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test environments where repeatability and
stability are paramount.”
Self-healing coating
NEI Corporation has introduced Nanomyte
TC-5001, a nanotechnology-enabled, single
component, clear coating, suitable for
dipping, brushing and spray application.
The new coating is designed to protect
zinc-plated and galvanized steel surfaces
from rusting under severe environmental
and operating conditions. Applications of
the coating include hardware (rods, pipes,
bolts and screws), automotive components
and farming equipment.
The dense barrier coating can be used
alone or in combination with Nanomyte
PT-100, a self-healing conversion coating. In
salt-spray tests (SST, ASTM B117), uncoated
zinc-plated steel bolts are said to have
exhibited white rust in 24 hours and red rust
after 168 hours, while theNanomyte coating
provided significant corrosion protection,
even after 504 hours of salt-spray.
Nanomyte TC-5001 is part of an expanding
portfolio of anti-corrosion coating systems,
including pretreatments and topcoats,
designed to protect steel, aluminum and
magnesium from corrosion.
Uncoated zinc-plated bolts begin to exhibit
rust after just 24 hours of salt spray testing,
while TC-5001 coated bolts show significant
corrosion protection even after 504 hours of
testing
Zero water peak fiber
OFS has introduced AllWave
®
One zero
water peak (ZWP) single-mode optical
fiber, a full-spectrum fiber designed
to bend to network demands while
lowering attenuation across the optical
spectrum.
AllWave One fiber is said to improve
the performance of optical transmission
systems operating over any part of the
wavelength range between 1,260nm to
1,625nm. Compared to OFS’s AllWave fiber,
AllWaveOne fiber has a very low 0.18 dB/km
attenuation specification at 1,550nm, a 40
percent smaller minimum bend radius, a 67
percent lower bend loss and a 33 percent
improved polarization mode dispersion
(PMD) link design value.
The bending performance of AllWave
One is 33 percent better and attenuation
performance is 15 percent better than
AllWave+ fiber in the S-, C-, and L-bands. Like
AllWave fiber and AllWave+ fiber, AllWave
One fiber will intermix with the installed base
of single-mode fibers having a nominal
mode field diameter of 9.2 micrometers.