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Case Studies: Electronics Applications

	Portable Telemetry Device Apogee's telemetry products are used for testing bit error rates and data links on satellite displays and rocket launches.
	Airline Entertainment Appliance IMS introduced the Personal Entertainment Appliance (PEA) to provide airline passengers with wireless, lightweight and easy access to a range of entertainment options.
	ATEX Compliant Capacitive Sensors Carlo Gavazzi has developed a new family of ATEX approved products by redesigning its Tripleshield^® capacitive sensors.
	Cell Phone Antenna Centurion's antennas combine small size with high performance, as well as integration with other components.
	Personal Dust Monitor TEOM technology has been used in thousands of instruments worldwide, but required special engineering to convert it into a miniaturized version designed for the rugged mine environment.
	Removable Storage Disk Breakthrough nanotube technology evolved during development of a breakthrough computer product. Iomega has changed the rules of data backup with its REV™ drive and removable REV™ disk.
	Lead-Free Soldering This Molded Rotor component by Accumold meets the demanding high temperature requirements for lead-free soldering.
	Key Cap Kivider Rapid Injection Molding provides a solution to this challenge. Rapid Injection Molding is a process that quickly turns out high quality products and is frequently referred to as the "bridge" between prototyping and conventional injection molding.
	Mobile Phone Wraps Times Square — where spectacular signs are landmarks onto themselves. Extravagant visual effects on gigantic billboards are vital in creating the dazzling landscape of New York City's most popular locale.
	Platable Connector Well-versed in the chemistry and uses of plastics and metals, Tyco engineers are often called on for their expertise in using these materials to control conductivity and electronic noise in many of the electronic devices they design.
	Antenna Pod For over 10 years Antenna Plus, LLC has been developing low profile antennas for use in two-way communication systems. The rugged design of their Millennium series of mobile antennas are ideal for demanding applications.
	Platable Circuits Technological advance is gained only by overcoming a technological challenge. In the electronics industry, these challenges often involve the issues of electromagnetic compatibility, reliable electrical conductivity, and static dissipation.
	Wiring Harness To direct and protect cables, Marconi manufactures a megaphone-shaped communications cone. Mounted in outdoor cabinets, the cone functions much like a traditional wiring harness, funneling cables and protecting them through climate changes as varied as the Earth's terrain.
	Encapsulated Capacitor In some cases, small jobs demand enormous responses. When Accumold of Ankeny, IA, took on the design of a new capacitor housing for a leading hearing aid manufacturer, they faced and met many challenges.
	Coil Bobbin RTP Company, in conjunction with Epcos AG, a German manufacturer of electronic components, has developed a commercial line of glass reinforced, non-halogenated flame retardant polyester compounds.
	Hand Held Scanner Housing Elimination of "hot spots" or uneven surface charge distribution was a major issue that Hand Held Products faced when creating a new image scanner for clean room environments.
	Electronic Probe When Pomona Electronics designed its digital Multimeter Probe that helps electrical and electronic technicians diagnose and troubleshoot circuitry and other test points, it called on engineers at RTP Company.
	Wafer Transport Trays A new family of Static Dissipative Compounds improves reliability and saves time in manufacturing chip trays, packaging products, and consumer goods.
	Cleanroom Scanner Housing ESD (ElectroStatic Discharge) is the sudden transfer or discharge of electricity from one object to another. In cleanrooms or on factory floors, ESD poses a threat to product quality and may cause damage during any phase of manufacturing.
	Optical Encoder High performance optical encoders convert mechanical rotary motion in motors, shafts, and conveyors into electrical signals that are monitored by computers.
	Electrical Terminal Block Stanwick Electrical Products and molder Pre Plastics turned to RTP Company for an RTP 200 Series nylon compound that meets the extreme demands of electrical terminal block carriers used in the utility/power generation industry.
	Microcell Radios Ricochet, a division of Metricom, Inc. of Los Gatos, CA, has developed a wireless modem and Internet service for on-the-go professionals using lap-top computers.
	Face Panels for Circuit Board RTP Company joined forces with molder, Cal-Tron Corp. of Bishop, CA, to meet the material requirements for a face panel and an ejector (latch) used on a circuit board.
	Ejector Latch for Circuit Board RTP Company joined forces with molder, Cal-Tron Corp. of Bishop, CA, to meet the material requirements for a face panel and an ejector (latch) used on a circuit board.
	LCD Projector Sarif, Inc. of Vancouver, WA is a company based on innovative thinking. Sarif was established in 1994 to manufacture small, high-resolution active matrix LCDs for use in projectors and virtual reality headgear.
	Connector Hood Positronic Industries of Springfield, MO and RTP Company teamed-up to meet shielding requirements for a connector hood.
	Cell Phone Gasket RTP Company has developed a new material which provides electromagnetic and radio frequency interference (EMI/RFI) shielding and is pliable enough to serve as a gasket or seal.
	Tape Drive Covers IBM Storage Systems Division in Tucson, AZ and RTP Company teamed-up to find a specialty compound ideal for front and back covers of the IBM Magstar Tape Drive operator/service display panel.
	Television Chassis The unique design of the Bang & Olufsen BeoVision Avant integrated television places high demands on its structural components.
	Electronic Book Enclosure An electronic book by IBM of Rochester, Minnesota which utilizes an RTP Company material, took top honors in Plastics Industry News magazine's Computer & Business Equipment Category.
	Memory Module Remover Stratos Innovations, Seattle, Washington, specified RTP Company's PermaStat® 600, a permanent antistatic, nonsloughing ABS for an innovative tool for the electronic industry.
	Multimeter Shield Molded conductive composites for EMI/RFI shielding are most difficult to qualify by pre-assembly testing.
	Channel Guides Bivar, Inc., Irvine, California, manufacturer of electronic assembly hardware, has refined their GRIP-O-GIDE™ deep channel card guides to improve retention, withstand higher temperatures and meet DESC drawing, numbers 84101-01 through -04.
	Gas Sniffer An RTP Company stainless steel reinforced ABS compound snuffed out a competitive metal as the best material for a gas monitor application.
	Potentiometer Devices Imagine! Complex engineering plastic parts no bigger than the letter on your phone dial. What a challenge to the designers, the material supplier, and the processor.