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“Between an ercent of an inustrializecountry’s gdp is lost throuh friction.”Dr. Lars Pleth Nielsen, Manager of the Tribology Center at the Danish Technological Institute

SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST

ASIA

SOLUTIONS TO SEAL, DAMP AND PROTECT NO. 3 2009

Economic tailwind for

A NEW GENERATION OF DRIVERLESS TRAINS BENEFITS FROM RECOVERING WASTE HEAT

Space technologyEccospheres headinto space withNASA astronauts

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Peter NilssonPresient an CEO

sia is unoubtely a ynamic reion, full of oortunities. Althouh the financial crisisi of course affect the Asian countries,many of them are amon the first to et back

on track. In our T-Time series on imortant emerin mar-kets, I felt it necessary to ivie Asia into two arts. Southan Southeast Asia are feature in this issue, an the morenortherly countries will be in the first issue of . China,a country where Trellebor now has five fully owne lants(rea about our oenin of a new lant in Qinao on. ), will be very much in focus in , with the

Shanhai Worl Exo takin lace there.Trellebor will be at the Exo, so on’tmiss the Sweish Pavilion if you shoulhaen to ass throuh Shanhai fromMay to October next year!

Enjoy your reading!

Dynamic Asia

CONTENTSOff into spaceHollow glass microspheres prevent the solid rocket booster

tanks on the Space Shuttle from burning up.

Focus: South and Southeast AsiaNext pit stop on T-Time’s round-the-world tour is in the rapidly

developing region of South and Southeast Asia.

On dry groundFour hundred thousand square meters of sealing material will

keep the seawater out of Dubai International Airport.

On the right track An upgraded version of driverless trains is to be delivered to

the cities of Kuala Lumpur and Vancouver.

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14Editorial p.2 Technology p.16

People & Trends p.18

News/Update p.22

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SPACE

FRONTIERTEXT: ALEXANDER FARNSWORTH PHOTO: GETTY IMAGES, ISTOCKPHOTO

There is probably no better seal of approvalthan being a supplier to the United Space Alliance, the prime contractor for NASA’sSpace Shuttle program.

Challenging the

edge UNITED SPACE ALLIANCE

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eventy-seven seconsafter the Sace Shuttlelaunches from theKenney Sace Center

in Floria, its two soli rocket boost-er tanks isconnect an fall into the Atlantic Ocean.

In orer to kee the tanks fromburnin u in the atmoshere, they are sraye with an ablative heatshiel, a coverin esine to accetthe heat an burn-off associate with

hih-see travel throuh the earth’satmoshere. This shiel, which isartially mae of TrelleborEccosheres, resins an other fillers,vaorizes on its way throuh theatmoshere, takin the heat with itan leavin the tanks intact.

“Eccospheres work in the same way as the insulation in your attic,”says Gary Glaysz, Vice PresientTechnoloy at Trellebor in

Mansfiel, Massachusetts, in theU.S. “In both cases, trae airockets are what ives them theirvalue as insulation materials. Anour hollow lass microsheres onthe soli rocket booster tanks onthe Sace Shuttle kee the heataway from the critical structureunerneath.”

Recently, Unite Sace Alliancean NASA ai secial tribute to theTrellebor team involve in evelo-

s

edge UNITED SPACE ALLIANCEI

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Eccospheres® are Trelleborg’s

branded range of hollow glass

microspheres.The unique properties of

microspheres and syntactic

foams were first exploited and

are still used for buoyancy in

deep-sea submersibles and oil-

drilling equipment. Today five

different series of Eccospheres,

each with specific chemical and

physical properties, are

manufactured by Trelleborg

Offshore, a unit within

Trelleborg Engineered Systems,

at its facility south of Boston in

the U.S.

They are used throughout the

aerospace industry to manufac-

ture strong, lightweight struc-

tures such as fuselages, bulk-

heads and floors, and in turbine

blades, among many other

applications.

Hollow microspheres, also

known as microballoons, are

also used to create syntactic

foams. These are composite

materials synthesized by filling

a metal, polymer or ceramic

with microspheres. The pres-

ence of hollow particles results

in lower density, a higher

strength-to-weight ratio, a lower

thermal expansion coefficient

and, in some cases, radar or

sonar transparency for military

applications.

The IG 201 range of

Eccospheres used on the solid

rocket booster tanks on the

Space Shuttle were specifically

engineered according to the

in the Eccosheres use on the SaceShuttle soli rocket booster tanks.“We were reconize for our

quality rouct, on-time elivery an for all of our har work in finetunin the Eccoshere material tothe Unite Sace Alliance anNASA’s increasinly strinentsecifications,” says Glaysz. “Wenow have a laque in the office fromNASA sayin ‘Areciation for a jobwell one.’”

Secifically, the Trellebor team worke on otimizin the articlesize an istribution of theEccoshere lass material as it issraye onto the tanks at the UniteSace Alliance facility in Louisiana.

“We have move the roerties of the microballoons to a ortion of thesecification that will make thematerial easier to rocess for theUnite Sace Alliance,” saysGlaysz.

THE UNITED SPACE ALLIANCEHeadquartered in Houston, Texas, US, the United

Space Alliance was jointly founded by the Boeing

Company and the Lockheed Martin Corporation in

1996. As one of the world’s leading space operations

companies, the United Space Alliance is NASA’s primary

industry partner in human space operations. Being the

prime contractor for NASA’s Space Shuttle Program,the consortium is responsible for the day-to-day

operation and management of the U.S. Space Shuttle

fleet and the International Space Station.

