BIW Compact 2-2014 English

2/2014 01 Ralf Stoffels Dr. Markus Wiethoff EDITORIAL Dear Friends of BIW, Summer time, vacation time – and almost everything gone again. It must be stated positively that the market for our silicone seals, extrudates, and hoses has not had a summer break, nor has the automotive sector for our cable protection systems, and BIW has been able to secure constant, high capacity utilisation. Fortunately, the dark clouds of economic weakness have not reached BIW yet and the high performance materials of silicone and fibre glass are still a long way from conquering all applications, for which they actually have to be the most suitable material in view of the requirements. This can be seen, in particular, in the international rail- way applications as well, for which BIW has developed more new components and therefore has successfully certified new railway standards. New silicone foam qualities with low densities of 0.25 to 0.35, also for contact with foodstuffs and fine-pored, closed-cell structures have been developed. It remains exciting - have fun with our new edition of BIW COMPACT and with our latest news and develop- ment trends. To this end, we have always thought of developing seals as a quite simple appli- cation: door OPEN and door CLOSED. But there is much more behind every train door. It is the product of a compli- cated interaction between mechanics and electronics. Because train doors have to work precisely. They not only allow the boarding and disembarking of trains, they also seal the inside of the train against noise and weather. Taking a new generation of doors as an example, we have presented the basic functions in a simplified form: HOW DOES A TRAIN DOOR ACTUALLY WORK? Of course, BIW is involved with silicone processing for railways as well, with door seals that from August 2013 have to correspond to DIN EN 45545-2. COMPACT When it comes to competence When it comes to competence INNOVATION AT A GLANCE Flexibility, Opportunities, Innovations 2/20142/20142 01 Ralf Stoffels Dr. Markus WiethoffRalf Stoffels EDITORIAL Dear Friends of BIW, Summer time, vacation time – and almost everything gone again. It must be stated positively that the market for our silicone seals, extrudates, and hoses has not had a summer break, nor has the automotive sector for our cable protection systems, and BIW has been able to secure constant, high capacity utilisation. Fortunately, the dark clouds of economic weakness have not reached BIW yet and the high performance materials of silicone and fibre glass are still a long way from conquering all applications, for which they actually have to be the most suitable material in view of the requirements. This can be seen, in particular, in the international rail- way applications as well, for which BIW has developed more new components and therefore has successfully certified new railway standards. New silicone foam qualities with low densities of 0.25 to 0.35, also for contact with foodstuffs and fine-pored, closed-cell structures have been developed. It remains exciting - have fun with our new edition of BIW COMPACT and with our latest news and develop- ment trends. To this end, we have always thought of developing seals as a quite simple appli- cation: door OPEN and door CLOSED. But there is much more behind every train door. It is the product of a compli- cated interaction between mechanics and electronics. Because train doors have to work precisely. They not only allow the boarding and disembarking of trains, they also seal the inside of the train against noise and weather. Taking a new generation of doors as an example, we have presented the basic functions in a simplified form: HOW DOES A TRAIN DOOR ACTUALLY WORK? Of course, BIW is involved with silicone processing for railways as well, with door seals that from August 2013 have to correspond to DIN EN 45545-2. COMPACT INNOVATION AT A GLANCE Flexibility, Opportunities, Innovations

BIW Compact 2-2014 English

Übersicht