Leister HDPE Seahorse Workboat Construction
The Seahorse HDPE workboat components are constructed using Leister fusion welding tools which provide a seamless join with 100% strength that yields a long-lasting...
Spine-like flexible rechargeable lithium-ion batteries
The rapid development of flexible and wearable electronics is giving rise to an exciting range of applications, from smart watches and flexible displays—such as...
Injection Molding: Melting Amorphous vs. Semi-Crystalline Plastics
Understanding the differences in how each melts is crucial to obtaining melt uniformity. Semi-crystalline polymers have a structure or ordered pattern of chain alignment....
Toray Plastics introduces third generation polypropylene packaging films
Toray Plastics (America) has introduced the third generation of Torayfan transparent and high-barrier polypropylene packaging films. The new Torayfan CB3 high-barrier BOPP films, which...
Close-packing rules may not guide nanoparticle self-assembly after all
Three-dimensional shapes fill physical space in a certain way. If you pour marbles into a jar, the marbles will randomly pack within the jar....
Weak hydrogen bonds key to strong, tough infrastructure
The right mix of hydrogen bonds in polymer and cement composites is critical to making strong, tough and ductile infrastructure material, according to Rice...
Graphene-enhanced technology created electronics that vaporize in response to radio waves
Researchers from Cornell University and Honeywell Aerospace have designed a graphene-enhanced transient electronics technology in which the microchip self-destructs by vaporizing – an action...
Overmolding as enabler for composites, aerospace to automotive
CCP Gransden can make 50 to 100,000 parts/yr economically viable using PEEK, PPS, PEI or PA. CCP Gransden (Belfast, Northern Ireland) has been in...
Short fiber reinforced compounds outperform long fiber in structural applications
Responding to customer demand for a short fiber thermoplastic material that would outperform the mechanical strength of long fiber thermoplastic (LFT) materials, Piper Plastics,...
Daher to supply thermoplastic composite structural parts to Boeing
Daher has been selected to provide thermoplastic composite structural parts for the Boeing 787 airplanes, using its expertise in this material – which is...
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