About the Eccospheres

United Space Alliance and

NASA’s specifications. They have

the diameter of a human hair.

Because they are spheres with a

smooth surface, when in a pile,

Eccospheres behave like a liquid.

The technology to manufac-

ture such hollow glass spheres

dates back to the 1950s. An

early aerospace application

was on the Viking Lander that

landed on Mars in 1976.

Due to their exclusive glass

chemistry and method of manu-

facture, Eccospheres glass

microspheres exhibit a number

of different properties that can

be fine-tuned for different appli-

cations. These include high tem-

perature resistance up to 800°C,

good density-to-strength ratios,

clean surface chemistry and low

thermal conductivity.

A buoyancy module is a com-

posite product, with a core

consisting of micro- and

macrospheres contained in amatrix of syntactic foam or

epoxy resin.

Our hollow glass

microspheres on the

solid rocket booster

tanks on the Space Shuttle keep

the heat away from the critical

structure underneath.Gary Gladysz, Vice President Technology at Trelleborg in Mansfield, U.S.

P H O T O : T R E L L E B O R G

I L L U S T R A T I O N : N A S

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focus SOUTH & SOUTHEST ASIA

for South and Southeast Asia

Home to more than half the world’s population and an ever-increasing share of its industry, the South and Southeast Asiaregion has become an economic and industrial powerhouse.

Everyone acknowleesthat this reionreresents therowth market

of the future,” says Kay Jin Tan,Manain Director of TrelleborEnineere Proucts Asia. “In theloner term there is no oubt that Asia will row faster than any reionin the worl.”

The nations of South anSoutheast Asia are weatherin thecurrent economic storm with varyinlevels of success. Inia remainsamon the few nations worlwieostin rowth in ross omesticrouct, GDP, while the exort-eenent Asian Tier economiesof Hon Kon an Sinaore arefeelin the squeeze from reucelobal eman.

Still, the reion remains a major

taret for forein irect investment.“It is ositive that U.S. an

Euroean comanies are sti ll look-in to invest here,” says Wen ChonLee, Presient Marketin AsiaPacific for Trellebor SealinSolutions.

Weng Chong escribes the currentbusiness climate in the reion asmore cometitive than before, with

comanies fihtin over every eal.Many comanies are lookin to servethe stable omestic market ratherthan exort.

“Our customers who sell within Asia are less affecte than thoseexortin to the U.S. an Euroe,”he says.

Southeast Asia is rowin as acenter for the aerosace inustry.Malaysia is ositionin itself as anassembly hub for aerosace

comonent manufacturers, whileSinaore is rowin as a service hubfor the aerosace maintenance,reair an oerations business.

“We see many Euroean an U.S.aerosace comanies relocatinassembly an manufacturin lantsto this reion to leverae the lowercost base, availability of workforcean close roximity to the rowin

marketlace,” Wen Chon says.Thailan is ositionin itself asthe Detroit of Southeast Asia withrouction of cars an icku trucksboth for local consumtion an forexort, while the south of the coun-try has a rowin etrochemical in-ustry. Malaysia is also exeriencinrowth in its aricultural sector ueto continue stron eman for itsalm oil.

While automotive manufacturers

ECONOMIC TAILWIND ”

TEXT: DAVID WILES PHOTO: ISTOCKPHOTO & TRELLEBORG

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in most Western markets continue tostrule, their subsiiaries in Iniahave fare consierably better.

“Inia is becomin a hot sot forsmall cars,” says Dinesh Pawar,General Manaer of Trellebor Automotive Inia, whose factory nearDelhi rouces anti-vibration systemsfor Maruti Suzuki, Toyota an For,amon others. “The OEMs [oriinalequiment manufacturers] are now

taretin the rural market an ettina oo resonse. Banks are offerinoo interest rates to buyers, an thisis contributin to a boom in sales.”

Car sales were u . ercent in June, an Inia’s GDP rowth isexecte to sli from last year’s .ercent to about or ercent thisyear, before returnin to aroun ercent in . Such rowth rateshave ket u otimism in the worl’s

biest emocracy.“We recently ha elections, an

the eole are exectin a lot fromthe overnment,” Pawar says.“Peole realize that we are lackin ininfrastructure, an the overnmentis focusin on brinin it u to thenext level. Better roas an infra-structure will hel the automotiveinustry.”

Pawar expects Trellebor to benefitin turn.“For Trellebor Inia, the comin

years will be oo.”Kay Jin Tan is overseein

Trellebor Enineere Systems’latest investment in China, arouction facility in Qinao.

“We are movin u the valuechain an roviin more value inour roucts an solutions,” he says.“In the ast we mae roucts that

we sol more or less as a commoity. What we rovie now is moreenineerin content.”

Tan says the reion has benefitefrom the fact that many overnmentsthere have learne the lessons of theast.

“The overnments have enouhreserves an are uttin u stimulusackaes, so there is more confiencehere now than there was urin the

financial crisis of ,” he says.“Everyone is otimistic that thiscurrent crisis too will ass, an whenit oes we will come u stroner thanever. This is a oo oortunity forTrellebor. Our market share issmall in Asia toay, but if youcature market share in a rowinmarket, the otential is tremenous. We are very well ositione, as ourtechnoloy ives us a cometitiveee in the reion.”

ingapore is not

nly the region’s

nancial hub. It

also growing

s a center for

erospace main-

enance, repair

nd operations

usiness.

