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Basics of Plastic Injection Mould Design
What are the basics of plastic injection mould designing? Now we will introduce the following 10 steps! I. Accept the…
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Plastics Assembly: Electrically Conductive Polymers
Traditionally, one of the only drawbacks of plastic has been its lack of electrical conductivity. But, that’s starting to change…
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Undercuts In Plastic Injection Molding
When designing for plastic injection molding, undercuts can be used to carry out complex forms of molding such as the overmolding process…
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Injection Molding Part Design
Wall Thickness Ideally, the entire component should be a uniform thickness. As designed As molded As a general guide, wall…
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Reduce Costs in Product Design Through Raw Materials
It is often later in the product lifecycle that procurement teams are brought in to lead a competitive bid process…
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8 Factors in Plastic Part Design for Manufacturability
Designing a plastic part for manufacturability involves many important factors that touch on all areas of part design, tooling, material…
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Reduce Costs in Product Design Through Raw Materials
It is often later in the product lifecycle that procurement teams are brought in to lead a competitive bid process…
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The Four Plastic Variables
When building plastic parts, consistency is key. Variables need to be recognized, so that a quality product is created, every time. A…
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Five Aesthetic Design Trends Defined
As human beings, we are constantly in search of ways to express ourselves as individuals while seeking to contribute to…
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How Plastics Are Made
The Basics of Plastic Manufacturing The term “plastics” includes materials composed of various elements such as carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen,…
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PLASTIC DESIGN
API engineers and designers can work with you to develop and design your plastic injection molded component. To ensure a…
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ALKYD RESINS
PROPERTIES Alkyd resins are thermoplastic polyester resins made by heating polyhydric alcohols* with polybasic acids or their anhydrides. They are…
