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Imre Treufeld, a polymers researcher at CWRU, designed and built this bench-top biaxial stretcher as part of his post-doctoral work. This device will be used to study effects of stretching on the dielectric properties of polypropylene which is used in capacitors for electronics. Imre's research has found that simultaneous stretching in two directions imparts the film with the most desirable qualities and may lead to more durable and effective electronic components in the future. By building this device from scratch, Imre saved his lab as much as half a million dollars.
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