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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 Brad Cleveland, Protomold Three Ways to Make a Horse I’ve heard attributed to various sculptors—Michaelangelo more than others—the suggestion that the way to make a statue of a horse is to start with a block of marble and chisel … Continued
By Suhas Kulkarni, FIMMTECH As plastic flows through the different sections of the injection molding machine and the mold, because of drag and frictional effects there is a loss of the applied pressure at the flow front of the plastic. … Continued
By Protomold – Nobody’s Faster In The Short Run.® We’ve mentioned sliding shutoffs before, but they are both important enough and tricky enough to deserve closer attention. Done right, they can give you a lot of design flexibility; done wrong, … Continued
Paid content by BASF By Chul Lee, BASF This is the 3rd article in a series of 5 articles by BASF Engineering Plastics on Snap-Fit design. The hope is to assist design engineers achieve better results using improved principles and … Continued
By Suhas Kulkarni, FIMMTECH Background Most resins, especially those from condensation polymers absorb moisture. Nylons, acetals and polyesters are examples of such resins. The presence of moisture during the melt processing of these resins can cause the polymer to degrade … Continued
