More than 900 polyurethane professionals attended the 2014 Polyurethanes Technical Conference in Dallas. This is the premier industry event in North America. Learn about the latest developments in the polyurethanes industry in this ICIS interactive publication.
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How can polyurethane chemistry give runners the bounce they need to power through a 10k? BASF research scientist Dr. Frank Prissok has been developing the answer to that question. As a result, BASF’s new thermoplastic polyurethane, InfinergyTM, has become an energy store for a runner or athlete, giving them a little extra spring in their step. Find out more about this incredible polyurethane science in our interview with Dr. Prissok below.
Q. What is InfinergyTM and how did the idea for it happen?
A. InfinergyTM is the first expanded thermoplastic polyurethane (E-TPU). It is a closed-cell elastic particle foam consisting of individual...
Category: 2014 Polyurethane Technical Conference, Athletics
As a young architect, Frank Lloyd Wright worked for Louis Sullivan’s architecture firm in Chicago. Sullivan is known for designing some of the earliest skyscrapers using steel-frame constructions. His famous adage, “form follows function,” is still used by many architects who recognize the purpose of a building should be the starting point for its design. Wright later evolved the phrase to “form and function are one.”
Many architects continue to believe that the shape of a building should not be fashioned after some aesthetic tradition, but rather should be determined by the purpose of the building. Polyurethane products used in...
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Fomo’s ColorwiseTM Temperature-Indicating Nozzles have enabled easy use of temperature indicating technology for use with polyurethane foam. For many industries, including adhesive manufacturing and spray foam, chemical temperature is critical to a good end result. Find out more about this new development in temperature indicating technology in our interview with Mojee Cline, a Technical Department Manager at Fomo below.
Q. Can you explain Fomo’s ColorwiseTM Temperature-Indicating Nozzles and how the idea happened?
A. ColorwiseTM Temperature Warning Nozzles change from clear to blue, indicating that the chemical has reached an extreme cold temperature and the foam should not be dispensed, a visual...
Category: 2014 Polyurethane Technical Conference, Innovation Bonds
This year’s Polyurethanes Technical Conference featured 14 technical sessions and 59 technical presentations. The presentations spanned a range of topics, including: Appliances and energy critical foams, Automotive, Chemistry and fundamentals, Coatings and footwear, Construction, including PUR/PIR construction foam and spray polyurethane foam, Elastomers, Environment, health and safety, including general and specific to spray polyurethane foam, Flame retardants and combustibility, Flexible foams, Processing innovations, Renewable content polyols and Sustainability.
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Preferred RCSTM resin coasted sand with Dow TERAFORCETM Technology is a polyurethane innovation that is changing the energy sector. A collaboration with Preferred Sands, the new and more sustainable technology has ability to help create jobs and contribute to a manufacturing renaissance in U.S. energy. We spoke with Juan Carlos Medina, Director of New Business Development at Dow, about this new innovation. Find out more in the interview below.
Q. Can you explain Dow’s TERAFORCETM Technology and how the idea for it happened?
A. So we were approached by a customer who had gone to other venues for help and then came...
Category: 2014 Polyurethane Technical Conference, Innovation Bonds
Manufacturing technology has gotten a reboot, thanks to Novomer Inc. The commercial introduction of Novomer’s Converge® polypropylene carbonate (PPC) polyols chemistry for use in polyurethane formulations has given innovators a new building block from which to design and create new products. From adhesives to coatings, sealants to elastomers, and rigid and flexible foams applications, Converge is taking on renewable resources in an innovative way. We spoke with Peter Shepard, Chief Business Officer for Novomer Inc. about the new product. Find out more in the interview below.
Q. What are Converge® polyols and how did the idea for it happen?
A. Our...
Category: 2014 Polyurethane Technical Conference, Innovation BondsEngineers, scientists and business experts in the polyurethane industry defined innovation at the 2014 Polyurethane Technical Conference. Click on this post to check out what they had to say in the video.
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We recently talked with BASF technical manager Mike Krupa about his Polyurethane Innovation Award application for the 2014 Polyurethanes Technical Conference. Learn more about how Mike and his BASF colleagues are changing the world of refrigeration with polyurethane foam. (Hint- it’s better for the environment!)
Q. Can you explain BASF’s new Elastocool® rigid foam?
A. We developed an innovation forward refrigeration polyurethane foam system that is better for the environment. Our system has improved insulation to meet new strict energy standards. BASF is helping to develop insulation foams that are better for people and the environment—this can...
Category: 2014 Polyurethane Technical Conference, Appliances