Advanced Diamond Technologies Launches Revolutionary Family of Diamond Pump Seals.ROMEOVILLE, Ill. -- Advanced Diamond Technologies, Inc. (ADT (Asynchronous Data Transfer) A transmission technique used in ISDN PBXs that dynamically allocates bandwidth. See also abstract data type. ADT - abstract data type ), the world leader in developing and applying diamond films for industrial, electronic, and medical applications, launches a revolutionary family of mechanical seals to improve efficiency, save energy, and reduce costs in fluid pumping systems. Known as UNCD([R]) Seals, these products provide the unsurpassed benefits of diamond at prices comparable to silicon carbide silicon carbide, chemical compound, SiC, that forms extremely hard, dark, iridescent crystals that are insoluble in water and other common solvents. Widely used as an abrasive, it is marketed under such familiar trade names as Carborundum and Crystolon. face seals. ADT's patented and award winning UNCD([R]) (ultrananocrystalline diamond) adds the low wear and low friction attributes of diamond to the demanding application of mechanical seals for fluid pumps. UNCD is so smooth that it can be run directly against conventional blister resistant carbon and silicon carbide counterfaces making UNCD Seals suitable for a wide variety of pumping applications. Customers can immediately realize the benefits of UNCD Seals: energy savings by reducing friction at the sealing interface, increased mean time to replacement due to longer lasting faces, increased tolerance to poorly lubricated lu·bri·cate v. lu·bri·cat·ed, lu·bri·cat·ing, lu·bri·cates v.tr. 1. To apply a lubricant to. 2. To make slippery or smooth. v.intr. To act as a lubricant. conditions thereby reducing maintenance costs, and reduced face temperatures permitting the pumping of thermally sensitive media. "Industry has been waiting for a long time to leverage the benefits of diamond--its hardness, chemical inertness and low friction qualities--in affordable face seals," said ADT President Neil Kane. "Today's announcement is the first in a series of game-changing products where the unsurpassed properties of diamond are applied to all types of mechanical systems." According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. the U.S. Department of Energy, over 50 percent of pump life-cycle costs result from energy and maintenance expenses; and energy savings of 20 percent or more are possible with systems optimization. "In accelerated wear tests with extremely poor lubrication lubrication, introduction of a substance between the contact surfaces of moving parts to reduce friction and to dissipate heat. A lubricant may be oil, grease, graphite, or any substance—gas, liquid, semisolid, or solid—that permits free action of we have seen negligible wear on the UNCD faces and reductions in the coefficient of friction coefficient of friction n. pl. coefficients of friction The ratio of the force that maintains contact between an object and a surface and the frictional force that resists the motion of the object. of over 75 percent. In the same tests silicon carbide faces fail due to severe leakage," said Charles West, ADT Vice President of Engineering. ADT also announces the launch of a website supporting this new product family--www.diamondseals.com. It contains overall product information, a performance comparison between UNCD and silicon carbide faces, and an e-commerce component for purchasing seals online. Distributors and manufacturer's representatives interested in carrying UNCD Seals are encouraged to contact ADT. "We are grateful for the support from the National Science Foundation's SBIR SBIR Small Business Innovation Research (program/grant) SBIR Space Based Infra-Red SBIR Speaker-Boundary Interference SBIR Site Backsurface-referenced Ideal Plane/Range (silicon wafers) program in helping to bring these seals to market," said James Netzel, ADT Director of Seals Engineering. ADT also gratefully acknowledges the support of the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy The United States Department of Energy´s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) mission is to strengthen America's energy security, environmental quality, and economic vitality in public-private partnerships. (DOE-EERE) Industrial Technologies Program for the development and characterization of ultrananocrystalline diamond for rotating equipment applications by Argonne National Laboratory Argonne National Laboratory, research center, based in Argonne, Ill., 27 mi (43 km) SW of downtown Chicago, with other facilities at the Idaho National Engineering Laboratory, 50 mi (80 km) W of Idaho Falls, Idaho. Founded in 1946 by the U.S. . About Advanced Diamond Technologies Formed to commercialize the ultrananocrystalline diamond technology developed at Argonne National Laboratory, ADT is the exclusive licensee to Argonne's portfolio of patents for synthesizing and using UNCD. ADT is a World Economic Forum 2007 Technology Pioneer and a Red Herring Red Herring A preliminary registration statement that must be filed with the SEC describing a new issue of stock (IPO) and the prospects of the issuing company. Notes: 100 Award finalist as well as being a runner-up for the Wall Street Journal's Technology Innovation Award. For more information about ADT, visit http://www.thindiamond.com. For more information about ADT's UNCD Seals, visit http://www.diamondseals.com. For more information about the National Science Foundation's Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program, visit http://www.nsf.gov/eng/iip/sbir/. For more information about the DOE-EERE Industrial Technologies Program, visit http://www.eere.energy.gov/industry/. |
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