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Article: Thermoforming.
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- Plastics Technology
- Article date:
- August 1, 1994
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The buzz at the show was about catalytic gas heating, which has generated considerable enthusiasm over claims of big energy savings but also some skepticism about its universal applicability. A new supplier of catalytic heaters emerged at the show, as did additional details about a few new or upgraded machines and control systems.
CATALYTIC HEAT STARS
Vulcan Catalytic Systems, Portsmouth, R.I., the leading U.S. supplier of flameless catalytic heating systems to thermoformers, had its own booth as well as a display in the booth of Lyle Industries, Inc., Beaverton, Mich., which has sold two machines with catalytic heaters. A sign in the Lyle booth claimed that ...