Plastics

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Qualitest is a global contender and one of the top-ranking manufacturers and suppliers of testing technologies worldwide. With our extensive portfolio of state-of-the-art and competitively priced testing machines, systems and software, we supply standard or customized solutions for many test, measurement and quality control tasks required in the world of modern materials testing.
The key products from Qualitest range include hardness testers, universal testing machines, metallography, materials testing equipment, spectroscopy, microscopy, portable testers, and instruments for testing metals,plastics, rubber, textiles, paper, paint, cement, concrete and packaging materials.
Qualitest has a wide network of agents and sales/service partners in North America and worldwide.

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Cross Roads One Center, 8201 Peters Road, Suite 1000, Plantation, FL 33324, usa
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For more than 80 years Reliable has been the industry source for rebuilt and new rubber and plastic machinery. We have built a reputation for design, custom engineering, manufacturing and rebuilt machinery, which endures. From the laboratory to the production floor, Reliable has the experience and equipment to target your specific requirements. Servicing the Rubber and Plastic Processing Industries goes beyond just a list of equipment in Inventory. Our innovative team of Sales Engineers, Design Engineers and experienced Production Technicians, deliver machinery that surpasses the everyday challenges of today's technology. Reliable also has the most comprehensive facilities in the industry: from AutoCAD to Gear Cutting. Reliable performs more work in-house than any of our competitors.

Reliable is a third generation family owned and operated business. Conveniently located in North Bergen, New Jersey, we have easy access to the metropolitan area's airports and seaports. Our 250,000+ square foot facility gives us plenty of space for an extensive on-site inventory, machine shop operation, in-house engineering, overhead crane operation (up to 40 tons), erecting and manufacturing. Call Reliable today and discover our commitment to excellence.

Laboratory Equipment:
Two Roll Mills – Rubber & Plastics
Two Roll Mills – Plastic (Electrically Heated)
Intensive Mixers
Hydraulic Presses
Calenders; 2, 3 & 4 roll
Extruders
Bale Cutters

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2008-14 Union Turnpike, North Bergen, NJ 07047, USA
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Rochester Precision Optics has a long-standing history of excellence within the optics industry. RPO offers complete design services from our staff of mechanical engineers, optical engineers, and lens designers.
Previously known as Kodak Optical Imaging Systems, RPO has combined the assets and know-how of optical manufacturing into our ultra-modern facility totaling over 110,000 square feet. We are experts at developing creative engineering solutions for our customers and specialize in developing lightweight electro-optical products. Our engineering department provides up front systems engineering and integration services and builds the prototypes for our customers. Upon completion of test and evaluation activities, RPO's vertically integrated manufacturing facility provides large volume manufacturing capabilities that include: Component Fabrication, Precision Plastic and Glass Molding, Thin Film Coating, Lens Assembly, and Final Assembly and Test. RPO offers a full spectrum of Precision Optical Manufacturing including:
Design and Engineering Services
Systems Integration
Lens Assembly
Visible and Infrared Components
Glass and Plastic Molded Spheres
Thin Film Coating

Rochester Precision Optics acquired ASE Optics in Jan 2011. ASE was formed in 1994 and has provided optical engineering services and research to over 200 different clients, ranging from government agencies, Fortune 500 companies and universities. ASE's optical scientists and engineers all with either Doctorates or Masters in Optics can partner with you on a simple design or more complex research using our Optical Discovery Service™.

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850 John Street, West Henrietta, NY 14586, USA
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Strainoptics is the world's leading manufacturer of non-contact, non-destructive stress measurement instrumentation to the glass and plastics industries.
In addition to the internationally recognized GASP® surface polarimeter, our product line encompasses a complete range of instruments, from simple strain viewers and polarimeter systems to specialized on-line and off-line equipment for measuring stress and other optical properties in a wide range of materials, including:
Float Glass
Architectural Glass
Automotive Glass
Electronic Glass
Container Glass
Optical/scientific Glass
Molded Products
Medical Packaging & Devices

Plastic Applications:
Strain Viewers
Polarimeters
Automated Birefringence Measurement Systems

Our test methods and instruments may be used with almost any transparent or translucent materials (generally a minimum of 25% transmissivity is required). Here are a few of the applications where our equipment has been successfully used to measure residual stress and/or birefringence:
Ceramics
Quartz
BaF2 and other crystalline materials
Fiber optic preforms
Special glass compositions

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108 W. Montgomery Ave., North Wales, PA 19454, USA
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For forty years, Summers Optical has manufactured and distributed optical cements and adhesives for military, commercial, and aerospace usage. Formerly known as Summers Laboratories, we have been the innovators of unique adhesive systems for the bonding of glass to metal, glass to glass, metal to plastic, and plastic to metal as well as 2-Component and 1-component (UV curing) cements for the bonding of like and unlike substrates.
All of our cements and adhesives have been formulated and are manufactured keeping in mind many of the typical bonding problems that are prevalent in the optical industry. Our line of cements offer solutions to broad band transmission, high mechanical shock and chemical resistance, differences in thermal expansion, laser, fiber optic, and filter applications, as well as bonding a wide variety of substrate materials.
We have always been committed to our customers and this commitment is matched only by our pride in quality and workmanship. You are invited to browse through our home page to learn more about our cements and our cementing accessories and what we have to offer the optical industry.

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1560 Industry Road, Hatfield, PA 19440, USA
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The TMI Group of Companies is a multi-national organization that manufactures and markets physical property testing instruments focused on the packaging, paper, pulp, plastic film, foil, ink, coatings, nonwovens, adhesives, and corrugated industries.

The TMI Group has a network of sales and service offices and agents throughout the United States and in over 50 countries, providing service and calibration to customers worldwide.
The company headquarters is located in New Castle, Delaware, USA, in a state-of-the-art green energy building which features 160 solar panels, geo-thermal heating and cooling, and LED lighting.

Products (by Test Property):
Abrasion
Adhesion
Bending / Folding / Stiffness
Burst Strength
Coefficient of Friction (CoF) and Slip
Compressive Strength
Contact Angle
Density and Specific Gravity
Freeness & Beating
Hardness
Heat Sealing
Hot Tack Seal
Impact Testers
Ink Rub
Internal Bond
Melt Flow Index
Optical Properties
Peel and Release Strength
Permeability
Porosity
Printability
Probe Tack
Roughness
Smoothness
Softness
Stiffness
Strength
Tear
Tensile Strength / Stress / Strain
Thickness Testers
Viscosity

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40 McCullough Drive, New Castle, DE 19720, USA