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Therma Blade Increases Testing
by Paul on 02/15/08 at 02:47 PM ET
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TORONTO, Feb. 15 /PRNewswire/ - Therma Blade Inc. announced today that following preliminary testing of its heated skate blade prototypes by five NHL players, it will expand product testing to include some of the 50 NHL players and NHL teams requesting production models of the product.
Four NHL players who have been testing Thermablade prototypes to date will participate in an expanded testing program in which Therma Blade will make its latest production models available to them and to additional players and NHL teams that are on the company’s waiting list for full production models.
“We are in fact expanding our testing, working closely with the NHL and with the National Hockey League Players’ Association,” said Sam McCoubrey, VP of Sales and Marketing for Quebec-based Therma Blade Inc. “As we have said all along, our initial testing with players to date has been extremely successful in providing feedback and there is tremendous interest in our proven technology among a growing number of NHL players and teams.”
Thermablade heated blades are designed to maintain a consistent temperature of approximately 5 degrees C using a small battery and a microprocessor stored within each skate blade holder. The warm blade acts to increase the thickness of the water layer between the blade and the ice surface, dramatically reducing gliding friction and starting resistance for skaters.
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