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LATEST INDUSTRY INSIGHTS
4D Printing – the extra dimension
For decades, additive manufacturing (AM) has focused on optimising three-dimensional spatial architectures, optimising strength-to-weight ratios … Continued
How Paint is Formulated
A paint batch can look fine in the can and still fail where it matters: … Continued
Best Practices for Formulating with Niacinamide
Why Niacinamide Matters to Formulators Unlike many trend-driven cosmetic actives, niacinamide offers multiple benefits across … Continued
INDUSTRY INSIGHTS ARCHIVE
By Protomold – Nobody’s Faster In The Short Run.® Picture this: it’s a holiday weekend. Four lanes of traffic are on the Interstate headed out of town and suddenly everything backs up. The problem, as you will discover in a … Continued
By Jim Marsch, Gear Product Manager, Universal Technical Systems, Inc. Certain parameters hold true when designing all gears, including plastic: Use of conjugate tooth forms. Maintaining contact ratios greater than 1.00. Minimizing specific sliding, thus improving efficiency. Minimizing tooth deflections. … Continued
By Protomold – Nobody’s Faster In The Short Run.® Normally, when nature produces polymers, they are strings of protein like keratin or polypeptides. Now, however, with help from companies like NatureWorks LLC, a subsidiary of Cargill, starch from corn is … Continued
Intevac Photonics, DeltaNu RAPID•ID™ is an easy to use, low cost, palm-sized system for field plastics identification. At less than 13 ounces, it is the world’s smallest and most innovative solution for identifying plastics quickly. RAPID•ID delivers results in a … Continued
By Protomold – Nobody’s Faster In The Short Run.® There are plenty of ways to attach plastic parts to one another. They can be permanently welded or cemented. They can be semi-permanently screwed together, with or without inserts. And, for … Continued
