Franklin Connections Blog

• Wood Adhesive Gluing Tip

  Dec-17-2013 | Comments: 0 | Posted By: Abbe Raabe
  

  One side of material to be used for checking spread rates can be covered with masking tape and later removed (...) <read more>

• Top Five Unique Applications for PSAs

  Dec-10-2013 | Comments: 0 | Posted By: Todd Hunt
  

  Popcorn bags. Sticky notes. Labels for pharmaceutical bottles. We sifted through numerous unique recent applications for our pressure sensitive adhesives (PSAs) to select those we count among the five most innovative. Here they are.(...) <read more>

• Wood Adhesive Gluing Tip

  Dec-04-2013 | Comments: 0 | Posted By: Abbe Raabe
  

  When using a clamp carrier to press an edge-glued set of billets of wood, some customers allow all billets in each set to pass over the coater. In this case, since all coated edges are facing the same direction during pressing,(...) <read more>

• For Architectural Woodworkers, Panel Matters

  Dec-02-2013 | Comments: 3 | Posted By: Bill Esler, Wood Products Magazine
  

  When Architectural Woodwork Institute members gather, the discussion always turns to panel and veneer, defining aspects of commercial architectural millwork. At last month’s 61st AWI Convention in Orlando was no exception, where AWI board president Michael Bell recounted the state of the architectural wooding business.(...) <read more>

• Better Filtration Through Fibre Selection

  Nov-27-2013 | Comments: 0 | Posted By: Mark Holmes, Filtration + Separation
  

  Advances in filtration can come in many different ways and forms. One of the most interesting that I have come across this year has involved new developments in microfibre technology.(...) <read more>

• Taking Strides Towards Sustainability

  Nov-25-2013 | Comments: 0 | Posted By: Jaye Schroeder
  

  Most of you have taken steps, large or smaller, to reduce the negative impact of your operations upon the environment and produce greener goods. And you likely know about the MBDC (McDonough Braungart Design Chemistry) Cradle to Cradle CertifiedCM program,(...) <read more>