A weekly look at new products, innovations

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Eagle Elastomer Inc. has introduced two new compounds.

The first is MPF-0750, a newly designed chemical resistant perfluoroelastomer compound that the company said has excellent compression set properties. Eagle Elastomer is offering this compound in an unvulcanized state for molding applications.

The compound can be provided in extruded cord and custom profiles that will be fully cured and post-cured for optimum properties. The cured extrusions also can be supplied with an FFKM splicing compound.

The second material is EE94575H, a -30°C Tg compound that Eagle said can be supplied in fully vulcanized and post-cured forms that can be certified to AMS-3384. This material is available in cured sheet and extruded cord, tubing and custom profiles, the company said.

For more information, go to www.eagleelastomer.com.

Cimcorp, a manufacturer of turnkey robotic order fulfillment and tire-handling solutions, will launch its expanded Dream Factory solution at Tire Technology Expo, to be held Feb. 16-18 in Hanover, Germany.

The new version of Dream Factory includes the handling of raw materials and compound products to provide an end-to-end solution, the company said. The layout design utilizes 50 percent less floor space, the company said.

Cimcorp, part of Murata Machinery Ltd., said the Dream Factory solution is suitable for both brownfield and greenfield factory sites. The firm said its robot technology and material handling software help to control the manufacturing process at each stage, offering real-time data for production and inventory management and streamlined material flows that enable optimum utilization of process machinery, such as building machines and curing presses.

For more information, go to http://cimcorp.com.

Mahr Federal Inc. has introduced an entry level surface finish and contour measuring system that the firm said can generate both surface and contour measurements in a single pass.

The MarSurf UD 130 replaces the MarSurf UD 120, and the company claims it offers improved nanometer range measurements, high measuring and positioning speeds, a biomimetic probe design with improved rigidity and higher dynamics and automatic probe arm recognition.

The product is designed for applications in industries such as automotive or bearings that require high resolution, but may not have the very high tolerance requirements of some optical or aerospace applications.

The MarSurf UD 130 comes with Mahr's XCR 20 CNC software package for automatic measurement operation, which the company said provides extensive surface and contour measurement and evaluation capability, including functions such as line form evaluation, nominal/actual comparison, and the creation of auxiliary reference points.

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