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Case Studies: Conductive/Anti-static Applications

	ATEX Compliant Capacitive Sensors Carlo Gavazzi has developed a new family of ATEX approved products by redesigning its Tripleshield^® capacitive sensors.
	Pipette Tips Although most standard pipette tips do not require conductivity, the tips used in the liquid-handling drug testing systems not only require conductive properties, but superior physical properties as well as chemical resistance.
	ESD-Protected Tray Safely transporting highly sensitive devices to prevent damage from ESD requires specialized carriers that not only address ESD, but also satisfy additional performance requirements specific to the end-use application.
	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.
	Flashlight Koehler-Bright Star shines in hazardous sites all over the world with the largest array of safety-listed flashlights available.
	Sound Bar Creating "the most entertaining products in the world" is no small feat. Yet, that is the mission of WMS Gaming as they manufacture and globally market casino gaming devices and systems.
	Combine Chaff Filter CNH, renowned manufacturer of agricultural equipment, attempted to favor the farmer by cutting maintenance downtime for their Case IH Axial Flow combines and Cotton Express cotton pickers.
	Battery Sterilization Case Linvatec Corporation is a leading manufacturer of arthroscopy and other surgical equipment. Their innovative line of Hall® Surgical equipment makes use of cordless battery power in such devices as sternum saws and bone drills.
	Digital Card Printer More than ten years ago, Datacard Group introduced digital card printers. Now corporations, government agencies, and other organizations rely heavily on Datacard identity solutions to protect people, property, and intellectual assets.
	Anti-Static Storage Bins It has been estimated that as many as one-third of all electronics parts have incurred some kind of damage from static electricity.
	Conveyor Rollers Shuttleworth Inc. supplies material handling conveyors to customers throughout the world and to industries as varied as their locations.
	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.
	Golf Club Head When GRC (General Ribbon Corporation) wanted to start making golf club heads, they knew they would need a specialty compound.
	ICP Storage Boxes Stat-Tech™ develops and manufactures injection molded, rigid plastic packaging to protect sensitive electronic parts.
	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 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.
	Wafer Carrier Modern automated wafer handling processes have increased the need for tighter tolerances on wafer carriers. Entegris, Inc., is the first company to make significant changes to the original linear wafer carriers developed in the early 1970's.
	Clean Room Conveyors As an international engineering company, Shuttleworth, Inc., produces the finest quality in-process conveyor automation and material handling machinery.
	Painted Latch Bolts For years, Wright Products of Rice Lake, Wisconsin, has been manufacturing heavy duty storm and screen door closure mechanisms that are painted to match popular door colors.
	Coil Spring Recent advances in tooling and equipment have made it possible to extrude high performance engineering thermoplastic compounds and alloys with precision approaching that of injection molding.
	Handheld Breath Analyzer Drunk driving offenders in many states now have a choice: Forfeit their license or test their breath alcohol content before and while driving with the LifeSafer™ Interlock device.
	Guide Rails In the growing European electronics market, manufacturer C.E.P.I. Rack s.r.l. in Italy has pioneered a new guide rail for module racks which hold and transport electronic circuit boards.
	Gas Cylinder Hooks New, high-pressure aluminum compressed gas cylinders are finished in a rigorous washing, coating and curing system. The cylinders suspend from a conveyor by plug hooks that provide a grounding path for the powder coating.
	Clean & Ship Tray Thermoplastic compounds used in the data storage and semiconductor industries must pass stringent requirements for cleanliness.
	Paper Holder for Copier When Olivetti Canon Industriale needed a high performance thermoplastic compound for the paper holder in its best-selling copier model, it called on RTP Company's Italian representative, Daire Chemicals SpA.
	Bumper Guards Manufacturers and shippers around the world rely on the growing family of Mettler-Toledo scales.
	Antistat Alignment Tool Shin Chin Industrial Company, Ltd., in Taiwan tapped the international expertise of RTP Company in designing a family of durable, anti-static alignment tools.
	Thermal Printer RTP Company joined forces with Axiohm Transaction Solutions to develop a wear-resistant, anti-static compound for its point-of-sale thermal printer.
	Spray Gun Nordson's Sure Coat™ spray gun is designed for performance, durability, and operator comfort. Comprised almost entirely of RTP Company specialty compounds.
	Tape Cases Protecting sensitive magnetic media from static electricity prompted Perm-A-Store, Inc. of Wichita, KS to develop the Conductive Turtle® cases.
	Paintball Gun Frame When paintball began in the U.S. in 1981, few expected its popularity to soar. Today, the sport includes professional and amateur tournaments throughout the U.S. and Europe.
	Cases for Electronics When one of their top distributors, Faes BV of Bladel, needed a static dissipating material for suitcase-type carriers, SPI BV of Eersel, Netherlands knew what to do.
	Anti-Static Ball Bearings Conveyor systems frequently generate static electricity. Depending on the specific use, the buildup of static can cause mobility problems or even damage the materials in transit.
	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.
	Conveyor Bushings Rolcon/Venix of Cincinnati, OH came to RTP Company for a conductive material to meet the demands of high-speed conveyor bushings.
	Printer Components The Tektronix® Phaser® 350 color printer presents numerous material demands. Two primary requirements are high heat resistance and structural integrity.
	Spray Nozzle Safety Guard Titan Tool Inc. has eliminated a stainless steel part by designing an injection moldable replacement. The patented part, a spray nozzle safety guard, disables the sprayer when removed.
	Printer Take-up Hub Thanks to the recommendation of molder Vaupell Industrial Plastic of Seattle, Washington, an RTP Company glass-filled ABS PermaStat® compound is the material of choice for this batch take-up hub.
	Coffee Grinder Receptacle RTP Company and Bunn-o-matic of Springfield, Illinois are helping people wake up each morning with the smell of freshly ground coffee.
	Film Cartridge End Caps Static buildup in the film processing industry is a constant problem. Dust particles attracted to film are one concern. Film jams and film-exposing sparks are others.
	ESD Shelf Support Pictured is a storage system for reticle boxes. Reticles are the master pattern of the circuitry that is exposed by a photolithographic process onto semiconductor chips.
	Proximity Probe Housing Offshore oil platforms, power generation stations and petrochemical refineries all share a condition of harsh environment for equipment essential to their business.
	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.
	Paper Transport System The Exit Hopper and Paper Feed Tray are parts used in the paper transport system of Kodak Imagelink Information Capture Products.
	Conductive Transport Box A carbon fiber reinforced ABS material compounded by RTP Company provides conductive properties needed for a new substrate carrier box.
	Heart Monitor A remote heart monitoring device manufactured by Marquette Electronics of Milwaukee, Wis., gives hospital patients freedom of movement.
	ESD Storage Box Classic Line, a division of Northwest Molded Products in Racine, Wis., expanded its line to include ESD protective storage/transport containers ranging in size from 1 5/8 by 2 1/8 inches to 5 by 7 inches.
	Circuit Board Rack K & R Associates, Inc., of Lawrenceville, N.J., produces Max-Rak, an assembly line rack for up to 25 printed circuit boards ranging from 0.031-inch to 0.125-inch thick.
	Jailers Ankle Strap Guardian Technologies of Cincinnati, Ohio, produces a home arrest unit that saves taxpayers county jail costs by keeping an electronic eye on nonviolent offenders serving their sentences in home confinement.
	Filtration Device Asbestos Analytics of Charleston, South Carolina, is helping to clear the air of hazardous fibers with a filtration device made from an RTP conductive carbon filled thermoplastic.