There's more going on than never-ending miles of corn fields in Nebraska — some innovative injection molding is going on, at HTI Plastics in Lincoln, Neb. Yes, this month, Best Practices takes you to ...

Although plastics have only been used for around 100 years, they have become essential to everyday life. They are employed in almost every industry and application, including packaging, healthcare, ...

The device, called the Permatron-W Model 3/33 Plus, is a new generation of water vapor transmission rate (WVTR) equipment from Mocon (Minneapolis, MN). For the first time, units in the Model 3/33 ...

Plastics compounders routinely perform mechanical tests as part of the product development cycle. Producers often turn to universal testing machines (UTMs) to pull, stretch, bend or compress test ...

A video demonstrating and automated mechanical testing system by Zwick/Roell. The system includes different set ups for tensile, bend and (Izod) impact tensile tests for several different types of ...

PITTSFIELD — A British firm has paid $5 million to acquire a Pittsfield plastics company that conducts quality and safety tests on materials used in car fenders, medical supplies, packaging, ...

COLUMBIA, Md.—Shimadzu Scientific Instruments has introduced a new line of tabletop testing instruments known as the Autograph AGS-V Series, company officials said June 17. Shimadzu officials said the ...

The first use for these materials: Ensuring super-dense ICs pass final QA. "The first generation of material used to build test sockets was based on Vespel SP-1 (polyimide). This was replaced by ...

Polymer-based-or plastic-synthetic materials have a hold on the fashion industry, currently making up about two-thirds of all fibers used in textiles with no signs of slowing down. At the same time, ...