Franklin Connections Blog

• What’s Next in Wood Technology

  Apr-04-2013 | Comments: 1 | Posted In: | Posted By: Bill Esler, Wood Products Magazine
  

  Wood industry industrial trade shows in Europe next month – Ligna 2013 in Hannover, and Interzum in Cologne – will be showcases for new technology. U.S. wood manufacturing firms generally don’t make the trip to visit, and that’s a shame. (Canadians visit in far larger numbers, both absolute and relative).(...) <read more>

• Pressure Sensitive Adhesive Gluing Tip

  Apr-02-2013 | Comments: 0 | Posted By: Abbe Raabe
  

  Microsphere adhesive performs best when (...) <read more>

• Adhesive: Problem Solver

  Mar-28-2013 | Comments: 0 | Posted By: Tom Polischuk, packagePRINTING
  

  Adhesives can do it all. Even, apparently, solve a significant dilemma for a major product rollout for a major CPG company. It's back a ways now, but when PepsiCo's Frito-Lay division launched “the world's first 100 percent compostable chip bag(...) <read more>

• Wood Adhesive Gluing Tip

  Mar-26-2013 | Comments: 2 | Posted By: Abbe Raabe
  

  Apply an iodine solution on broken joints to determine if the failure is in the wood or (...) <read more>

• How a Duck Decoy and Glue Changed Furniture Design

  Mar-19-2013 | Comments: 2 | Posted By: William Sampson, Editor of CabinetMaker+FDM Magazine
  

  Furniture makers and designers probably don’t think about glue as essential to design, but it is. Before when furniture makers used mostly animal-based glues, which were especially subject to failure resulting from heat and moisture, joint design was absolutely crucial. (...) <read more>

• Is Shale Gas the Way Forward

  Mar-14-2013 | Comments: 0 | Posted By: Mark Holmes, Filtration + Separation
  

  Filtration and separation technologies can be found in a multitude of applications and are essential processes in many industries. Some of these can be in the most extreme of conditions, both for the materials and equipment and those who operate them. None of these industries provides more challenges than the oil and gas industry. (...) <read more>