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 In a world fighting with years’ old infrastructural foundation and…
Plastics Takes Over Aerospace
Throughout the latter half of the 20th century and much continuing in the new century, aeronautical engineering has evolved in leaps and bounds, with plastics assuming a real part in…
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 out of them? Are you noticing subtle reductions to your…
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 they’re cooled. There are a variety of thermoplastics available in…
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. And did you know for the fact that the plastics…
Plastic recycling
Thermoplastics can be remelted and reused, and thermoset plastics can be ground up and used as filler, although the purity of the material tends to degrade with each reuse…
Representative polymers
Bakelite The first plastic based on a synthetic polymer was made from phenol and formaldehyde, with the first viable and cheap synthesis methods invented in 1907, by Leo Hendrik Baekeland,…
Properties of plastic
The properties of plastics are defined chiefly by the organic chemistry of the polymer such as hardness, density, and resistance to heat, organic solvents, oxidation, and ionizing radiation. In…
Special purpose of plastic
1. Maleimide/bismaleimide Used in high temperature composite materials. 2. Melamine formaldehyde (MF) – One of the aminoplasts, and used as a multi-colorable alternative to phenolics, for instance in moldings…
Uses of plastic
1. Polyester (PES) – Fibers, textiles. 2. Polyethylene terephthalate (PET) – Carbonated drinks bottles, peanut butter jars, plastic film, microwavable packaging. 3. Polyethylene (PE) – Wide range of inexpensive…
