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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.® Princeton’s WordNet defines “emboss” as “raise in relief,” and that’s exactly what a boss is: a feature raised above a surface. In plastic parts, bosses are typically used to assist in … Continued
Paid content by Slide Products, Inc. Molding PVC (Poly Vinyl Chloride) presents a processor with a host of important issues. Heating results in the outgassing of hydrochloric and hydrobromic acids. These acids cause varying levels of discomfort for operators and … Continued
Paid content by Slide Products, Inc. Slashing The Three-Shift Purge Process to Just Minutes A maker of twist-off bottle caps spent 24 hours purging to accomplish a color change. Requiring multiple purges with a witch’s brew of several different types … Continued
By Brad Cleveland, Protomold A lot of information is required to create a prototype. At the same time, however, a prototype embodies information — so much, in fact, that there is no other way the equivalent information could be stored … Continued
By Protomold – Nobody’s Faster In The Short Run.® With Protomold’s expanded capability to produce larger plastic parts, there are a few important considerations to keep in mind when designing parts to fit the Protomold process. For starters, our current … Continued
