Beede & Sons Inc. of Lowell, Mass. was our source of Hard Wood Flour for many years.  Recently, they closed their doors for the last time.

In order to meet our customer's needs, we have solidified a new source.  Please contact us if you have a requirement for Hard Wood Flour.

An effective method of stripping all metal types, Plastic Media Blasting removes all or a portion of a cured powder coating from the surface of a part without causing damage. This article compares Plastic Media Blasting with several other stripping methods for powder coating, environmental considerations, as well as blasting equipment and costs.

Powder coatings produce highly durable finishes, but can be difficult to remove when parts need to be recoated. Several stripping methods include molten salt, burn-off oven or glass bead blasting.  With these methods, many substrates are unable to survive the coatings removal process without damage. The alternative is Plastic Media Blasting which uses reclyclable thermoset plastics to remove powder coatings while generating only a small amount of dry residue. Plasti-Grit plastic media is non-hazardous and if the powder itself does not pose an environmental problem, hazardous waste is non-existent.

Plastic Media Blasting has been used extensively by the US Department of Defense for stripping aircraft and aerospace components to replace toxic chemical strippers.  Read more...

When restoring or repainting cars, considerations include the type of substrates such as steel, aluminum, plastics, composites and fiberglass, as well as the types of paints and coatings.  Paint manufacturers recommend applying new paint to properly prepared surfaces. 

The recommendation for automobile paint stripping is Plastic Media Blasting, a rapid, economic and safe method to remove coatings without causing damage to underlying substrates including aluminum, fiberglass and even plastics.  It removes paint coatings without etching, marring, warping or otherwise damaging surface integrity.  Plastic Blasting Media and be re-used multiple times, making it economical.  Click for more information on the Types of Plastic Media available and Plastic Media Blasting Equipment.  Read More....

We have started to produce a -400 Walnut Shell Flour (38 Micron).  This is an incredible, very fine filler, which is not seen very often on the market.

Bio-Renewable, Hydrophobic, Light weight, Inexpensive. These are some of the characteristics of a new fiber filler in our line. Please contact us for more information.

In refractory brick manufacturing, when stacking bricks in the kiln, a problem has been bricks sticking together. Using un-ground rice hulls between the bricks has proven to be an excellent solution. Rice Hulls are a by-product in the rice industry, are low cost, and available.

Rice Hull Ash is used by the truckload in the soil remediation process. It is low cost, has a huge surface area per gram, is a by-product, and is quite available.

Artistic glass etching requires masking the glass which must be protected during the etching process. CM Mask, our UV activated Polymer which can be painted or sprayed on and easily peeled off, is the perfect solution.

We have been getting an increasing number of calls for non-skid & anti-slip additives. Both our Walnut Shell and our Plasti-Grit Clear Cut are well received in non-skid applications.

Walnut Shell and plastic media have low specific gravities just above water, so they mix well with the coating rather than sinking to the bottom like traditional non-skid additives. This allows them to be applied with the coating, creating a more consistent non-skid surface than you can get by broadcasting the non-skid additive after the coating has been applied.

For more information, please visit our Non-Skid Additives page or you can contact us at 800-262-7763.

Recently we were requested to supply virgin Plastic Blast Media by an aircraft manufacturing company. There are several issues involved which are worth discussion.

First, the MIL Spec., MIL-P-85891, does not require virgin plastic as raw material in manufacturing Plastic Blast Media, but it has been an option in the MIL Spec for many years. Virgin media is specified as being manufactured using plastic, molded specifically for the purpose of manufacturing Plastic Blasting Media. But, because of all the specifications imposed by the MIL spec, the virgin requirement ends up being unnecessary and expensive.

Our products, Plasti-Grit^® Urea Type II and Melamine Type III, are made from virgin plastic using the following definition. All our raw material comes directly from molders who have rejected the parts we buy for aesthetic reasons. For example: flawed dinnerware, cracked electrical switch plates, or broken tiles. These parts are equivalent to parts molded specifically for the Industry as they have not been used in an industrial or consumer application.

If you have a customer with questions on the MIL Spec., please give us a call.

We are on the move.  After 21 December 2009 we will have the following address:

Composition Materials Co., Inc.

249 Pepes Farm Road

Milford, CT 06460

Telephone numbers and e-mail are the same.

 

Alan Nudelman, President 

We acquired CMC from Ted Diamond in 1987 after my long career with IBM.  Ted is a pioneer in the fields of fillers and the uses of Walnut Shell.

At that time our offices were in Stamford, Ct.  A year later we moved to Fairfield, CT and in 2000 built our factory and administrative offices in leased space in Milford, CT.

Now we are entering a new phase in our business development. CMC is now 86 years old and this is our first facilities ownership.

Our new facility, built in 1984, is modern and well suited to our manufacturing needs. It is 17,000 sq. ft with 24 foot ceilings.  This will accommodate our large Grinding and Sifting operation.  Our large warehousing requirement is satisfied efficiently by floor to ceiling pallet racking.  New materials handling equipment adds to the efficiency of the operation.

During the last weeks of December and into January we will be rebuilding our manufacturing lines.  We have been building inventory and hope you will experience no shortages.  Please order as soon as possible so we can meet your requirements.

We will continue to improve our responsiveness as we get settled in our new facility.  Please contact us if there are any problems.

Alan K Nudelman

Local Coverage of Our Move

 

We were recently featured in a Connecticut Post article. Click Here to download the article in PDF format.

In late December we moved into our new factory building after buying the Pepes Farm Road site.  As of mid-February we are fully operational, manufacturing Plasti-Grit, our proprietary Plastic Blasting Media.  We are producing at a high rate, with great quality.

We  want to thank our customers for cooperating by ordering extra supply for the six weeks we were reinstalling and redesigning our production lines.

Our new configuration of both production lines and warehousing, will facilitate more efficient operations and quicker response to your demands for Corn Cob, Walnut Shell, Polycarbonate, Nylon as well as Plasti-Grit.

Please see a few views of the equipment in operation.  Also I have included a shot of our inventory on new pallet racking.

If you have questions about our new operation, please contact us.

Alan