There is no doubt

that Asia will grow

faster than any

region in the world.

Kay Jin Tan, Managing Director of Trelleborg Engineered Products Asia

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OFFSHORE AND AFLOAT

SOUTH & SOUTHEAST ASIA focus

In offshore, the float-over process is where a

topside structure is transferred from a

transportation vessel onto a pre-constructed

structure. The transport vessel enters the jacket,

and by ballasting, float-over hardware, Leg Mating

Units (LMU) and the Deck Support Unit (DSU) work

together to transfer the load from vessel to jacket.

Once complete, the vessel exits the jacket.

“Float-over is a definite trend,” says Julian

Wee, Managing Director for Trelleborg in

Singapore, where the LMUs and DSUs are

manufactured. “Since we entered the market a

couple of years ago, we have secured two major

projects, in Qatar and Turkmenistan.”

The LMUs consist of a steel structure

incorporating rubber elements to achieve

specified spring stiffness, depending on the

expected design loads and metocean data.

“The float-over process is more cost-effective

than the alternative, floating cranes,” Wee says.

“As the weight of the topside structure increases,

the number of suitable cranes diminishes.”

For further information:

[email protected]

Leg Mating Units

are frequently used

during offshore

installations.

SOCIALLY RESPONSIBLEPRODUCTION

The history of Sri Lanka’s rubber industry

dates back to the late 19th century. Trelleborg

has played a part in the local industry for more

than 20 years.

“Today we have two factories in Sri Lanka,”says Antonio Garcia, Managing Director for

Trelleborg in Sri Lanka. “The total volume of

tires produced in 2008 exceeded 29,000

tons.”

Recently major investments have been

made to upgrade these production facilities to

world-class efficiency and to cope with even

higher volumes. Besides upgrading the

infrastructure of the plant and installing new

technology, focus has also been on developing

the competencies and working conditions for

the employees.

“Over the last few years we have put in

considerable effort to enhance the relations

with our employees, and we are now regarded

as one of the best employers in Sri Lanka,”

Garcia says. “Nevertheless, we will not be

complacent about our achievements and we

will strive to achieve even better results in

the future.”


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RUBBER GIANTSThailand, Indonesia and Malaysia are global

giants in natural rubber, accounting for more than

70 percent of the world’s production. “These

three countries, along with Sri Lanka, are also the

most important suppliers to Trelleborg,” says Pio

Gizzi, Vice President Group Purchasing, Raw

Materials at Trelleborg.

Wheel Systems accounts for more than 50

percent of Trelleborg’s consumption of natural

rubber annually. “The use of natural rubber in

tires is fundamental and required for performance

reasons,” says Gizzi. The natural rubber

content is especially high in industrial tires,

products for which the Trelleborg plant in

Kelanyia, Sri Lanka, has the advantage of sourcing

locally. “Sri Lankan rubber quality is excellent and

can be delivered quickly, which makes this a very

attractive solution for us,” says Gizzi.


[email protected]

SEALS FOR INDIAN AIRCRAFTThe light combat aircraft Tejas is India’s first modern fighter aircraft, designed

to meet the requirements of the Indian Air Force. Deployment will start in 2010.

The Tejas, most often described as a product of Hindustan Aeronautics Limited

(HAL), has actually been developed by a national consortium of more than 100

defense laboratories.

Trelleborg Sealing Solutions in India has supplied T-seals, Plus Seals, Wearrings, Excluder seals, O-Rings and Back-up Rings for the advanced digital fly-by-

wire flight control system and the hydraulically actuated control surfaces, along

with seals for main and nose landing gears.


[email protected]

The Indian lightweight

jet fighter, the Tejas,

has primarily been

developed for the

Indian Air Force and

the Indian Navy.

SRI LANKAN MANAGERS (L to R):

Dhammika Rambukana, Dhammika Cabral, Ales Reich,

Arosha Jayiasuria, Pavel Janku, Sanjay Melvani,

Antonio Garcia and Dian Gunatilake.

P H O T O

: I S T O C K P H O T O

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SOUTH & SOUTHEAST ASIA CEO perspectives

Population-wise,South an Southeast Asia comrise somevery lare countries,”

says Peter Nilsson, TrelleborPresient an CEO. “Westerncomanies seem to areciate theotential of Inia, but many of thosecomanies seem to unerestimate theother countries as markets. Trelleboroes not, an I woul say that almostall of our solution sements have an

interestin future in this raily eveloin art of the worl.”

Followin this loic, where marketotential is just as imortant as low rouction costs, Trellebor hasinveste heavily to increase comany resence in Asia, as well as in Latin America an Central an EasternEuroe since Nilsson became CEOin , an the tren looks set tocontinue.

This eveloment has raually

chane the historically stroncomany focus on Western Euroean North America, an thereby theTrellebor lobal footrint.

“South an Southeast Asia makeu a very ynamic entrereneurialenvironment,” says Nilsson. “Ourstratey is to row here with localmanaement an ersonnel resources. An imortant element in this rocessis hih eucation levels. AlthouhInia is the classic examle, there is a

stron ambition to imrove eucationlevels in all of the countries in thereion.”

