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ADL Chronicles: The EPCON Plastic Pencil
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A presentation of the products and inventions that came out of the laboratories of Arthur D. Little, Inc. Wednesday, July 23, 2008. The EPCON Plastic Pencil. Contributed by Irving J. Arons, Product Technology 1969-1994. In 1969, Hasbro Toy Company. Hired the Product Development Section (as it was known at the time) of Arthur D. Little. To develop an all-plastic pencil. Wood pencils were made of red cedar grown in the Pacific North West, while Hasbro’s pencil subsidiary, Empire Pencil Company. About 5 yea...
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ADL Chronicles: An Improved Firefighter's Glove
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A presentation of the products and inventions that came out of the laboratories of Arthur D. Little, Inc. Wednesday, July 23, 2008. An Improved Firefighter's Glove. Contributed by Irving J. Arons, Product Technology 1969-1994. It all started with NIOSH. The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health) in 1974. This Government Agency hired Arthur D. Little. This led to an assignment, in 1977, from NASA. After much testing of many new-age materials, we settled on a neoprene-coated Kevlar fabric, ...
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ADL Chronicles: Spin-cast Eyeglass Frames
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A presentation of the products and inventions that came out of the laboratories of Arthur D. Little, Inc. Wednesday, July 23, 2008. Contributed by Irving J. Arons, Product Technology 1969-1994. In the summer of 1976, Universal Optical. An eyeglass frame manufacturer called and asked ADL to see if it could develop a process for manufacturing an epoxy eyeglass frame, similar in properties to that of Optyl. After about three years of experimentation and development, the process was transferred to the client...
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ADL Chronicles: The Disposable "Motionless Mixer"
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A presentation of the products and inventions that came out of the laboratories of Arthur D. Little, Inc. Wednesday, July 23, 2008. The Disposable "Motionless Mixer". Contributed by Irving J. Arons, Product Technology 1969-1994. In the early 1970's, MPB Corporation. Asked Arthur D. Little's Product Development Section. To develop a "package" for two-part reactive adhesives that would not require mixing by the end user. I was the case leader for this effort. The Stainless Steel Kenics Mixers. The picture ...
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ADL Chronicles: July 2008
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A presentation of the products and inventions that came out of the laboratories of Arthur D. Little, Inc. Wednesday, July 23, 2008. Since its beginnings in 1886 until its untimely demise in 2002, Arthur D. Little, Inc. (ADL). Was considered the premier research, development and engineering consulting firm in the world. Literally, hundreds of products and inventions for companies and Government entities arose out of its laboratories. On the web.). Links to this post. Of Silk Purses and Lead Balloons.
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ADL Chronicles: An Erasable Ink Composition
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A presentation of the products and inventions that came out of the laboratories of Arthur D. Little, Inc. Wednesday, July 23, 2008. An Erasable Ink Composition. Contributed by Irving J. Arons, Product Technology 1969-1994. In 1980, following the introduction of an erasable ink ballpoint pen by the Papermate Division of the Gillette Company. In 1979, BIC Corporation. Approached Arthur D. Little. Thus, the BIC erasable ballpoint pen was born. 1 US Patent No. 4,721,739. I thought those were interesting too!
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ADL Chronicles: Of Silk Purses and Lead Balloons
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A presentation of the products and inventions that came out of the laboratories of Arthur D. Little, Inc. Wednesday, July 23, 2008. Of Silk Purses and Lead Balloons. Contributed by Irving J. Arons, Product Technology 1969-1994. The Silk Purse (1). In 1921, in order to obtain some favorable publicity for his fledgling company, Arthur Dehon Little, the founder of Arthur D. Little, Inc. A report about the project (2) concluded: “Things that everybody thinks he knows only because he has learned the wor...
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ADL Chronicles: Publisher's Statement
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A presentation of the products and inventions that came out of the laboratories of Arthur D. Little, Inc. Wednesday, July 23, 2008. Since its beginnings in 1886 until its untimely demise in 2002, Arthur D. Little, Inc. (ADL). Was considered the premier research, development and engineering consulting firm in the world. Literally, hundreds of products and inventions for companies and Government entities arose out of its laboratories. On the web.). Dave Stringer - London Office said. What a wonderful Blog!
