SPE Product Design and Development DivisionJoin SPE Milwaukee for a 1-hour virtual Lunch & Learn to discover the key considerations needed when injection molding high-melt-temperature thermoplastics such as PPA, PPS, and PEEK. Learn how specialized equipment and processing practices can help produce consistent high-quality parts while limiting material waste. Please NOTE: A link to the Tech Talk will be sent […]
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Plastics are viscoelastic materials, meaning that they exhibit both viscous and elastic characteristics when undergoing deformation. This is due to their unique molecular structure. The polymer molecules consist of long chains with high molecular weight. Those individual polymer chains are and tangled into each other, but are mobile and can slide past each other because […]