Blogger buzz

Chris Rand, editor of the e-mail newsletter Engineeringtalk (The Independent Weekly Product Information Guide for Product Design and Automation Engineers), has been writing about blogs in his recent editorials. We are thrilled to be mentioned in yesterday's edition:

At the other extreme (and I'm sure they won't mind me describing them as such), the good folks at electronics manufacturing supplies specialist Intertronics have set up a useful blog which is exactly the sort of simple but useful thing which will keep its customers coming back. Why don't more suppliers do this?

No, we do not mind being "extreme", as long as this is a superlative for innovation, service, products, etc!

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Getting the gas out

Removing air bubbles from materials like epoxies and inks which you mix up yourself can be an irritation. Often some form of vacuum chamber is used to degas the mixture - it is time consuming and not easy!

One of the advantages of our Thinky ARE-250 Mixer is that it does not put air into the material whilst mixing - and then a degassing stage can remove what's left (down to micron levels). The planetary action mixes quickly and completely. The degassing mode is more effective than a simple centrifuge.

An epoxy resin, approximately 250,000cps
Before processing Countless microscopic air bubbles exist (60x magnified)
After 3 minutes "Mixing Mode" Only a few size 15μm air bubbles are visible
After 2.5 minutes "Degassing Mode" No air bubbles are visible under 60x microscope

Are you troubled with gas?