Resin WS10 takes degreasing stage

John Neale was approached by Tube Form Technology to help them to remove trichloroethylene from its degreasing process - Resin WS10, an enhancement of Resin WS8 - was the outcome.

Tube Form was using a wood resin to fill tubes prior to bending to ensure dimensional integrity of the tubes.

The resin was then melted out and the residues removed with trichloroethylene vapour degreasing.

John Neale suggested it tried using Resin WS8 to replace the wood resin in its process.

A sample was sent down to the customer for trials to begin.

Unfortunately the resin was only able to support bends down to about 2.5xdiameter in their process and below that the dimensional integrity was affected.

However, the Resin was easier to handle, less messy with much less dust, easier to remove from bent tubes, and the residues really did just wash off in water.

John Neale returned to the lab to see if it could find an enhancement to Resin WS8 that would support the extreme bending which Tube Form was doing.

Samples of a couple of candidates were sent down for testing and the second option seemed to work.

The enhanced resin supported bends down to 1xdiametre, was still easy to use in terms of filling and emptying from tubes and the residues were simply water washable.

Resin WS10 is now available for these extreme forming operations.

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