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1. Dry vs. Conditioned Explained by Ben Howe, IDES Inc.
Recently a number of people have been asking about the difference between dry and conditioned data for polyamide (nylon) materials. In a nutshell, "dry" refers to data that is obtained from a sample of material with equivalent moisture content as when it was molded (typically <0.2%). "Conditioned" on the other hand, refers to data obtained from a sample of material that has absorbed some environmental moisture at 50% relative humidity prior to testing. The vast majority of dry and conditioned data is seen with polyamide (Nylon) materials. To understand the need for two sets of data it's important to understand a little about the structure of Polyamide.
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2. Complimentary Webinar with John Bozzelli and John Klees
This Friday, join both John Bozzelli and John Klees for a discussion about Intensification Ratio among other topics related to plastics processing.
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3. Thermoplastics Weekly Summary
PE 100 Pressure Pipe Fittings
are molded more economically with a new injection-molding grade, compared to using extrusion grades as...
Automotive Fuel Lines
can now be extruded as a PPA mono-layer, providing lower cost and higher temperature resistance than conventional multi-layer barrier coextruded lines. The key is the use of...
Expect High Barrier Gas Tanks for Lawn Mowers
to be required to meet new emission standards which the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency plans to propose this fall. This will require modification of the hydrocarbon-permeable thermoplastic fuel hoses and gas tanks now...
The First Kenaf Fiber-Reinforced PLA Bioplastic Cell Phone Housing
is introduced by NTT DoCoMo Inc. The key to achieving adequate temperature resistance, moisture resistance, and toughness is...
Manufacturers of Fluoropolymers
that break down into perfluorooctanoic would for the first time have to file premanufacturing notification under the Toxic Substances Control Act, according to a rule...
U.S. Plastics Beverage Packaging Will Grow 8 Times Faster Than Glass
4 times faster than metal, and paper beverage packaging will decline, forecasts a new...
Polystyrene Price Increases Should Be On Hold
for a while, due to styrene overcapacity. Although U.S. producers announced an increase of US$0.05-0.06/lb for February, this has been delayed and Market Search expects it to fail and expects pricing to instead fall further...
Prices of Flame Retardants
are going up,...
ABS & Polypropylene Instrument Panel Clusters
will be molded in China by Denso for export! to South Korea OEMs Hyundai and Kia. Denso of Kariya, Japan, already supplying instrument clusters to Toyota and Honda in Japan from a separate Chinese operation, is partially owned by Toyota.
4. Resin Pricing Report (Updated April 3, 2006)
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5. The Rauch Guide to the US Plastics Industry
Packed with informative tables and figures, The Rauch Guide to the US Plastics Industry provides market trends, statistics and important forecasting data into a highly organized report, bringing widely scattered information into one easy-to-use, comprehensive source.
It's the most comprehensive resource covering the latest trends, economics and company information in the $16 Billion US Plastics Industry!
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