Maintaining national rail infrastructures is an extraordinarily difficult task. The U.S. rail network comprises almost 140,000 miles of track, encompassing freight, intercity, and passenger railroads. Each of these sees intensive daily use. As much as five million tons of freight and around 85,000 passengers are transported by rail every single day. That volume of traffic [...]

Air leakage control is a critical activity for a wide spectrum of businesses. Contractors may be tasked with sealing building envelopes to prevent heat loss, thus energy wastage. Specialty manufacturers may be called upon to deliver precision fabricated parts that target specific pain points and air leakage paths. The only way to gain a deep [...]

Lightweighting is a critical part of the mandate for aeronautic engineers, who constantly tread a careful line between cost, efficiency, and performance. The price of getting it wrong can be catastrophic. That is why careful attention is paid to each and every component to ensure the comfort and safety of passengers and crew throughout the [...]

Before discussing aluminum protection, it is important to offer an explanation of what is meant by ‘primary’  in the production, treatment, and application of the metal. The term ‘primary aluminum’ refers to the forging of the metal from raw alumina. Then, utilizing the Hall–Héroult electrolytic reduction process, the collaborative compound is smelted to create aluminum [...]

Mid-Mountain’s latest offering of flame-resistant fabrics for pallet covers was created as a direct response to the very real risk of sudden fires which have been known to break out in the transportation of dangerous goods. Unfortunately, freight fires are more common than you may think, and, as such, we have worked tirelessly to manufacture [...]

Global trade is built on our ability to safely supply commodities all over the world. This depends upon secure transport between different regions, to ensure that goods from one market can be readily supplied to consumers from another. Protecting products during transit is vital to this success. Cargo fire containment systems are widely used as [...]

Commercial- and industrial grade thermal insulation covers a wide range of materials and product formats. Most insulation types are primarily designed to inhibit costly or potentially damaging heat transfer within mechanical systems. Yet the plethora of design options available enables developers and process engineers to finely tailor their thermal insulation products to suit specific end-use [...]

Thermal insulation refers to the many ways we attempt to inhibit the transfer of heat from one object to another. These two objects may be the hot and cold faces of processing equipment in industrial facilities or the interior and exterior of external walls in domestic properties. The contexts in which thermal insulation may be [...]

Silicone rubbers are highly stable elastomers that are broadly used in industrial engineering and sealing applications. They are a viscoelastic class of synthetic polymers composed of silicone with added organic functional groups. Also known as polysiloxane, silicones comprise an alternating molecular chain of silicon (Si) and oxygen (O). They are inherently lubricating and chemically inert. [...]