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Injection Moulding: How Companies can ‘Mould’ Their Own Production
“Injection molding is a manufacturing process for producing parts by injecting material into a mould. Injection moulding can be performed…
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Plastic Pipes – How It is Continually Re-Shaping Global Construction Markets
Plastic Pipes – How It is Continually Re-Shaping Global Construction Markets Posted in Applications of Plastics, Plastics Production By Michael Gonzalez On May 15, 2016…
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Plastics Takes Over Aerospace
Throughout the latter half of the 20th century and much continuing in the new century, aeronautical engineering has evolved in…
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5 Ways to Optimize your Thermoforming Operations to Restore Performance
Modernization of Equipment- Are you looking at your thermoforming equipment, wondering if there could be a better way to get more…
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Types of Thermoplastics in the Plastics Industry
A thermoplastic in the Plastic Industry refers to a substance which becomes plastic when heated and become very hard when…
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Role of Plastics in Conserving Energy
Plastics play a crucial part of our lives, and there cannot be normal life on the planet Earth without them.…
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Plastic recycling
Thermoplastics can be remelted and reused, and thermoset plastics can be ground up and used as filler, although the…
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Representative polymers
Bakelite The first plastic based on a synthetic polymer was made from phenol and formaldehyde, with the first viable…
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Properties of plastic
The properties of plastics are defined chiefly by the organic chemistry of the polymer such as hardness, density, and…
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Special purpose of plastic
1. Maleimide/bismaleimide Used in high temperature composite materials. 2. Melamine formaldehyde (MF) – One of the aminoplasts, and…
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Uses of plastic
1. Polyester (PES) – Fibers, textiles. 2. Polyethylene terephthalate (PET) – Carbonated drinks bottles, peanut butter jars, plastic…
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Classification
Plastics are usually classified by their chemical structure of the polymer’s backbone and side chains. Some important groups in…
