Our Top 5 Stories of 2024
As we close out 2024, it's the perfect time to revisit our most popular blog posts of the year. From insights and ideas to innovations in sealing, wear, lightweighting, and connectivity, our top articles of 2024 look at the advancements transforming the semiconductor, aerospace/defense, energy, industrial, life sciences, and chemical processing industries. We hope you enjoy these stories as much as others have.
1. Here’s How Analytical Instruments Makers Extend the Life of Their Seals:
Laboratories working with aggressive chemicals know the struggle—pressure tube o-rings that don’t survive beyond a couple of testing cycles. Discover how Precision Glass Works (PGW), one of India’s leading manufacturers of laboratory glassware, increased the lifecycle of their seals, enduring multiple testing cycles without faltering. Also, what does it mean for seals in applications such as chromatography systems, hematology analyzers, DNA synthesizers, mass spectrometers, in vitro diagnostic systems, and solenoid valves?
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2. Three Reasons to Upgrade Your Aircraft Interiors to Thermoplastic Composites:
Nothing says "Welcome Aboard" better than the cabin interiors of an aircraft. No wonder airplane manufacturers across the world are constantly seeking ways to improve their interiors, upgrading to components made of thermoplastic composite materials. Learn more about the new possibilities.
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3. Here’s How to Improve the Reliability of Your Wafer Cleaning Equipment:
Struggling with cracked components, leaks, or unexpected failures in your wafer-cleaning equipment? These issues not only disrupt production but also rack up costly downtime and repairs. Discover how a leading semiconductor equipment manufacturer partnered with Greene Tweed to tackle these challenges head-on and boost the reliability and lifespan of critical components.
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4. Unleashing the Potential of Subsea Technology in Offshore Engineering:
Subsea technology is revolutionizing the oil and gas industry, offering cutting-edge solutions to some of the most challenging environments on the planet. For marine engineers, understanding and leveraging these technologies is critical to optimizing operations and ensuring safety in extreme conditions.
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5. Smart Seals – Revolutionizing Maintenance:
Envision a future where O-rings could communicate with users in real time, giving information about their own performance, eliminating unscheduled maintenance. This exciting innovation is around the corner, thanks to Greene Tweed’s groundbreaking ‘Smart Seals’ technology. We talk to the team behind the technology to learn how this award-winning innovation came to life.
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