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Technology Marketing Inc. (TMI, Salt Lake City, Utah, U.S.) announces the acquisition of SR Composites’ (Henderson, Nev., U.S.) Intellectual Property (IP) rights to reusable vacuum bags for the composite industry.

According to Pat McGill, TMI president, “this acquisition follows our long-working relationship with SR Composites, and we are excited to further strengthen TMI’s position in the advanced composites markets. As we have all been witness to, the composites industry is accelerating the adoption of reusable vacuum membranes and bags [RVBs]. We believe that Sprayomer Technology provides unique value to the advanced composites market and our customers that is clearly distinguished from other RVBs.”

TMI notes that the IP rights cover many features such as vacuum bags with integral fluid transfer conduits and seals for resin transfer and other processes, as well as waste fluid conduits that provide reusable sealing and vacuum manifold capacity when integrated into RVB made from a range of elastomers, including silicones, urethanes and natural and synthetic latex.

Sprayomer Elastomer RVBs are said to perform better and provide more useful life with epoxy resin systems than sprayable silicone RVBs, are up to 80% lighter in weight and can be made a seamless, near-net shape for any mold tool size. Moreover, Sprayomer NR elastomers enable cleaner use, without the potential cross contamination and tracing issues of sprayable silicone RVBs, according to TMI. This technology also reportedly offers a lower carbon footprint.

TMI looks forward to leveraging the IP. “In my long career as an advanced composites industry supplier, I can say with confidence, that no better system exists than this IP coupled with Sprayomer Elastomer for debulking cycles —the labor efficiency gained in time and subsequent savings achieved is measurable and real,” McGill adds. “We make huge strides in assisting manufacturers eliminate variable labor cost by providing predictable repeatable cycling.”