In South Asia, imortant Trelleborlants are situate in Inia in Noia,outsie Delhi (automotive), an inBanalore (seals), as well as in SriLanka in Kelanyia (inustrial tires).Recently, a Trellebor center forenineerin an sales of marinesystems (fener systems) was

establishe in Ahmeaba, Inia, anmore is to come.

“We are well ositione for thefuture in Inia an Sri Lanka,”Nilsson says. “We have moernizeour lants an are workin withinterestin customers.”

He oints to Inian Railways (seeT-Time -) an Inian car makersas examles, an the offshore center inKerala as a future business oortunity.

In Southeast Asia, several of theeconomies are showin imressiverowth rates.

“Sinaore has become sort of ahub for us,” says Nilsson. “It’s a country with hih stanars, an extremely international environment, cometenteole an oo links to its neihbors.”

With stron manufacturin basesan substantial oulations, Vietnaman Malaysia are uneroin raieveloment, an Inonesia is execte

to catch u. Samles of the business inthe reion for Trellebor inclues sealsfor aerosace, sales of which are row-in in Malaysia with Sinaore as theservice hub. While aricultural an,esecially, forestry tires are benefitinfrom Inonesia’s ambition to be thelobal leaer in alm oil rouction, which is use to rouce bioiesel.

“Just as BRIC has been an

imortant acronym for the rou of fast-rowin economies in Brazil,Russia, Inia an China, we will hearmore an more about VISTA, whichcomrises Vietnam an Inonesia as well as South Africa, Turkey an Arentina,” Nilsson says. “VISTA willbe the next wave of raily emerinmarkets in focus for both investorsan lobal inustrials, an Trelleborhas ambitious lans for thiseveloment.”

PHOTO: LASSE DAVIDSSON, TRELLEBORG

DYNAMICENVIRONMENT

Increased presence in a

A WIDE RANGE

Trelleborg offers

everything from

tires to aerospace

seals in South and

Southeast Asia.

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A SEALED

DEAL

case DUBAI INTERNATIONAL

DUBAI INTERNATIONAL AIRPORTDubai International Airport is connected to more than

200 destinations across six continents via 120 airlines.

It accounts for more than a quarter of all passenger

and aircraft movement in the Middle East and Africa

regions and has an average daily passenger throughput

exceeding 100,000, and about 800 aircraft.

The new terminal building opened in October 2008,

and the A380-specific facility, Concourse 3, is expected

to be completed by 2011.

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Four hundred thousand square meters of sealing material is keeping theseawater out at Dubai International Airport’s new extension, Concourse 3.

TEXT: ANNA MCQUEENPHOTO: WALTER BIBIKOW/SCANPIX/AGE, ISTOCKPHOTO, TRELLEBORG

busy hub betweenEast an West, DubaiInternational is the worl’s fastest-rowin

airort in terms of customerthrouhut, with a rowth rate of close to ercent an more than million asseners in . Theairort’s lon-awaite USD .

billion exansion oene on October, , an Concourse ,a hue vault-like structure on to of aee -meter-lon an -meter- wie basement, is execte to becomlete by .

The builin will be ket water-tiht thanks to some , squaremeters of Elastoseal EPDM tankinmembrane.

“The water table in the Unite Arab Emirates is very hih, since theloose san articles of the esert

make it easy for seawater toenetrate the roun, so saltwater isfoun just one or two meters own,”exlains Munzer Akbik, ManainDirector of AMC Protection, roviersof concrete treatment an rotectionsolutions. “This means that every basement structure must have oorotection aainst water to reventenetration an to ensure a lonerlife for the builin.”

AMC Protection was contracteby Dubai’s Deartment of Civil Aviation to suly an enveloetankin system for Concourse , which will accommoate theincrease number of assenersexecte to be arrivin with the new Airbus A Suerjumbo aircraft.It will also incororate climate-controlle lounes, have contactates an inclue an unerrounbaae transfer area.

a

The eeest art of the basementof Concourse is meters below the water table, an the area isunctuate by , iles to suortthe structure.

“We have to monitor quality very carefully an ensure the tankin iserfect, an the client has requestea ermanent on-site technician fromTrellebor,” says Akbik.

“We normally sen someone for a

week or two,” says Åhman. “Buthere, the stanars were extremely hih. I’ve never seen anythin like itin terms of quality control.”

To date, AMC has covere some, square meters of a total areaof aroun , square meters.

“This is such an imortantcontract for us that we are oineverythin we can to uarantee itssuccess,” says Akbik. “With a lot of

effort, we have risen to the challene,an we are even ahea of scheule.” AMC always knew it woul be

uner ressure from the client tocomlete the job at see, so Akbik ha a first batch of Trellebormaterial shie before he even wonthe contract.

“I wante to et to work straiht-away, an I knew that if we in’t winthe contract, I woul be usinElastoseal somewhere else in future.”

ELASTOSEAL EPDMWith a service life exceeding 50

years, Elastoseal rubber (EPDM) can

endure almost unlimited loads and

water pressure as well as withstand

movements from earth settlement

or temperature changes. The panels

are welded together using hot air

and pressure.

Trellebor sulies the membranein rolls that are . meters wie an meters lon. These are shiefrom Sween an then brouht to AMC’s refabrication center inDubai. There they are wele intoanels that are five to six meters wie an meters lon, fole, anthen transorte to the site forinstallation.

“In aition to the loistical

challenes, we work very close toaircraft in certain areas, so we haveto be very careful with safety roceures,” says Akbik. “We have worke with Trellebor for severalyears now, but never on a sinleroject of this scale.”

