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Eurostar Engineering Plastics amasses patents with Cetim
The Val-d’Oise SME and Cetim are working together on the development of new thermoplastic solutions. Their co-developments have already led to three patents.
No more interfering cracking noises in your car after a few years of use! To lastingly avoid this phenomenon, Eurostar Engineering Plastics, the French thermoplastics expert, and Cetim recently filed a patent relating to solutions against noise generation whenever two plastic parts come into contact with each other. As part of this co-development, the Centre has developed a tribometer that is able to determine the potential noise generation, which depends on the nature of the materials in contact. In addition the Val-d’Oise SME has focused on the methods of minimising this potential noise generation.
Three patents in all
This patent is the third that the SME and the Centre have filed together. After several years of working jointly on the problems of friction and wear, they filed the first patent in 2015, relating to the synergy of solid and liquid lubricants for mechanical parts. A second patent was filed in 2016, regarding the first fireproof glass fibre-reinforced tribological polyamide. This technological innovation helps to manufacture electrical switches and circuit breakers that are guaranteed to be 100 % halogen-free.
All that is left to be done now is to move on to the commercial stage. This is well underway as a solution based on the second patent is about to be adopted by an industrial manufacturer for its new products.
Find our more information about Eurostar Engineering Plastics and its co-development strategy with Cetim on our website here and here.
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