August 2011 - The iPolyCond consortium has announced a second free web seminar to be held on 22 September 2011.
This second web seminar will cover the basics of Conductive Polymer Composites. Register for this free event by e-mailing Sophia Huda.
April 2011 - The iPolyCond project consortium has announced that a free web seminar will be held on 29 June 2011.
The Web Seminar will cover the subject of Conductive Polymer Composites. You can register for this free event by e-mailing Sophia Huda.
SHROPSHIRE, UK (January 2011) - iSmithers, the information business within Smithers Rapra, announces the second international conference on High Performance Plastics will be held on 23-24 February 2011 in Cologne, Germany.
Supported by the iPolyCond project "Increasing the Knowledge Base of the European Polymer Industry in relation to New Conductive Polymers", this conference will be dedicated to the advances in plastic materials that are tuned to excel even in harsh environments and tough service conditions.
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Primer on Conductive Plastics: Things to consider as you specify these materials (November 2010 - plasticstoday.com)
Conductive plastics are developed by compounding thermoplastics with electrically conductive materials such as carbon or steel fibers, carbon nanotubes (CNTs) or graphite, and other additives to enhance the dispersion of the conductive materials into the polymeric matrix. The result is to give conductive properties to some plastics that normally are isolators.
Read this article on conductive polymers by Luis Roca of Aimplas (part of the iPolyCond consortium) on the plasticstoday.com website
SHROPSHIRE, UK (September 2010) – iPolyCond Project Conducts Industrial Survey to Benchmark Knowledge and Awareness of Novel Conductive Polymers
The EU-funded iPolyCond project has undertaken a detailed industrial survey to benchmark the level of knowledge and understanding of conductive polymers within the European plastics converting, material processing and manufacturing industries.
Based on the findings of this benchmarking survey, the iPolyCond project aims to develop a range of targeted and highly relevant training materials and resources. These will benefit European plastics converters who wish to take full advantage of the potential of conductive plastic materials.
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SHROPSHIRE, UK (November 2009) – iSmithers, the information business within Smithers Rapra, has been awarded €300,000 to lead a new European project to develop training materials on conductive plastic materials for the benefit of plastics converters.
iPolyCond, a two-year project funded by the Transfer of Innovation strand of the European Commission’s Lifelong Learning Programme will integrate the available state of the art scientific knowledge and experience of the consortium to develop, write and test industry-specific training materials and resources.
iPolyCond builds on the work undertaken by the European project PolyCond which successfully developed eco-friendly, cost effective and high added value conductive plastics composites which are radically innovative, knowledge based and sustainable for the protection against the effects of Electromagnetic Interference (EMI) and Electrostatic (ESD).
Conductive polymers are breakthrough materials which will allow the SME sector to expand their product range into new applications by offering materials with an expanded range of physical and electrical properties.
iPolyCond will be managed by iSmithers, working with a consortium of 10 partners from across Europe including the British Plastics Federation, AIMPLAS, TBA Electro Conductive Products Ltd., Betase and VTT.
For more information on the iPolyCond project, please contact Suzanne Wilkinson, tel: 44 (0)1939 252435 or email: swilkinson@rapra.net.