“It’s the larest sinle roject wehave ever ha,” arees Frerik Åhman, Exort Manaer atTrellebor in Värnamo, Sween.

It was in partnership with AMCthat Trellebor eveloe its unique watersto. The watersto is use intankin alications whencomartmentalizin ElastosealEPDM tankin membrane.

“We were the only EPDMmanufacturer that coul suly sucha system comonent an otheraccessories that can be wele to themembrane,” says Åhman. “That’s what it took to seal the eal.”

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FURTHER INFORMATION Trelleborg Sealing Solutions

Contact: [email protected]

Trelleborg Engineered Systems

Contact:[email protected]

Te food and beverage processing industry is one of the most highly regulatedindustries and faces unique challenges, not least hygienically.TEXT: DONNA GUINIVAN PHOTOS: TRELLEBORG ILLUSTRATION: TUE BEIJER

The food and beverage rocessininustry is one that imacts on allour lives, hanlin virtually all that we eat an rink. We rely on

rocessin comanies to eliver therouct we want, where we want it,in the form we want an mostimortantly, reliably safe.Reulations are strinent anlobally controlle throuh majorovernment boies such as the Fooan Dru Aministration (FDA) inthe U.S. an the Euroean FooSafety Authority (EFSA).

Trelleborg contributes to ensurinthe hyienic rouction of foo an

beveraes. Many of its roucts areinteral to rocessin equimentsuch as the thousans of seals usein a tyical rocessin line. It is vitalthat there is no risk of thesecontaminatin the system. Thatmeans that they must be comatible with sometimes aressive rocessmeia an withstan the strinentcleanin reimes involvinestructive chemicals.

Special hoses an coulins arealso rovie by Trellebor. Theseare use in everythin from ry oos transort to wine rouction.Trellebor’s vibration isolationsolutions are use uner the baseof foo rocessin equiment.

HANDLE WITH

innovation PROCESSING INDUSTRY

SEALS FOR ROTARY DISTRIBUTOR AND BEARINGS

The rotary mechanism distributes the media

being processed around the processing system.

Special dynamic seals keep grease, cleaning

fluids and water out of rotary bearings.

Trelleborg products: Roto Variseal, Turcon Varilip

PDR, X-Ring, radial oil seal

SEALS FORFILLING HEADS

Ultra clean seals

prevent leakage

and ensure there

is no contamination at the critical

filling stage of production.

Trelleborg products: Variseal

Ultraclean, O-Rings

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CARE

HOSES MEET STANDARDSTrelleborg supplies a wide range of hoses and

couplings for food processing applications.

These are designed and manufactured with

hygiene in mind. Compounds are compliant

with global food standards, while smooth

extruded inner tubes can withstand aggressive

cleaning regimes. This combined with specially

designed coupling systems means no bacterial

growth is possible on hose assemblies.


[email protected]

SEALS FOR VALVESIN THE FILLING MECHANISM

Valves control the amount of liquid fed into the bottle.

Low-friction seals that withstand aggressive cleaning

regimes are required in these dynamic applications.

Trelleborg products: scrapers, molded components,

Glyd Ring, wipers

SEALS FOR BOTTLE LIFTERSSeals are required for the pneumatic

pistons within the cylinders that lift the

bottles for filling. The low-friction and

wear resistance of seals are important to

maximize productivity.

Trelleborg products: Slydring, Glyd Ring

SEALS FOR HYGIENIC-DESIGN COUPLINGS

Hygienic-design couplings are

located at virtually every

connection in the system.

Gaskets and seals must

withstand stringent cleaning-

in-place regimes to give long-life and

no contamination.Trelleborg products:

sanitary gaskets, O-Rings

ANTI-VIBRATION ISOLATIONIsolation systems reduce vibration to the

support structure of equipment by up to 90 per-

cent and significantly lower noise levels. Products

are supplied in a variety of different polymer compounds along with

silicone and stainless steel for critical food production applications.

Trelleborg products: Cushyfoot, TF bushes

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THE ART OF TRANSPORT

transortation. Kuala Lumur’s first ART system coincie with the 1998Commonwealth Games hel in theMalaysian caital.

Deliveries of the new ART MK IIvehicles – an aitional 48 toVancouver an 140 to Kuala Lumur– beinnin in 2009, with Trelleboranti-vibration an susension tech-noloy, mark an increase trust inBombarier Transortation’s

ombardier’s AvanceRai Transit (ART)trains – riverless,automate an elevate

– have in recent ecaes becomeicons of the Canaian an Malaysianskylines of Vancouver an KualaLumur.

Vancouver ot its first ARTsystem, name SkyTrain, when ithoste the Worl’s Fair in 1986.Fittinly, the theme of Exo 86 was

b

Vancouver and Kuala Lumpur are the latest cities to get Bombardier Transportation’s Advanced Rapid Transit MK II rolling stock.TEXT: ALEXANDER FARNSWORTHPHOTO: BOMBARDIER TRANSPORTATION, GETT Y IMAGES

case BOMBARDIER

BOMBARDIER IN BRIEFBombardier Transportation is a divis ion of the global

Bombardier Group and is the largest manufacturer

of railroad equipment in the world.

Bombardier Transportation, headquartered in Berlin,

Germany, has an installed base of more than 100,000

vehicles worldwide.

