3M Glass Bubbles S32HS breaks the density barrier in SMCs at <1.0 g/cc, enabling the potential to replace metal components. ORLANDO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--National Plastics Expo, Booth #S27153 – As ...

With a growing focus on the lightweighting of parts, 3M Energy and Advanced Materials Division is finding increased interest for its glass bubble product line, and was at NPE2012 along with some of ...

Materials firms A. Schulman Inc. and 3M Co. are working together to develop insulation and weight-reduced compounds that use 3M's engineered hollow glass microspheres, better known as glass bubbles.

• New glass bubbles can replace resin and fillers without requiring added machinery or new, expensive tooling. • The bubbles reduce weight and improve dimensional stability. • New sizes of glass ...

Weight reduction in cars and other applications is driving use of innovative technologies such as glass microspheres in plastic compounds. Noble Polymers, a compounding business of Cascade Engineering ...

3M has introduced a new member of its high-strength hollow glass bubbles product line to provide a low-loss high-speed high frequency (HSHF) resin additive for composite materials that designers use ...

The 3M Company (NYSE:MMM) based in Maplewood, MN, is an American conglomerate that markets a wide range of materials, including laminates, abrasives, electronic materials, optical films and more. The ...