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Technical Center Dubai - Polymers Lab

In the new polymers lab, WACKER experts are testing formulations with VAE dispersions as a binder in tufted carpet backing applications.

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WACKER’s lab for silicone elastomers in Dubai

WACKER’s lab for silicone elastomers in Dubai: A technical manager is performing a shore hardness test. In the MEA region, silicone elastomers are increasingly used in growing industries such as energy and mold making.

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ELASTOSIL® R plus 4350/55 test

Sealing profiles and tubing made of ELASTOSIL® R plus 4350/55 resist temperatures up to 400 °C. WACKER will present its new silicone rubber grade at this year’s Fakuma tradeshow.

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ELASTOSIL® R plus 4350/55 oven

WACKER, the Munich-based chemical group, will be debuting the new addition-curing silicone rubber ELASTOSIL® R plus 4350/55 at this year’s Fakuma tradeshow. The grade can be used to produce heat-resistant tubing and sealing profiles, such as for oven and stove doors and engine-compartment parts.

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CSP Technology

Concentrated solar power technologies (CSP) use parabolic trough collectors to concentrate sunlight onto vacuum receivers filled with heat-transfer fluid. According to a recently signed agreement, Munich-based Wacker Chemie AG will supply its newly developed HELISOL® silicone fluid in China exclusively to Royal Tech CSP Limited, a specialist for highly efficient solar thermal systems based on CSP technologies. (Photo courtesy of Royal Tech)

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