Lightweight parts, energy-saving processing or combining several process steps into one. It can all be summarized under one buzzword: sustainability. A technology that is highly promising is ...

Extrusion and injection molding are the most important conversion techniques used by the thermoplastics processing industry. Certain factors need to be considered before a thermoplastics material is ...

The growing demand for lightweight solutions in automotive engineering has propelled the adoption of fiber-reinforced thermoplastic composites, necessitating precise characterization of their ...

Freudenberg Medical (Baldwin Park, CA) recently announced that it has expanded its thermoplastic micro injection molding capabilities with the installation of an Arburg micro injection modular machine ...

Given a choice, manufacturers of high-performance composites might prefer to make parts for a variety of applications from reinforced thermoplastics rather than reinforced thermosets. Thermoplastics ...

For at least a decade, gas-assisted injection molding (GAIM) processes have been used successfully to form hollow, tubular products, such as appliance handles, using fiber-reinforced thermoplastics.

Molding is prevalent throughout the medical device industry. But to achieve consistency and repeatability in the fabrication of molded components and devices, some manufacturers employ a concept ...

The challenge to rapidly create high-performance products withthe fewest components is common among device designers and the manufacturersthat produce them. One solution is to create single-molded ...

BUTLER, Wis.—Molded Rubber & Plastics Corp. has taken what it believes to be a gigantic step forward in refining its molding processes. Executives from the company that began 93 years ago as the ...

The new composites are designed as alternatives to thermoset sheet molding compounds (SMCs). Offering similar mechanical performance, they are much more ductile and, as thermoplastic systems, much ...