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Guide to Machining Cast Polyurethane Elastomers Part 1: Sawing, Turning, Facing, and Boring

Guide to Machining Cast Polyurethane Elastomers Part 1: Sawing, Turning, Facing, and Boring
Machining metal and plastics are similar some aspects, but each have unique properties where it differs. In Part 1 of our guide to machining cast polyurethane elastomers, we look at 4 machining techniques: sawing, turning, facing, and boring: Sawing: We’ll most often use a band saw for cutting urethane because the long blades run cooler, and...
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What you need to know about injection molding

What you need to know about injection molding
Injection molding, like it’s name hints, is when plastic granules or pellets are melted and injected under pressure to fill a mold. The mold is then cooled and reused to create exact copies of the part. In this process, hardened plastics are added to a hopper, are melted to a pliable temperature, and pushed into the...
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What is the IAPD’s GreenScene Program?

What is the IAPD’s GreenScene Program?
At Harkness Industries, we are proud to be part of the International Association of Plastics (IAPD) GreenScene program. The association developed this program for all member companies that are engaging environmentally friendly business and manufacturing practices. Qualifying plastics manufacturers compete an application and must earn a minimum of 100 points to qualify for GreenScene designation. The...
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Product profile: Urethane applications

Product profile: Urethane applications
If you’re looking for a cost-effective, tough plastics material, consider Urethane Plastic. Urethane elastomers is strong, but flexible enough to “spring” back to its original shape when bent or stretched. It’s ideal for highly stretched parts like pulley wheels, conveyor  rollers, ball-bearings, bushings, and cart wheels. Benefits of urethane elastomers:
  • high load-bearing capacity (tension, compression, shear)
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Who is Fimor North America?

Who is Fimor North America?
In October 2017, we announced that Fimor North America purchased Harkness Industries. The merger of our two companies will provide our customers exciting new possibilities in the years to come. Fimor was founded in 1977 and provides custom molded polyurethane parts and semi-finished products for numerous industries, protection applications, scrapers, and railroad infrastructure. Today, they...
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Abrasion-Resistant Polyurethane Liners

Abrasion-Resistant Polyurethane Liners
When you need extreme wear resistance that will outlast hardened steel by a factor of 5-1, use abrasion-resistant polyurethane liners in your next plastics manufacturing project. These polyurethane liners are ideal for harsh friction environments like bins, hoppers, turnheads, chutes, and discharges. Light-weight and noise damping, these polyurethane liners help protect your critical machinery from everyday,...
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Fimor North America Purchases Harkness Industries

Fimor North America Purchases Harkness Industries
We are pleased to announce that on October 31, 2017 Harkness Industries was purchased by Fimor North America, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Fimor Group. Merging our two companies will bring exciting new alternatives to our customer base. Fimor's excellence in large scale manufacturing of case polyurethane sheets will expand the offerings of the Harkness...
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Bonding Urethane to Metals for Increased Strength

Bonding Urethane to Metals for Increased Strength
When you need increase the strength and durability of a metal, consider bonding it with Urethane. Urethane is a resilient, non-brittle compound that can be bonded to other metals to increase their strength and durability, helping to extend the durability and life of your metal parts. A key feature of urethane, is that it has elastomeric...
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