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A New High Strength POM Copolymer
Ticona

Protomold - What Color is Your Prototype?
Protomold

Protomold - Designing for Moldability
Protomold

Protomold - Prototyping Process: Choosing the Best Process for Your Project
Protomold

Engineering Plastics Design Guide
BASF

Moldflow Plastics Design Guide
Moldflow

A Design Recipe For Plastics Ribs
Solvay Advanced Polymers

Gas-Assisted Injection Molding of High Gloss Large Parts
Ticona Engineering Polymers

Enhancing the Performance of Your Automotive Electrical & Electronics Systems
DSM

Switching from Metals to Plastics
Ticona

Surface Texture on a Plastic Part
Protomold

Plastic Electronics and Its Introduction Into the Toy Sector
PLASeTOY Project

Draft Injection Molded Parts
Protomold

When Thin is Not In
Protomold

Change is Always in the Forecast for Resin Pricing
RTi

Corn - It’s Not Just for Breakfast Anymore
Protomold

Accurately Estimating Capacity When Designing Plastic Gears
Universal Technical Systems, Inc. (UTS)

Moisture in Nylon – What's the Right Number?
Michael Sepe, Material Analyst

Metal Replacement
Michael Sepe, Material Analyst

Plastics Assembly Tools
SABIC Innovative Plastics

New World of Work (Part 1)
Michael Sepe, Material Analyst

New World of Work (Part 2)
Michael Sepe, Material Analyst

A Tour of the World of Nylon (Part 1)
Michael Sepe, Material Analyst

Incompatible Color Concentrate Carriers Meet Poor Mixing Practices
Michael Sepe, Material Analyst

Moisture in Nylon – What's the Right Number?
Michael Sepe, Material Analyst

Design Tip: Look Sharp
Protomold

Design Tip: Cams - They're Not Just for Undercuts
Protomold

Thermoplastics Chemical Compatibility
SABIC Innovative Plastics

Plastics Assembly Tools
SABIC Innovative Plastics

Form, Fit, Function & Feasibility: The Prototype as Information
Brad Cleveland, Protomold

By Design: Memorable Mistake That Stopped a New Product
Glenn Beall, Glenn Beall Plastics, Ltd.

A Simple Shape Creates a Complex Problem
Glenn Beall, Glenn Beall Plastics, Ltd.

A Small Part Creates a Big Problem
Glenn Beall, Glenn Beall Plastics, Ltd.

By Design: Molded Threads (Part 1)
Glenn Beall, Glenn Beall Plastics, Ltd.

Change in Material & Manufacturing Method is Troublesome
Glenn Beall, Glenn Beall Plastics, Ltd.

Playing Not Invented Here Game Costs OEMs Thousands of Dollars
Glenn Beall, Glenn Beall Plastics, Ltd.

Handling a Delicate Situation With Data
Glenn Beall, Glenn Beall Plastics, Ltd.

Part Design for Injection Molding of Thermoplastics (Book Review)
Umberto F. Catignani, Orbital Plastics Consulting Inc.

A Brief History of Information (as applied to Proto Labs)
Brad Cleveland, Protomold

Back To The Future: via Automated Toolpath Generation
Brad Cleveland, Protomold

Healthsense™ Slashes Time-to-Market with Proto Labs
Brad Cleveland, Protomold

Plastic Prototyping: How Methods Measure Up
Brad Cleveland, Protomold

Frequently Asked Plastics Design & Processing Questions
Steve Gerbig, DSM Engineering Plastics

Impacting the Success of a New Plastics Design Program
Steve Gerbig, DSM Engineering Plastics

Improving Snapfit Design (Part 1)
Chul Lee, BASF

Improving Snapfit Design (Part 2)
Chul Lee, BASF

Improving Snapfit Design (Part 3)
Chul Lee, BASF

Evaluating Plastic Color: A Combination of Art and Science
Gretchen Leighliter and Robert S. Trinklein