Headquartered in Canada, the Bombardier Group is a

world-leading manufacturer of innovative transportation

solutions, from commercial aircraft and business jets

to rail transportation equipment, systems and services.

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avance technoloy for mass transit.The riverless MK II vehicleincororates all the benefits of theoriinal MK I while sinificantly increasin its assener-carryincaacity, resultin in lower oeratincosts. With 258 vehicles servin 33stations alon 49.5 kilometers, theVancouver SkyTrain Exo anMillennium Lines constitute the worl’s lonest riverless raitransit system. The system carries 73

The Trelleborg angle Trelleborg Industrial AVS, part of Trelleborg Engineered

Systems, is a world leader in the design and manufacturing of

rubber-to-metal-bonded components for anti-vibration applications

and suspension systems. Trelleborg supplies Bombardier

Transportation with anti-vibration and suspension components

for the new ART vehicles in Vancouver and Kuala Lumpur.

Specifically, Trelleborg supplies Metalastik® hourglass springs

for the secondary suspension between the bogie and the car-

riage and Metalastik Spherilastik and Axle Wraps for the steer-

ing mechanism and the primary suspension between the

wheels and the bogie.

“One advantage with our hourglass springs is that they don’t

need air or hydraulic systems, which makes them totally mainte-

nance-free. They have proved to be completely reliable in almost

25 years of operation,” says Neil de Vries, Regional Sales

Manager North America for Trelleborg Industrial AVS.

While the Vancouver and Kuala Lumpur trains are similar,

they havve different suspension characteristics and thus

required two discrete designs. Trelleborg supported

Bombardier, as it does with all its customers globally, in develop-

ment of these custom suspension systems.


[email protected]

THE ART TECHNOLOGY Bombardier Transportation’s Advanced Rapid Transit

system was designed to fill the gap between low-capacity

street-running trams and high-capacity subway systems.

According to the company, the capital cost of an ART

system is half that of an underground subway system.

An ART system can carry about 30,000 passengers an

hour in each direction. Around the world, ART systems

move more than 150 million people every year. Average

in-service speed is more than 40 kilometers per hour.

ART technology features a unique radial-steered axlesuspension for passenger comfort and reduced noise and

wear. This also allows the train to turn tighter than most

trains of the same length. The ART MK II vehicle is 17

meters long and lighter than a conventional subway train.

ART trains are propelled with a direct-drive linear induc-

tion motor. The primary component, located onboard the

vehicle, generates magnetic fields to induce currents in

the conductive track-based secondary component

between the rails. The magnetic field pulls the train along

without the need for rotary motors or moving parts.

million asseners a year an hastransorte more than a billionasseners since 1986. The 48 new vehicles will increase caacity by 30ercent.

In Kuala Lumpur, the 29-kilometer,24-station Kelana Jaya line is thelonest riverless transit system in Asia. It links the western an easternsuburbs with Kuala Lumur’s own-town area an carries some 61 million

asseners every year. BombarierTransortation an its local artnerHartasuma Sn Bh are essentially trilin the existin fleet with the140 new vehicles.

Other Bombarier ART systemsare currently in service in New York an Detroit in the U.S., Toronto inCanaa an Beijin in China. Theriverless ART system is also soon tobe elivere to the city of Yonin inSouth Korea.

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technology PLATE HEAT EXCHANGERS

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A FAIR

EXCHANGE With energy conservation becoming a major focus for manufactur-ers, the demand for plate heat exchangers is booming. As fundamentalparts of many production processes, they allow the use of whatotherwise would be wasted heat. TEXT: DONNA GUINIVAN ILLUSTRATION: TRELLEBORGPHOTOS: ISTOCKPHOTO, TRELLEBORG

Heat is eneratein all tyes of rocessin,” says JonCutler, Trellebor

Sealin Solutions MaterialDeveloment Manaer for PHEaskets. “In less environmentally aware times heat was just umeout of the rocessin system an waste. That wasn’t oo for enery conservation or the atmoshere.”

Now this is haenin less anless. Plate heat exchaners (PHEs)are key to caturin rocessin heatan effectively reusin it, either within the rocessin system itself orby ivertin the enery elsewhere.

The applications for PHEs arecountless. Oriinally they were usein the sterilization an asteurizationof airy roucts, mainly milk. Now,however they are use on shis, to

fee heatin systems for builinsan in almost every rocessin lant.Driven by a esire to manae enery better, in the ast years the marketfor PHEs has ouble.

“In ower stations PHEs make itossible for the steam use for enery rouction to be iverte into heatinoffices an homes,” continuesCutler. “On a shi, PHEs mean heatfrom its combustion enine can beuse for air-conitionin an heatin.

SEALING IN AN AGGRESSIVE ENVIRONMENT“Wander around a processing plant and you’ll see PHEs up to five meters

in height,” says Jonas Jerleus, Trelleborg Sealing Solutions Global PHE

Coordinator. “The largest plate width is 1.5 meters. They will range from this

size down to about 280 millimeters long and 100 millimeters wide. Gasket

thickness is from 20 millimeters down to just two.

“Sealing conditions are very demanding in PHEs. Temperatures are at

extremes, from –45°C to +200°C, while chemicals are extremely aggres-

sive. As the liquids are pushed through a large PHE with maybe 200 plates,

pressures are also high.”

For further information: [email protected]

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In rocessin lants, PHEs ensureefficient enery use by recyclin heat. When they are emloye within asystem, the overall heat loss can beextremely low.”

