NEWS ENVIRONMENTAL
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Kintz won top honors at the 2005 Tina
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Kintz won top honors at the 2005 Tina
competition this year for the best heavy gauge Industrial entry (shown
at right), and the
best heavy gauge Medical entry.
Thermoforming Institute National Awards (TINA). The competition was held
in Naples, FL and was attended by both heavy gauge and thin gauge
thermoforming manufacturers from across America. Kintz entries won first place in both
the heavy gauge Medical category and the heavy gauge Industrial
category.
The heavy gauge Industrial entry was a large, twin-sheet formed plenum.
Eight of these units are keyed together to form a 12’ diameter unit used
in wastewater air filtration systems. Each plenum is made to support up
to 1200 lbs. The part was originally made of fiberglass but the customer
needed to convert to a material that weighed less, had high stiffness
and provided better heat, chemical and corrosion resistance. Kintz
redesigned the part for twin-sheet forming and then worked with GE
Polymers to select a material that would meet all of the customer’s
criteria. Kintz tested a new GE material and was able to successfully
form the part. The customer has now installed many of these air
filtration units with the new plenums around the world.
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