Design Tip: Hot Tip Solves Gating Problems
Protomold

Getting the Most Out of Your Plastics Data
Suzie Witzler and Mike Kmetz

From Idea to Finished Plastic Part
Günther Hot Runners

Protomold - Choosing Sides
Protomold

Why You Must Consider Continuous Heat and Atmosphere
Solvay Advanced Polymers

Plastics Snap Fit Design Guide
BASF

Choosing the Correct Thermoplastic Composite
RTP

How To Manage Plastics Stress
Solvay Advanced Polymers

Living in the Plastics Material World
Protomold

Self-Mating Plastic Parts
Protomold

Ejector Pins: Pushing Your Parts Around
Protomold

Introduction to Color Theory
Ticona

Using and Specifying Plastic Gears
Ticona

Designing With Plastic
Ticona

How to Choose a Resin for a Plastic Part
Protomold

Four Rules For Rapid Injection Molding Design
Protomold

Ouf of Many, One: Joining Mechanical Assemblies
Protomold

Plastics Design Tip: When Things Get Rough (Texture on Plastics)
Protomold

Sliding Shutoffs
Protomold

Beware The Universal Color Carrier
Michael Sepe, Material Analyst

Density of Plastic: Bulk Density, Melt Density & Specific Gravity
Michael Sepe, Material Analyst

Detective Work With FTIR
Michael Sepe, Material Analyst

Fixing Brittle Nylon Product With Water
Michael Sepe, Material Analyst

Getting the Most Out of Your Plastics Data
Michael Sepe, Material Analyst

Don't Count on Robust Design to Save Plastic Parts
Michael Sepe, Material Analyst

Making Sense of Melt-Flow Rate, Melt-Volume Rate & Melt Viscosity
Michael Sepe, Material Analyst

Nonsensical Plastic Part Analysis
Michael Sepe, Material Analyst

Nucleation, Cycle Time, and Properties
Michael Sepe, Material Analyst

Physical Testing As A Plastic Failure Analysis Tool
Michael Sepe, Material Analyst

Plastic Material Selection – It's Not About Inventory
Michael Sepe, Material Analyst

Sourcing Equivalent Plastic Materials in the Global Economy
Michael Sepe, Material Analyst

Specific Gravity of Plastic
Michael Sepe, Material Analyst

The Art and Science of Metal Replacement (Part 1)
Michael Sepe, Material Analyst

The Art and Science of Metal Replacement (Part 2)
Michael Sepe, Material Analyst

The Art and Science of Metal Replacement (Part 3)
Michael Sepe, Material Analyst

The Art and Science of Metal Replacement (Part 4)
Michael Sepe, Material Analyst

The Details of Molded-in Color in Plastics
Michael Sepe, Material Analyst

The Hidden Cost of Plastics Recycling
Michael Sepe, Material Analyst

Problems & Added Cost of Running Elevated Melt Temperatures
Michael Sepe, Material Analyst

Unusual Melt-Flow-Rate Results (Part 1)
Michael Sepe, Material Analyst

Unusual Melt-Flow-Rate Results (Part 2)
Michael Sepe, Material Analyst

Wasting Money on Resin Analysis
Michael Sepe, Material Analyst

When Plastic Part Investigations Change Direction
Michael Sepe, Material Analyst

Joining of Plastics (Book Review)
Vishu Shah, Consultek

Runner and Gating Design Handbook (Book Review)
Vishu Shah, Consultek

Selecting Injection Molds (Book Review)
Vishu Shah, Consultek

Why Plastics Fail (Part 1)
Vishu Shah, Consultek

Why Plastics Fail (Part 2)
Vishu Shah, Consultek

Why Plastics Fail (Part 3)
Vishu Shah, Consultek

Why Plastics Fail (Part 4)
Vishu Shah, Consultek

Polymeric Foams & Foam Technology - 2nd Edition (Book Review)
Patrick A. Toensmeier

Expert Plastic Material Selection Techniques
Michael Sepe

Plastics Drying & Overdrying
Suhas Kulkarni, FIMMTECH