The plates within a PHE are seale with rubber askets, reventin thetwo liquis within a PHE fromleakin out or mixin.

“Gaskets are critical elements within a PHE an otentially their

weakest link,” says Cutler. “Sealinin PHEs is not easy. Temeratures areat extremes, while chemicals are someof the most aressive rocesse anressures are also hih.”

Trellebor has been makin PHEaskets for more than years, ancustomers rely on its material exertise.The comany has investe researchan eveloment resources intomaximizin asket life an otimizinesin.

“If there is one thin we rieourselves on more than any other,”Cutler says, “it is the initial f itof our askets. Probably better thanany other manufacturer we are ableto uarantee meetin the oriinalequiment manufacturers’ tihttolerances in asket lenth control.”

An emerin tren is that thePHE oriinal equiment manufac-turers, who have reominantly manufacture in Euroe u until

now, are exanin rouctionlobally.“That’s where our lobal reach

becomes imortant,” exlainsCutler. “In Euroe we manufacturein Polan, an eman from the Americas is fulfille fromTrellebor’s facility in Tijuana,Mexico. With manufacturin in Asia increasin, we have now trans-ferre asket technoloy to our lantin Shanhai, China.”

HOW IT WORKSThe design concept of all PHEs is the same.

Between two metal end plates there is a series of

thin metal plates close to each other. The liquid to be

processed is pumped into one side of the plates

while the liquid facilitating heating and cooling is

pumped into the other. The key to the process is that

both liquids come into contact with the maximum

plate surface area to rapidly exchange heat from one

liquid to the other.

Heat

exchanger

plate and

gasket.

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FRICTION A life full of Lars Pleth Nielsen believes that the world can savetrillions of dollars by reducing the costs associated

with the unwanted effects of friction that arises whentwo surfaces rub against each other. TEXT: MARTIN NEANDER PHOTOS:LARS SUNDSHØJ

people&trends LARS PLETH NIELSEN

hen it comes tofriction, Lars PlethNielsen is a man of many wors.

“Friction eens on the charac-teristics of the surfaces – how flat,roun or rouh they are,” says PlethNielsen, manaer of the Triboloy Center at the Danish TechnoloicalInstitute. “Friction is also eenenton what kin of meium the sur-faces are in, if it is wet or ry, or whatarticles there are in the meium. Itis a multiiscilinary fiel, becauseit involves ifferent areas, such asmechanics, chemistry an flui

ynamics. You have to o all the way to the atomic level to more fully realize in etail what is oin on interms of friction.”

The Triboloy Center works withthe eveloment of surface coatinsto lower friction, corrosion an wearin ifferent alications. It evenruns a coatin facility seven ays a week, mainly suortin the Danishinustry with solutions.

Pleth Nielsen himself has sent

most of his workin life ealin withsurfaces.

“I have a Ph.D. in surface hysics, where I secialize in the actions

an motions of iniviual atoms onsurfaces,” he says. “Toay, aart frommy work at the Danish TechnoloicalInstitute, I am also the resient of ENIWEP – the Euroean Network for Inustrial Wear Prevention.”

ENIWEP is a EUREKA (thean-Euroean research an evelo-ment interovernmental initiative)umbrella action eicate to inus-trial wear revention. This roject

w

THE NECESSITY OF FRICTIONFriction is a force that appears

whenever two objects rub against

each other. It is the opposite of

motion. No matter which direction

something moves in, friction

pulls it the other way. Yet we need

friction. Without it, we would not

be able to walk, sit in a chair or

climb stairs. Everything would

just keep slipping around.

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Between

2 and 4

percent of an

industrialized

country’s GDP

is lost throughfriction.

LOWERING FRICTIONReducing friction is an objective in many of Trelleborg’s

solutions. The main example is in sealing solutions where

the sealing function needs to be achieved without friction

affecting system performance too much. Whether it is to

speed up movement on an escape slide or optimize howtires travel over different surfaces, management of fric-

tion is equally important.

In the industrial environment, where the reduction of

friction can have real impact on GDP, engineering of

sealing solutions and hoses concentrates on getting the

best friction characteristics from product designs and

material formulations.

Specifically, Trelleborg has developed Turcon PTFE-

based (Poly-Tetra-Fluoro-Ethylene) sealing materials that

improve efficiency in dynamic hydraulic applications,

while the friction technology used in the Scirocco I I hose

is proven to reduce costs when processing solids.

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aims to imrove interaction betweeninustry an triboloy research anto facilitate the transfer of science totechnoloy in inustry.

“One examle is a roject funeby the overnments in Sain, Ger-many an Belium,” Pleth Nielsensays. “In this roject, we are evelo-in low-friction, iamon-like car-

bon coatins for vacuum an sacealications.”

According to Pleth Nielsen, esti-mates show that between 2 an 4ercent of an inustrialize country’sross omestic rouct (GDP) is lostthrouh friction an to mechanicalarts wearin out.

“You can see wear, tear an fric-tion issues in major business arenas,such as in the foo an automotive

inustries,” he says. “Friction is oneof the main reasons why thins work only for a limite time. Of course,it is an extra cost for comanies tout low-friction coatins on surfaces,so that is a barrier to overcome.But these aitional exenses willcertainly lea to lon-term benefits. At first, some of our customers are

not really aware of the hue costsinvolve ue just to friction.But when they see that they canrouce hiher quality for anextene erio, then they realizethat the cost of coatins an tailoresurfaces is more than counter-balance by the ains.”

