Engineering Resins
What You Need to Know About Drying Specialty Nylons
PPA is being used more frequently by molders for demanding high-heat applications in automotive and other markets. While in the nylon family, it does not dry quite like nylon. Follow these tips.
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Emerging Application for Tepex: Door Module Carrier
Lanxess contracts with German Tier I for use of the composite in large series automotive production.
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Highlights of Thermoplastic Composites at JEC 2017
No shortage of new developments in thermoplastic composites at the big show.
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More High-Performance Materials for Additive Mfg Emerge
Included are high-temperature formulations for 3D-printed tooling.
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Price Increases on Polyacetal and UHMW-PE Underway
POM, UHMW-PE join other commodity engineering resins in moving up in price.
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No News Shortage on Thermoplastic Composites at JEC World 2017
Sabic enters continuous carbon-fiber reinforced tape; TxV taps Fiberforge technology; Xenia introduces materials reinforced with hybrid (glass/carbon) fillers; and more.
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New ‘Long’ Carbon Nanotubes Promising In Thermoplastics, LSR
Novel hair-like nanotubes are said to “love thermoplastics” and to provide electrical conductivity at very low loadings.
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Space: Where 3D Printing Innovates?
It’s called the “Final Frontier” but maybe space is actually a closer to a present-day trendsetter. What does that mean?
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Additive Mfg. Materials Evolve as Market Moves from Prototyping to Production
Both Stratasys and Arkema have recently launched new materials with improved aesthetics and performance.
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PC Continues to Hit the Bullseye in Archery
Covestro’s Makrolon 2805 has been used for injection molded arrow nocks for more than 30 years.
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