Two leading CAD vendors have augmented their portfolios with offerings aimed at easing the design and manufacturing of injection molded parts. As part of the 2013 refresh of its digital prototyping ...

Design Thinking Plastics Part 2 continues our deep dive into how design can redefine the sustainability of plastics. In this episode, we discover how businesses and designers are putting design ...

From seasoned users to neophytes, the time is right to take a good look at CAE for plastics. This evolving technology is changing the face of molded part design and processing, and it could be the ...

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Non-contact laser welding offers several advantages when it comes to joining one plastic part to another. It works on the principle of partial transmission which lets a laser’s light travel through ...

Plating on plastics (POP) has long been valued in the automotive industry for its ability to transform lightweight polymer parts into durable metallic finishes. Historically, these coatings were most ...

Fig. 3: These conveyor belt rollers experience rolling contact fatigue during operation. Including plastic components in machinery systems that experience friction and wear results in a number of ...

Part design entails more than just sketching a part from idea to final product – The designer’s challenge is to select a material, understand performance requirements, environmental conditions and a ...