.
For over 30 years, teams from secondary schools and universities from around the world gather in Australia for a road trip from Darwin to Adelaide. The catch? The vehicles they drive must only be powered by the sun.
The Bridgestone World Solar Challenge challenges participants to engineer and build a vehicle that can successfully make the 3020km journey through some of the world’s most challenging landscape. The Viridian, the vehicle from University of Toronto’s solar race car team, Blue Sky, successfully completed the race in October 2019 with some help from an innovative 2-part epoxy system donated by Crosslink Technology Inc.