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SEALANTS
Adhesives Research Adds to ARclad® Line
Adhesives Research Inc. has added two products to its line of ARclad® glazing tapes for the residential door and window industry. ARclad 8416 (black) and ARclad 8516 (white) are double-sided foam tapes specifically developed to achieve higher glazing performance by combining a high-performance acrylic adhesive with a strong, but flexible, foam carrier. These two tapes are designed to resist moisture, humidity and heat, and company officials say the flexible foam also allows for smooth radius corners.The ARclad glazing tapes can be used for sealing window assemblies in plastic, vinyl, metal and wood framing systems, and they create an immediate bond with no cure time and offer high cold flex, low odor and cyclic shock resistance.
www.adhesivesresearch.com

Cut Down Surface Energy with Latest from Adchem
Adchem Corp. has developed a second-generation muntin bar tape for low surface energy materials. The new LSE SDL (Low Surface Energy Simulated Divided Light) tape system is designed for use with Kynar 500® pvdf resin based coating systems, Vitrasil® acrylic polyester and powder-coated finishes. These tapes, like Adchem’s other systems, eliminate the need for liquid silane adhesion promoters, according to the company.The LSE SDL series provides long-term indoor and outdoor adhesion to a variety of window substrates, including easy-to-clean and “low-maintenance” glass. The system also bonds to cellular PVC, vinyl, primed and unprimed wood, plastic, and painted aluminum muntin bars. Adchem’s muntin bar tapes are designed to maintain high shear, tensile and cleavage strength while providing resistance to air, water, detergents, moisture, ultraviolet light and dust. The new LSE SDL product is available in .032 black. 
www.adchem.com

Reduce Errors Like a Pro 
Tremco has introduced the Proglaze ETA Engineered Transition Assembly which provides a way to simplify the installation of transitions from window to wall assemblies. The product is mechanically attached to the window or wall assembly so it ensures a continuous compatible seal, according to the company. This allows it to absorb dynamic movement and wind loading stresses without pulling apart. The company adds that it provides single-source accountability and helps to reduce workmanship errors.
www.tremcosealants.com

Sealant Designed to Withstand Fires 
Touch ‘n Seal has introduced a polyurethane sealant called Gun Foam II. Gun Foam II is designed to withstand flaming and is a type V residential fireblock. It is orange in color and seals gaps and cracks, and also resists air infiltration by creating a moisture vapor barrier. According to the company, the sealant cures quickly and is tack-free in around 10 minutes and has a shelf life of 18 months.  
www.touch-n-seal.com

Get a Finished Edge with Royal S4S Trimboard™
Royal’s new S4S Trimboard™, which uses 100-percent cellular vinyl PVC technology, is designed to offer a true finished edge by eliminating the open cell edges of traditional trim board. The True Square™ 90°, Stay Clean™ extruded edges have a smooth four-sided finish with Royal’s trademark Poly Select® surface, designed for durability, with no exposed or cell structure to sand, fill or paint. The S4S Trimboard is available in three standard thicknesses (5⁄8, ¾ and 1 inch), five standard widths (4, 6, 8, 10 and 12 inches) and standard 18-inch and custom lengths. Royal S4S Trimboard is available in both Smooth/Smooth and reversible Woodgrain/Smooth finishes. It is ready to install, paintable and can be installed edge to edge with Royal Trimboard sheet products.
www.royalmouldings.com

MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT
Omega Offers the Right Fit for Bending Operations
Syn-Tec says its Omega family of dry vinyl bending products is the only purchase manufacturers need to make order to bend profiles and realize profits. The Omega has a heating chamber that can heat up to eight profiles at one time and can produce up to 20 bends per hour.The Omega 2000 EZ Bend Radius Table has a 8 by 12-foot table surface and universal tool set. Additionally, the company says the wrap-around profile bending technology minimizes profile stretch and distortion. Syn-Tec adds that a size change is possible in 30 seconds or less compared to other systems that can take up to 20 minutes. 
www.syn-tec.info