Pleth Nielsen oints to oneDanish comany that makestin cans use for fooalications.

“If they run their machines forfolin an stamin tin cans with-out coatins, the tools are worn outafter just 30 minutes in the rouc-tion rocess,” he says. “With ourcoatins, they can run for severalmonths without any lubricationan without havin to wash therouce cans in orer to remove

lubricants. It is a substantial savinmoneywise. In environmental terms,it means that they o not nee touse the unhealthy chemical lubri-cants, while savin both electric-ity an water for cleanin therouce cans.”

This Sinox CemeCon setup allows Lars

Pleth Nielsen and his team to deposit

coating materials that give substrates

required properties such as hardness,

conductivity and friction. It is also being

used for research on self-cleaning

surfaces and surfaces for solid oxidefuel cells.

PERSONAL:Name: Lars Pleth Nielsen

Profession: Manager of the Tribology Center at the Danish

Technological Institute

Age: 40

Nationality: Danish

Education: Ph.D. in physics supplemented with a master ’s in

innovation, management and organization.Background: Six years as a research scientist at Haldor

Topsøe in the field of catalysis. Four years as a research scien-

tist at NKT Research and Innovation A/S working on the devel-

opment of optical components.

Favorite scientists: Niels Bohr and Albert Einstein

When a bow is drawn

across the strings of a

violin it is friction that

causes them to vibrate

and create sound. P H O T O : I S T O C K P H O T O

P H O T

O : D T I

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O g i l v y & M a t h e r

Trelleborg TM900 High Power. The agricultural tyre that has nothing to fear.

Co-designed with the main agricultural machine manufacturers, the TM900 High Power

is designed for tractors from 200 to 360 hp at speeds of up to 65 km/h. Good traction,

excellent self-cleaning capacities, comfort and low fuel consumption all make

the new Trelleborg TM900 High Power the most advanced agricultural radial tyre.

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The grand opening ceremony of Trelleborg’s fifth Chinese plant was held on September 28, 2009.

TEXT: JAN HÖKERBERG

UPDATEnews

The opening of a new plant in Qingdao

is the latest step in Trelleborg Group’s

expansion in Asia. Since 2005,

Trelleborg has opened five plants in four

locations in China.

“We looked at several alternative loca-

tions but decided on Qingdao,” says

Jackie Huang, Managing Director of

Trelleborg Engineered Systems

(Qingdao) Co. Ltd. “One important rea-

son was that Qingdao is the rubber hub

of China. This means that it will be easier

to recruit talent with experience in the

rubber industry, and we will also be closeto the whole supply chain.”

The plant will manufacture solid fend-

ers and foam fenders for ports and ves-

sels as well as dredging hoses.

“With this new plant, Trelleborg will

increase its product offering in China,”

Huang says. “While the major part of the

products initially will be exported and

sold through Trelleborg Marine Systems’

network worldwide, we will also be able

to participate in the vast domestic

market.”

Besides the new Qingdao facility,

Trelleborg has two manufacturing plantsin the Shanghai area and two more in

Wuxi.

The coastal city of Qingdao lies on the

southern edge of China’s Shandong

peninsula, facing the Yellow Sea. During

the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games,

Qingdao was the host city for all sailing

events. Internationally, Qingdao is

perhaps best known for its brewery,

which German settlers founded in 1903.

This produces Tsingtao beer, the most

famous Chinese beer.

FIFTH TIMEAROUND

IN CHINA

WHERE TALENTS GROWAre you a business-oriented, inno-

vative industrial person

with a passion for engineered solu-

tions? Then you are exactly the type

of talent that has created success

for Trelleborg historically and the

type Trelleborg will continue to look

for in the future.

“To attract, develop and

retain the right people is the key

objective for our employer branding

and talent management,” says

Patrik Romberg, Vice President

Human Resources, who is responsi-

ble for employer branding in

Trelleborg Group. “Therefore

Trelleborg, also in turbulent times,

continues to take a number of

important steps toward becoming

an even more attractive employer.”

Patrik Romberg,

Vice President

Human Resources,

Trelleborg

For internal talent, some of the ele-

ments currently strengthened are the per-

formance review process and transparent

open job posting, facilitating cross-organ-

izational careers, and focused develop-

ment activities such as manufacturing

excellence and mentor programs.

EXAMPLES OF KEY employer branding

initiatives directed toward new talent are

the ongoing trainee program, visual

image improvement and carrying out

activities at selected universities. To

attract the best people and keep them

on board, the central message in

Trelleborg’s communications is “Where

Talents Grow” – a statement that points

to the company’s proven track record in

fostering managers and customer-

oriented employees.

“Our company has always been

very much about being performance-

oriented and taking responsibility at

the same time,” says Trelleborg

President and CEO Peter Nilsson. “It

is vital that we have a strong talent

base and that it is easy to find possi-

ble career paths within Trelleborg.”

Positive examples in Trelleborg

are plentiful.

“If you are prepared to take on

challenges and believe in your capa-

bilities, anything is possible,” says

Jörgen Scholl, Vice President Global

Supply Chain, Trelleborg Automotive,

formerly a key account manager and

purchasing director. “Trelleborg is

very dynamic in the way it responds

to employees’ interests. But you also

have to be proactive.”

P H O T O : I S T O C K P H O T O

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and other products transmit noise and vibrations more readily. Applying

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