Whether for land, air, or sea, all OEMs in the transport industry are struggling to find creative ways to reduce weight and increase fuel efficiency. For Class 8 trucks, mass reduction can provide...

The 11^th International Conference on Biocomposites in Toronto, Canada, featured emerging green material technologies. Conference Co-Chairman Dr. Mohini Sain of the world...

Thermoplastics account for approximately 90% of all plastic materials for household appliances, with the remaining being thermoset plastics. Among thermoplastic materials, most of them are volume... (1 Member Reaction)

Powder Injection Molding (PIM) technologies allow to mold complex shaped parts starting from a compound rich in metal (MIM processes) or ceramic (CIM processes). These technologies stand out as an... (1 Member Reaction)

Water contained within TPS beads can be used successfully as an environmentally friendly and cheap blowing agent. If the material is heated quickly, the water boils and foams the material rather than...

"No dig" trenchless technology for repairing damaged pipelines buried under the infrastructure system ground to repair low-pressure water and sewer lines has been in place since mid 1970s.... (2 Member Reactions)

Though the water footprint (defined as the volume of water abstracted from local sources minus the volume released in the same place after treatment making fresh water available for re-use) of...

Water Footprint can be defined as the volume of water abstracted from local sources minus the volume released in the same place after treatment making fresh water available for re-use. During the last... (2 Member Reactions)

Plastics and wood-plastic composites (WPC) have been known to be the materials of choice for building and construction applications like decking, railing, fencing, door and window profiles, and marine... (1 Member Reaction)

Metals, because of their densities and high melting points, consume a lot of energy for the fabrication and the use of parts and goods. Generally, the heavier the parts are, the more energy they... (3 Member Reactions)

Following the first part of the article, which discussed the various forms of multi-component molding available for thermoset resins, the second part focuses on the use of this method for...

Manufacturers of foamed plastics, important components in safety, insulation, weight-saving and other applications continue to face a range of challenges as consumers and the public demand the use of...

The immense popularity and durability of polycarbonate (PC), which has resulted in its large-scale production, has led to increasing concerns about waste management and its safe disposal. In addition,... (6 Member Reactions)

Terry Wohlers is the President, Founder and Principal Consultant of Wohlers Associates Inc., an independent consulting firm that works closely with manufacturing organizations to identify the best...

Dr. David Cole is the Chairman of the Center for Automotive Research in Ann Arbor Michigan. The Center for Automotive Research (CAR) is a nonprofit organization and is focused on a wide variety of... (1 Member Reaction)

Multi-component or as it is colloquially known, 2K, is a process of producing a component by molding, whereby the surface or the interior is modified by the inclusion of a material, other than that...

IPL is a leading flexible hose manufacturer established in 1975, and located in Italy. IPL took strong and deep initiatives towards cleaner manufacturing processes and product portfolio. The Merquinsa...

It is well-known that rapid prototyping techniques such as laser sintering have become commonplace as methods for making short-run manufacturing parts. Hearing aid shells are probably the best-known...

The Electrical/Electronics (E/E) end-use market is the world's 3rd largest plastics sector behind packaging and building/construction. Apart from mechanical properties, the electrical behavior of...

Fuel cells, despite being in the nascent stage of development, are viewed as a potentially vast market for plastics with reinforced thermosets and thermoplastics the most likely materials of choice... (1 Member Reaction)