Engineering Resins

Carbon-Filled Thermoplastic 3D Printing Material Replaces Handmade Metal Parts

Handmade metal part required replacement three times a month, with delivery times of a month or more.

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NPE

High-Temperature Resistant PEKK and Modified PAEK for FDM

PEKK compounds, material for extrusion-based 3D printing processes and an endothermic blowing agent are highlighted.

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Medical

Materials: New PC Stands Up to Disinfectants, Oncology Drugs

Testing apparatus designed to show PC luers can resist cracking while submerged and under force.

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Novel ‘Flat’ Fiberglass Enhances Injection Molded TP Composites

Advances in fiberglass reinforcements for thermoplastics have evolved from conventional chopped strand to long-glass fibers to hybrids of long glass and carbon fibers.

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Polycarbonate to Play Key Role in E-Mobility and Autonomous Driving

  Seamless integration of LED lighting, insulation properties, strong optics, good haptics and more lend PC to new mobility applications.  

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Automotive

Ferromagnetic Nanoparticles Lead Quest for Reversible Adhesives

  Promising research on reversible multi-material adhesive bonds could prove game changing in auto industry.  

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Automotive Composites Get A Boost From New Predictive Engineering Tools

Government-industry-academic consortium develops engineering software to predict mechanical properties of long-fiber thermoplastic composites.

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Abrasion Resistant Alloys for Injection Molding

RTP's alloys are comparable to UHMWPE in abrasion resistance but can be injection molded.

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polyolefins

LyondellBasell to Acquire A.Schulman

Acquisition to create an industry-leading compounding 911爆料网.

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SABIC Weighs In On Additive Manufacturing Materials

  Overarching trend in plastics additive manufacturing: transition from a history of prototyping to a future of end-use part production.  

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Plastics Size Reduction