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February 16, 2012 by Kendal White

How to Repair Steel in 7 Steps: Easy to Follow Instructional Video

The following tutorial shows how easy it is repair steel applications with SolarShell, our fiberglass laminate. A SolarShell patch will bond with steel surfaces to effectively prevent corrosion, rust, and leaks.

1. Prepare the damaged surface by sanding away paint and rust.

2. Measure and cut the laminate to cover the area you need to repair. SolarShell comes in soft sheets that are easy to cut to any shape or size with standard knives or scissors.

3. Apply SolarShell primer to the prepared area. Don’t worry about matching it perfectly to the size of the patch. You want to primer to seep out slightly underneath it.

4. Remove the film backing and apply the patch.

5. Apply pressure to the patch using a roller or other tool.

6. Repeat the application process as needed. You can cut and apply large patches over a single area or several small patches in different areas.

7. Let the laminate cure under direct sunlight or UV lamp. In about 15 minutes, the laminate will harden and become an impenetrable shell.

And viola, in 7 easy steps, you have an impenetrable patch. You can even line an entire steel tank with SolarShell. Whether your problem is big or small, SolarShell can solve it. Once fully cured, the laminate can be painted over, and your application will look and function just like new.

Need to repair something other than steel? Don’t worry, SolarShell bonds with concrete, insulation glass, pvc, plastic and wood as well.

Why not try it out for yourself? What do you need to repair?

Filed Under: Corrosion Prevention, SolarShell, Uncategorized Tagged With: concrete, corrosion, fiberglass laminate, glass reinforced plastic, how to repair, instructional video, Laminate, patch, prevent corrosion, primer, repair, repair steel, rust, steel, steel applications, tutorial

February 14, 2012 by Kendal White

More Energy Rebates for More States

We recently wrote about energy rebates and incentive programs offered in Michigan to manufacturers who take action to save energy. Well, we have more good news. Duke Energy’s Smart $aver Incentive Program now offers businesses in Kentucky, Ohio, and North and South Carolina energy rebates for installing equipment such as high-efficiency lighting and HVAC pumps.

Energy rebates in Kentucky, Ohio, North and South Carolina
Duke Energy’s Super $aver program is designed to help businesses offset up-front costs, shorten payback periods, and improve their bottom line by reducing energy output. Companies can qualify for different Super $aver incentives based on their type of equipment—Duke Energy offers incentives for lighting, thermal storage, premium motors, process equipment, and many more.

In addition to providing a list of prescriptive incentives, Duke Energy also offers a Smart $aver Custom Incentive Program to its commercial and industrial energy customers.

Ask your account manager about how to enroll in a Smart $aver Program. And remember, UniTherm offers insulation jackets to keep your equipment insulated and efficient. Be sure to explore all avenues of energy efficiency.

Live in one of the other 46 states?
EnergySavvy.com
is a great resource that lets you search for energy rebates and incentive programs in your area.

Check back soon for more energy incentive updates.

Filed Under: Energy Efficiency, Manufacturing, Plastics Industry Tagged With: Duke Energy, efficient energy use, energy, energy conservation, energy efficient, energy policy, energy rebate, energy rebate program, Energy Rebates, environment, incentive, incentive programs, incentives, industrial, kentucky, north carolina, Ohio, rebate, rebates, south carolina, states

February 9, 2012 by Kendal White

At Home Auto Repair: From Fracture to Fresh and New in under 3 Hours

Everyone loves an extreme makeover, so today I will share with you the story of the RV overhaul. With a little help from SolarShell, our impenetrable fiberglass laminate, you too can undertake at-home auto repair for your RV, truck, car, or any other vehicle you may have.

bumper repair before and afterBumper Repair

Once upon a time, there was an RV in Texas with an unsightly gash on her front bumper. Instead of paying out the wazoo at an auto body shop, her owner decided to give SolarShell a try. He had no prior experience in auto repair, but he wanted to find a way to fix the bumper himself.

He applied a soft SolarShell patch to the damaged bumper, which soon cured into hard plastic shell when exposed to UV rays. After a quick sand and a fresh coat of paint, the RV bumper was as good as new. The entire repair was finished in less than 3 hours.

Three days after the make over, the RV rolled happily up to Oklahoma. She encountered heavy winds, rain, and rough roads along the way, but to everyone’s delight, the repaired bumper remained perfectly intact. SolarShell saved the day!

Moral of the story — Don’t overpay for auto repair, do it yourself with an easy at-home remedy. Try SolarShell today, and stay tuned for more of SolarShell’s versatile solutions — some of them may surprise you.

