Egyptian insulators plant installs German technology.

Advanced Ceramics Report;  July 1, 2000 ;     118 words ......supplied manufacturing equipment to an Egyptian maker of electrical insulators. The equipment includes ceramic-body preparation units...units and dryers. The Egyptian Company for Manufacturing Electrical Insulators (ECMEI) will use the equipment in its newly established...

steatite

Webster's NewWorld Dictionary;      39 words ...Webster's NewWorld Dictionary 01-01-1988 ste|a|tite (ste tit) n. a compact, usually impure, massive variety of talc, used to make electrical insulators, etc.; soapstone --stea|titic (-tit'ik) adj. Copyright 1994, 1991, 1988 Simon & Schuster, Inc.

Teflon

Webster's NewWorld Dictionary;      47 words ......trademark for a tough, insoluble polymer, used in making nonsticking coatings, as for cookware, and in gaskets, bearings, electrical insulators, etc.--n. [t-] this substance, esp. as a coating Copyright 1994, 1991, 1988 Simon & Schuster, Inc.

fluorocarbon

Webster's NewWorld Dictionary;      45 words ......car|bon (-kr'bn) n. any of a class of nonreactive organic compounds containing carbon, fluorine, and, in some cases, hydrogen: used as aerosols, lubricants, electrical insulators, etc. Copyright 1994, 1991, 1988 Simon & Schuster, Inc.

Hydrophobic epoxy for electrical insulators.(keeping up: composites)

Plastics Technology;  November 1, 2008 ;     90 words ......semi-flexible, cycloaliphatic epoxy from Huntsman Advanced Materials, The Woodlands, Texas, is used to mold sheds for outdoor electrical insulators in medium- to high-voltage applications. Araldite S-HCEP is hydrophobic and provides good tracking and erosion resistance...

polychlorinated biphenyl

A Dictionary of Chemistry;      70 words ......rings have been replaced by chlorine atoms. Polychlorinated biphenyls are used in the manufacture of certain polymers as electrical insulators. They are highly toxic and are suspected to be carcinogenic; their increasing use has caused concern because they have...

shellac

A Dictionary of Chemistry;      30 words ...shellac A hard resin produced as a secretion by a plant parasite, the south-east Asian lac insect Lacifer lacca . It is used in sealing wax, varnish (French polish), and electrical insulators.

TOP BILLING

Albuquerque Journal;  September 24, 2004 ;     490 words ......with artists along West Central. Free. THICK GLASS Collectors go for electrical insulators The blues, ambers and aqua-green glass used to make electrical insulators in the last century can be stunning. It's hard to believe the pieces...

Alumina powder.

Advanced Materials & Processes;  April 1, 2001 ;     62 words ......uniaxial or cold isostatic pressing and sintering. Adding 25% water produces a castable slip, and plasticizers can be added for extrusion. Applications include electrical insulators, machine parts, ballistics, and chemical-resistant components.

AGREEMENT FOCUSES ON ELECTRICAL INSULATORS

AsiaInfo Services;  September 24, 1996 ;     152 words ...AsiaInfo Services 09-24-1996 Agreement Focuses on Electrical Insulators HEBEI, September 24, AsiaInfo Services, Inc -- A contract for establishing a US$ 25 million tripartite joint venture was signed...

Electrical Insulator Manufacturer to Move 75 Jobs to Knoxville, Tenn.,...

The Knoxville News-Sentinel (Knoxville, Tennessee) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News);  November 7, 2002 ;     443 words ......Ferrar Nov. 7--PPC Insulators, a worldwide manufacturer of electrical insulators, is closing its Macomb, Ill., production facility and...are salaried employees. PPC Insulators makes porcelain electrical insulators for power generation and the distribution industry. The...

ASK THE GLOBE

The Boston Globe;  March 16, 1992 ;     107 words ......Associations, available at most libraries, the National Insulator Association was formed in 1973 by and for collectors of electrical insulators (the glass caps found on the top of telephone poles), lightning protection devices and related artifacts connected with...

Epoxy for Insulators Resists Water.(Brief Article)

Plastics Technology;  August 1, 2000 ;     80 words ...A new epoxy system for electrical insulators shows outstanding hydrophobic properties, according to Vantico's Polymer Specialties Div., East Lansing, Mich. (formerly Ciba Performance...

Aluminum oxide ceramic.(New Products)

Fiberoptic Product News;  June 1, 2004 ;     130 words ......that is machined using conventional high speed hardened steel tools. This alumina enables users to produce prototype electrical insulators and high temperature brazing and heat-treating fixtures. Typical properties for the product include a compressive strength...

In Good Company.(clubs for collectors)(Brief Article)

Country Living;  April 1, 2001 ;     80 words ......compacts (right), Victorian hairwork (jewelry made from human locks), happy pigs, transistors, toothpick holders, antique electrical insulators (those glass and ceramic gizmos stuck on power lines), feed sacks, fractional currency, sugar packets--even sand. To...