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59 CompositesWorld.com Mokon (Bufalo, NY, US) is emphasizing the redesign of its Duratherm MAX line of high-performance water systems, with temperatures up to 193°C and system pressures up to 20.7 bar. Each incorporates a top air discharge to direct waste heat away from personnel, features increased mechanical compartment ventilation, and ofers greater access to components for main- tenance and improved overall performance of the system. The basic unit is designed for restrictive processes and high-temperature water applications. It features a stainless steel heater vessel designed and tested to ASME standards. It also uses nonferrous and stainless steel materials of construction and a seal-less magnetic drive turbine pump ftted with a stainless steel impeller. The Duratherm MAX incorporates a fan-cooled heat exchanger that provides safe, dependable process fuid cooling and eliminates thermal shock, fashing to steam, mineral buildup and expansion noise. www.mokon.com Web tension control specialist Montalvo (Gorham, ME, US) will showcase its new Modular Automated Tensioner (MAT) and Automated Tensioning Stand (ATS) units. Designed for applications that run multiple strands (via creels, rovings, etc.) of composite materials, the MAT and ATS systems are drop-in units for existing and new applications that create a high-performance and, reportedly, cost-efective tension zone prior to the material being processed. This new tension zone allows every strand of composite material to be precisely tensioned, automatically and continuously, throughout a production run, ensuring reduced waste and a higher-quality end product. Applications include hand layup, flament winding, pultrusion and prepreg processes. www.montalvo.com Nanotechnology specialist N12 Technologies Inc. (Cambridge, MA, US) has commercialized a Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)-licensed technology, called NanoStitch, to become the world's frst manufacturer capable of industrialized, continuous vertically aligned carbon nanotube (VACNT) production (also see "CW Trends," p. 22). N12 will feature CAMX 2015