Filed Under: Auto Repair, SolarShell Tagged With: auto body shop, auto repairs, bumper, fracture, fractures, front bumper, home auto repair, plastic laminate, recreational vehicles, repair, rv

February 8, 2012 by Kendal White

NPE 2012—The Event of the Year, Are You Attending?

We find ourselves asking this question what seems like a hundred times every day. With less than 2 months until NPE, the buzz is really building about how this year’s show in Orlando will go and who will be attending.

There’s no doubt that for anyone in the plastics industry this is the show to attend. We’re promised more machines, more innovation, and greater access to our counterparts around the world.

It is an important show, without a doubt. And the new location certainly makes travel and accommodations more affordable than ever before. But we’re still hearing quite a bit of uncertainty from our customers and partners about making the investment to attend.

Simply put, you need to attend this show to learn about new technologies, network with your peers in the industry, find new resources, and maintain a cutting-edge on your company’s competition. We want to see you make it to the show, and so we’ve written a form letter to help you get the conversation started with your decision makers about sending you to NPE 2012. This letter includes the costs for transportation, meals, hotel, and the show itself. Just download the letter and fill in the projects and initiatives you’ll focus on benefiting through NPE. We’ll also get you into the EXPO for free—register here and save $80 with your free EXPO pass. The show begins April 2nd, so you’ll want to make your NPE plans asap.

I hope to see you at the show. Come by and see the new innovative technologies we’re working on in booth #3883!

Filed Under: Plastics Industry, UniTherm News Tagged With: attend, event, industry, innovation, international, machining, NPE, participants, plastics, plastics industry, show

November 22, 2011 by Kendal White

Energy Rebates Exponentially Increase ROI


To encourage customers to conserve electricity, energy providers across the country are offering their customers some very generous special offers, such as rebates on qualified insulation products. This is one green-friendly program that can save a company significant green-backs for years to come.

UniTherm Insulation Systems is here to help you “green your machines” by providing insulation products for the plastics industry. Our insulation blankets are high return, low investment insulation solutions that can lower your energy bill, protect your employees and lower the ambient air temperature in your facility. With off-the-shelf blankets and the ability to custom design to meet any company’s insulation needs, (altered with slits, cutouts, and/or other augmentations) we make it easy for you to make significant strides toward greening your organization and lowering your monthly electric bill.

SMR saved $17,297

Many have already cashed in on their energy provider’s current discounts and rebates, like Samvarhana Motherson Reflectec, a member of Samvardhana Motherson Group, who recently saved 55% on the purchase of insulation blankets for their largest injection molding plant that houses 45 machines ranging from 250 to 1,000 tons. 
Their total savings: $21,250.

96% of Purchase Reimbursed

Another Michigan-based company was faced with the too common concern of spiraling energy costs and needed a way to reduce its environmental footprint for the five 2,000 ton injection molding machines the company uses, but didn’t want to break the bank in the process. After learning of the special rebate from their energy provider the injection molding company decided to purchase qualify insulation products, a decision that will continue to save them money for years to come. Their rebate totaled $15,075, saving 96% on the total purchase.

Mold Masters Company Received $21,725 in Rebates

Heat loss costs organizations hundreds of thousands of dollars annually, but can be prevented with the proper insulation system. With the increased concern for more energy conservation, many companies, like Mold Masters Company in Lapeer, Michigan, will want to take advantage of one of these generous offers provided by energy utility companies all over the country. As a leading manufacturer of thermoplastic parts for the auto industry, Mold Masters Company needed to insulate their entire facility of 40 machines. Ranging in size from 85 tons to 2,450 tons, their rebate totaled $21,725. Mold Masters Company only paid $11,794 out-of-pocket for their $33,519 worth of insulation blankets.

So do these insulation blankets actually work? The answer is yes. Just ask Prism Plastics, who needed their 220 ton Sumitomo machine insulated. According to St. Criox Electric, their energy savings totaled 39.24%. Samvardhana Motherson Reflectec (SMR) is now saving 13.6% on their energy bills for their entire facility – and they expect to save even more in the summer months.

UniTherm insulation blankets have a typical pay-back in as little as 12 months. Add a big-bucks savings rebate from your energy provider and that time frame is significantly decreased to 3 – 4 months or less. You’ll continue to save year over year for the life of the blankets – making the ROI higher and faster than any other energy savings programs you can implement in your facility.

Typical incentive programs differ from state to state and company to company, but on average the offer is $1 per ton on blankets for injection molding, extrusion, blown film, and blow molding and $10 to $30 per linear foot on insulation for pellet dryer ducts (making your out of pocket costs about 50% less on machines and 90 – 120% less on dryer hose insulation).

To find out if your provider is offering a rebate program just give them a call. Be sure to check the details for specific machines and purchasable products.

