Consumer goods, applications

Cellulose acetate (CA), cellulose acetobutyrate (CAB) cellulose propionate (CP), Thermoplastics manufactured from cellulose by esterification with acetic acid (CA), acetic acid and butyric acid (CAB), or propionic acid (CP). Their products are characterized by high impact strength, transparency (without filler), and oil resistance. Examples of applications consumer goods, toys, combs, keys for music instruments and business machines, spectacle frames, photographic films. CA fibres are used for underwear, neckties, etc. Trade names Cellidor (FRG), Setilithe (B), Tenite (USA). 

As with many consumer goods, compressors cannot be purchased without accessories. Some of the accessories are essential to the basic operation of the compressor, such as lubrication systems and couplings. Other accessories, such as the anti-surge control equipment, are optional in order to enhance operation but are not essential. The accessories may be purchased from the equipment vendor or they may be purchased from another party—a decision open to the purchaser. Generally, the accessories essential to the operation are purchased from the equipment vendor as part of the original purchase. The lubrication system and couplings are classic examples of this option. Intercoolers, while essential, are not normally purchased from the equipment vendor if the application is a process compressor. 

The second amendment to the Consumer Goods ordinance introduced a prohibition on the production, import and sale of certain garments and fabrics dyed with azo colorants which may split to cancerogenic aromatic amines. There are 24 prohibited amines in total. (See TRGS 614 [12]). The fifth amendment (1997) excluded those azo pigments from the prohibition of production and use, for which upon application of the official testing method [13] none of the listed aromatic amines can be detected. 

PP/EPDM-V targets specific applications and has lower consumption than TPOs. PP/EPDM-Vs are used in the appliance, automotive, construction, consumer goods, packaging, electrical electronics (E E), industrial, food and medical sectors for various moulded and extruded technical goods, soft-touch overmoulding, grips. .. 

As seen from the above, conventional uses of methanol cover a wide range of products which in turn find application in a very broad cross-section of industrial and consumer goods. New end uses have continued to develop and spur the growth of methanol production. One such development is the Monsanto low pressure process that carbonylates methanol to acetic acid (6). Essentially all new acetic acid capacity now being installed is based on Monsanto technology. By 1981, eleven plants converting methanol to acetic acid are scheduled to be on stream. At capacity they will consume over 300 million gallons of methanol. 

Titanium is the ninth most abundant element in the earth s cmst, at approximately 0.62%, and the fourth most abundant structural element. Its elemental abundance is about five times less than iron and 100 times greater than copper, yet for structural applications titanium s annual use is ca 200 times less than copper and 2000 times less than iron. Metal production began in 1948 its principal use was in military aircraft. Gradually the applications spread to commercial aircraft, the chemical industry, and, more recently, consumer goods. 

The specific power of rare earth permanent magnet motors can exceed 1 kW/kg. The combination of reliable, low-cost, solid-state controllers and brushless permanent magnet motors will find applications in (i) computer accessories like disk drives, printers, x-y plotters, (ii) consumer goods like hand tools, fans, and air-conditioners, (iii) robotics, traction motors, steel mills, lift motors, and (iv) aerospace flight control actuators. 

Highlights new industrial, military, medical, and consumer goods applications... 

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