An adhesive resin, ADMER® is used in multilayer packaging systems in the food industry and in plastic fuel tanks (PFT), fuel lines, fuel filler pipes, and connectors in the automotive industry. It is also used in industrial and medical applications. (read more)

Resin Traps and Media Traps for Water Treatment Systems. Resin traps/media traps are protection devices that prevent a complete loss of ion exchange resin, activated carbon, filter media, greensand, sand, or multimedia from an underdrain, lateral or strainer failure. Resin traps save your downstream product, process, equipment and/or pumps from damage and contamination. (read more)

"Fingerprint" the resin properties that will work for your company. APL's unique thermal plastic resin fingerprinting system utilizes a three step process to ensure a positive identification of the new resin system. This can save time, valuable resources and money. (read more)

Res-Kem Corp. is a stocking distributor for:

• Dow - Dowex
• Purolite
• Sybron Bayer - Ionac & Lewatit
• Thermax - Tulsion

The ion exchange water softener is one of the most common tools of water treatment. Its function is to remove scale-forming calcium and magnesium ions from hard water. In many cases soluble iron (ferrous) can also be removed with softeners. A standard water softener has four major components: a resin tank, resin, a brine tank to hold sodium chloride, and a valve or controller. (read more)

The MILEX™ Family of products is primarily used as binders in brake pad and clutch facing disc friction materials. This brake friction material enables superior performance at elevated temperatures, reduces brake noise, achieves good friction, lowers vibratory lurch and reduces system wear and tear. (read more)

ProtoCAM uses many prototyping materials and resins based on your needs, application, and product. They recently added Somos ProtoGen for improved chemical resistance and dimensional accuracy, and Somos Water Clear Ultra for optical clarity in their Stereolithography machines (read more)

Does your company need specific resin requirements in your product process? Even when you use the same vendor, resin lots differ due to aging and changing material properties. Let Associated Polymer Labs, Inc. test your lots and assist you in keeping and maintaining the highest quality of your products! (read more)

TORLON polyamide-imide offers the advantages of a thermoset, in that once cured, it provides unstoppable performance in some of the most severe service environments. But like a thermoplastic, it can be processed by standard methods such as injection molding, extrusion and compression molding. (read more)

Apec^® high-heat polycarbonate resin is an amorphous, high-performance thermoplastic engineering resin. This copolymer provides many properties similar to those of Makrolon® polycarbonate resin, and is particularly appropriate for applications requiring high temperature resistance. (read more)