Graco® Redesigns the Flow of its Systems 
Graco has redesigned its Therm-O-Flow 20 and 200 bulk melt systems with new technologies, providing quieter operation, better performance, longer service life and improved process efficiency, according to the company. Therm-O-Flow systems feature the new NXT™ Air Motor, which the company refers to as its next generation of air motors, as well as the patented Mega-Flo™ platen, which offers industry-leading melt rates, even with high-viscosity materials. In addition, this system features EasyKey™, an easy-to-use intuitive control that displays actual and set point temperatures, a material totalizer that can be reset to track material usage and a seven-day automatic startup timer. The system supports self-diagnostics which allow for predictive and preventative maintenance strategies, and includes sensors that signal when drum changes are needed. Therm-O-Flow units are integrated easily with a second Therm-O-Flow for tandem operation, according to the company. 
www.graco.com 

HARDWARE
Magnolia Upgrades Safety Warning Tab for Screens
Magnolia Metal’s first-generation screen corner is not only a screen corner, but also serves as a workable lift tab and features a safety warning on it. In addition, the company has updated the safety warning tab so that it can be splined in during the fabrication of an insect screen, so that it can work with all insect screen frame profiles universally.
www.magnoliametal.com

G-U Hardware and Norfield Team Up 
G-U Hardware (a division of the Gretsch-Unitas Group), and Norfield Industries of Chico, Calif., have collaborated to produce the G–U multi-point door lock jig. The multi-point door lock jig’s unique feature is its template-based system, making it extremely flexible, so that it can be used on current and new hardware, according to the companies. It can also:
• Accommodate standard door heights (6 foot 8 inches, 8 foot and beyond);
• Work on door thicknesses from 1 ¾ to 2 ¼ inches;
• Offer three-point matching in one set-up;
• Provide for 30- to 70-mm backsets in 5-mm increments; and
• Offer center alignment to Euro-groove.

Hafele System Designed for All-Glass Sliding Doors
Hafele America Co.’s new HAWA-Puro is a hardware system designed for all-glass sliding doors. According to the company, the system integrates its top tracks in both sheetrock and suspended ceilings, thus making the hardware system invisible. Likewise, company representatives say the runner-bearing technology allows doors up to 330 pounds to move quietly and effortlessly. It is equipped with a patent-pending wedge suspension designed to provide rapid height adjustment and easy installation.
www.hafele.com/us

WOOD REPAIR
Repair Wood Issues with KNOT-TEC™
The KNOT-TEC wood repair system from Power Adhesives gives manufacturers the ability to utilize an entire piece of wood, rather than cut it before a knot or defect. This eliminates waste, increases yield and maximizes the use of the material. The KNOT-TEC system also allows manufacturers to make use of formerly discarded wood in the manufacturing process that, due to defects, could not be used in the final product.

MACHINERY
Arcmaster Does It All
The new Arcmaster from Charles G. G. Schmidt & Co. Inc. is designed to fit the Williams & Hussy moulder and similar machines and enables the user to make straight, curved and elliptical mouldings on these machines. The Arcmaster is designed with a built-in removable fence, so that once it is mounted on the machine it can stay on for all applications. Three bearings are mounted on the main plate to keep the wood in place for precise cuts, according to the company. 
www.cggschmidt.com  

COMPONENTS
Increase Your Options with Contact
Contact Industries’ veneer profile-wrapped components are designed to enable door and window manufacturers to offer a broad array of options to customers.“The window manufacturing process is such that attempting to change from traditional species, such as pine, to something like cherry or alder, or even teak or sapele, in order to meet customer demands for product variations is exceedingly expensive if the OEM is working with solid components,” says Pete Himes, industrial sales manager. “We can reduce that expense significantly by providing wrapped components in a wide variety of species, with proprietary component designs that don’t require expensive changeovers at the OEM’s facility.” Contact previously supplied both solid and profile-wrapped components to customers, and now has expanded that capability to provide wrapped components in more than 200 different veneer species, as well as a wide range of vinyls, foils and films. The components can be engineered to each manufacturer’s proprietary designs using a wide range of substrates including finger-jointed pine, aluminum, extruded vinyl, LVL, MDF, fiberglass or just about any combination of these materials. Components can be provided ready to assemble and finish, or prefinished using a variety of paints, stains and topcoats with UV curing capability. 
www.contactind.com

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