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11-10 :: October 2011
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yesol (ASX: DYE) is a significant step closer to commercialising the outcomes of a joint
research agreement between the company and Australia’s Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO).
Stage 2 of the three-stage, two year Dyesol / CSIRO research and development program funded by CSIRO’s Australian Growth Partnership is now complete. Following a scientific review of project progress to date, the Joint Steering Committee has unanimously agreed the important Stage 2 milestone to have been delivered.
This milestone focused on the design and creation of novel structures starting with the engineering of key components (ligands) and their uses in generating novel dyes to enhance the performance and stability of DSC systems.
The project scientists successfully optimised the synthetic chemistries to generate quantities of key precursor materials for ligands and novel Ruthenium based dyes. The investment arrangements for Stage 3 ensure that budget and resourcing are on track for successful completion of the project.
In the third and final stage, Dyesol and CSIRO scien- tists will collaborate to advance and expand on the preceding research work, with CSIRO evaluating the materials in DSC devices and Dyesol focusing on up- scaling the materials developed in Stage 2.
ibeRio is launching the world‘s most versatile industrial scale nanofiber production system –
the Cyclone Fiber Engine™ 1.1 at the Filtration 2011 event in Chicago, USA. Similar to Forcespinning™ lab scale models, the Cyclone FE 1.1 is the first and only industrial scale system that can melt OR solution spin nanofiber. It is also the first system designed to be integrated for continuous in-line production. The system can make fibres with average diameters of 500nm and below with a very tight standard distri- bution that is said to ensure uniformity of desirable properties such as slip flow, barrier or absorption. It also exploits a unique proprietary design to uniformly deposit the nanofibres across the 1.1 meter width.
The company says its Cyclone Fiber Engine 1.1 is the first full scale production model utilizing Forcespin- ning technology, which offers both melt and solution spinning capabilities, increased productivity and a significant reduction in production costs. FibeRio first introduced Forcespinning to the nonwovens and filtration industries only one year ago at the Filtration
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