Companies who have already cashed in on this incentive are doing their part to reduce energy consumption and are moving the savings straight to their bottom line.

Our sales representatives are here to help you start saving.

Filed Under: Energy Efficiency, Plastics Industry Tagged With: energy, energy savings, high roi energy project

October 21, 2011 by Kendal White

Video Production Tools & Workflow

A couple weeks ago we released a blog post about the benefits of online video for manufacturers. Video is a simple way to demonstrate products, generate brand awareness and boost inbound marketing efforts.

According to Pixability.com having video on your homepage makes your site 53 times more likely to appear on the first page of Google search results. We covered all of that last time and if you haven’t read it you can get it here. [Read more…]

Filed Under: From the Marketing Team

October 19, 2011 by Kendal White

Machine Safety: There is a Return on Your Investment

According to OSHA six million workers suffer non-fatal injuries every year in the US – costing businesses over $125 billion. Despite this number, some safety professionals and risk managers still struggle to justify investments in safety programs, training, and assets.

Calculating the ROI (return on investment) for safety is possible, and Liberty Mutual and the American Society of Safety Engineers calculate that on average the ROI for for safety programs is between $3 – $5 for every $1 spent. For most safety personnel the question is not so much is there a true ROI – but how to calculate it. Rockwell Automation’s Proving the Value of Safety whitepaper by Lyle Masimore details the steps to follow to create a safety investment analysis for your organization.  [Read more…]

Filed Under: Manufacturing, Safety Tagged With: calculate, calculate roi, ethics, hazard prevention, industrial hygiene, labor, lean manufacturing, machine safety, manufacturing, manufacturing safety program, occupational safety, occupational safety and health, prevention, roi, safety, safety engineer, safety engineering, safety professional, safety program

October 11, 2011 by Kendal White

Compressed Air Safety

Thanks to Kirk Edwards, Application Engineer Manager at EXAIR Corporation for his contribution to the UniTherm blog. EXAIR Corporation manufactures compressed air products for industry with a focus on efficiency, safety and process improvement.

My first experiences with compressed air were many years ago and involved welding gas tanks. My friend’s dad was a welding supply salesman in Grand Rapids, MI and we had full access to his welding rigs in the garage. This generally included large tanks of oxygen, acetylene, helium and regular compressed air. We had a few favorite activities with all this gas. One, for when the parents were away, involving helium to lift a plastic bag of acetylene, a long string (wick), and a lighter – enough said? The other was blowing air at each other or using a needle nozzle to blow the air on our skin and watch the cool indent it made. We always knew raising flammable bags of acetylene in the air was a bad idea, but couldn’t resist feeding our youthful pyromania. And we never gave a second thought to blowing air at each other or onto our skin. Come to find out that’s a really bad idea too… [Read more…]

Filed Under: Manufacturing, Plastics Industry, Safety Tagged With: air, chemistry, compressed air, compressed air equipment, compressed air hose, compressed air piping, compressed air products, compressed air safety, compressed air system, EXAIR corporation, gas duster, metalworking, nature, noise levels, occupational safety and health administration, osha noise level, physics, pneumatics, respiration, welding

October 7, 2011 by Kendal White

Benefits of Using Online Video for Manufacturing

I joined the digital video revolution during its earlier days. When I started editing as a pastime during college I was fascinated with all things digital video and the breakthroughs that were being made. What your average teen can produce on his Macbook these days was industry-shattering at the time. It allowed your average Joe to pick up an affordable camera and connect that camera to a computer to capture, edit and produce video. It was a revolution in the way videos were produced and delivered. Everyone became a potential filmmaker.

Then in February of 2005 a new platform called Youtube came along that provided a way for the guy with the handycam and computer to distribute his content for free to anyone with an internet connection.

Today there are more options for producing video than would fit in a series of blog posts so I won’t delve into the production side of things, at least not yet. However I would like to briefly tell you why online video is a good thing for manufacturers and how manufacturing video can help drive the bottom line.  [Read more…]

Filed Under: From the Marketing Team

October 7, 2011 by Kendal White

Plastics Manufacturing Insulation Jackets – Site Visit, Manufacturing, Install, and Support

At UniTherm International it is our goal to provide outstanding experiences and solutions for our customers. If you are in the plastics industry this post can serve as a guide to the process of outfitting your facility with UniTherm products. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Energy Efficiency, Manufacturing, Plastics Industry Tagged With: building engineering, building insulation, cellulose insulation, construction, energy, energy study, engineering, heat transfer, insulation, insulation jackets, insulation system, insulators, jackets, manufacturing, measuring, mechanical engineering, physics, plastic manufactures, plastics manufacturing, sales presentations, site, support, thermal insulation, thermal protection, thermography, UniTherm

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