Selecting a Thermal Gel or Thermal Gap Pad – Your Questions Answered (Part I)
This is the first part in a two-part blog post series answering the questions you asked during the webinar Selecting a Thermal Gel or Thermal Gap Pad now, available on-demand.The objective of thermal...
View ArticleSelecting a Thermal Gel or Thermal Gap Pad – Your Questions Answered (Part II)
This is the second part in a two-part blog post series answering the questions you asked during the webinar Selecting a Thermal Gel or Thermal Gap Pad now, available on-demand. Missed part 1? View it...
View ArticleHow Tailored Single-Use Fluid Management Systems Benefit Biopharma...
As well as pharmaceutical production based on complex organic molecules, manufacturing of advanced biologic drugs and vaccines must ensure that in-process contamination risks are mitigated as...
View ArticleThermal Interface Materials for Challenging Private Spaceflight Applications
The advent of new and advanced technology has revolutionized the space industry, ushering in a new era of innovation and change brought by private space companies. Parker Chomerics was recently honored...
View ArticleHow a Self-Retaining Static Seal Efficiently Seals Bores in Non-Pressurized...
What can be done if a bore requires radial sealing but lack of a lead-in chamfer prevents the installation of a seal? A situation like this occurs for instance when an existing bore should be closed...
View ArticleVehicle Connectivity Drives Demand for EMI Shielding with High IP Rating
The growing connected vehicle and electric car markets are currently driving up demand for IP-rated (Ingress Protection rating) and EMI protection. Even standard road vehicle electronics need to be...
View ArticleEMI Shielding Honeycomb Air Vent Panel Design Features
Honeycomb air vent panels are used to help cool electronics with air flow and while maintaining electromagnetic interference (EM) shielding. Recently, our team of experts held a webinar on EMI...
View ArticleBRE Compounds Bridge Gap Providing Improved Properties Over FKM & Aflas®
Fluids play a critical role in sustaining life. Keeping animals and humans hydrated and helping plants grow are obvious ways. Less obvious ways include moving cargo around the world and keeping...
View ArticleChanging the Environmental Impact of Electric Car Batteries
The popularity of electric and zero-emissions vehicles is growing substantially, although their share of the overall automobile market remains relatively small. Automobile manufacturers are spending...
View ArticleOvercoming Challenges of Fully Autonomous Vehicles
As the automotive industry moves toward more automated, connected vehicles, engineers are challenged to identify technologies that can process and transfer large volumes of data in real-time without...
View ArticleImproving Efficiency of Diesel Truck and Bus Fleets
Clean energy consultancy Gladstein, Neandross and Associates, in its recent report on sustainable fleets¹, predicts another decade of diesel-powered heavy trucks leading long-haul. Diesel efficiency...
View ArticleChallenges of Commercial Vehicle Electrification
In 1933, Kenworth Motor Truck Co. became the first American truck manufacturer to introduce the Cummins 4 cylinder, 100 hp, HA4 model diesel engine as standard equipment. By 1938 the first two-stroke...
View ArticleThermal Gels or Gap Filler Pads? Top 6 Things You Should Know
Thermal interface materials are used to eliminate air gaps or voids from adjoining rough or un-even mating surfaces. Because the thermal interface material has a greater thermal conductivity than the...
View ArticleHow Fire Seals Contribute To Overall Aircraft Flight Safety
If the words “Fire Seal” bring to your imagination a Sea World show gone terribly wrong, then you probably won’t be interested in this blog. But, for anyone associated with the field of aviation,...
View ArticleIdeal Surface Finish Recommendations For Optimum Sealing Performance
When designing a gland in which an O-ring or elastomeric seal is the desired sealing component, there are several aspects that need to be considered. A perfectly designed seal with the right material,...
View ArticleHow to Mitigate the Contamination Risk in Biopharma Production
Mitigating the contamination risk in biopharmaceutical manufacturing is essential for two reasons: Obviously, product safety for patients is of paramount importance, but manufacturers must also be...
View ArticleIncreasing Reliability in Drug Delivery Systems
Improvements to a drug delivery system (DDS) can control the consistency and increase the quality of drug delivery. Parker’s self-sealing polyisoprene is designed to improve on existing systems...
View ArticleTop 8 Questions From Webinar Intro to Electrically Conductive Sealants and...
In our recent webinar about electrically conductive sealants and adhesives, our experts covered many topics from electrically conductive filler packages to the physical properties of the materials like...
View ArticleTaking Out the Guesswork: Optimizing Rubber Component Design With Nonlinear FEA
Have you been frustrated with going through multiple design iterations when rubber components are failing due to high stresses or your device has been leaking due to insufficient compression? Have you...
View ArticleProtecting Robotic Surgery Systems from Electromagnetic Interference (EMI)
Robotic surgery systems or robot-assisted surgery, offer immense patient benefits -- from shorter recovery time, to better surgeon visualization, which leads to a more precise, effective and successful...
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