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Food and Dairy Applications: 10 Reasons Why You Should Opt for Polymer Bushings

In the food and dairy business, failure to meet both national (and international) standards can quickly polymer_bushings_in_food_industrydestroy an otherwise successful company.  It is vital that the equipment be not only reliable but compliant with governmental regulations.  More and more engineers are turning to polymer options in the design and implementation of food and dairy processing equipment.  This post will focus on why polymers are an outstanding option for a specific aspect of machinery used in these industries:  bushings.

Why are polymer bushings a good choice?

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PTFE: A Sticky Situation for the Gecko

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Geckos, it would seem, can just about stick to anything. 

Well, researchers at the University of Akron decided to see what kind of surfaces geckos can cling to, and Teflon, or Polytetrafluoroethylene PTFE as engineers prefer to call it, was one of their tests.  Their answer was surprising: geckos cannot cling to dry PTFE (wet PTFE is another matter altogether).  Some people say that PTFE is the only dry surface that a gecko cannot cling to … but why?