Plastic Material Selection Introduction It is said that there are some 30,000 to 35,000 plastic compounds on the market as this is being written, with more being added all the time. That number is enough to stagger the mind of the designer trying to make a material selection. Fortunately, only a small percentage of them are actually [...]
Holistic Approach to Design The Four Principle Elements There are four principle elements to a successful plastic product: Material Selection Part Design Tooling Processing Typically, product designers are effective part designers but have limited background in the other disciplines. This leads to products which are more expensive than necessary and difficult to manufacture which also [...]
Plastic Products Design Plastics Age The times we live in are often known as the “Computer Age.” It could also be referred to as the “Plastics Age,” as the production of plastics has exceeded that of steel (by volume) since 1979. In fact, the volume of plastics produced has more than doubled in the last 20 [...]
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