Events

“Design For…” PD3 Webinar Series – “How Part Design Issues Get Misclassified”

Access the webinar HERE. Presenter: Vikram Bhargava Topic: "How Part Design Issues Get Misclassified as Material, Tooling, and Processing Issues" -For a plastic part or assembly to perform as expected, proper consideration needs to be given by the design engineer to the material selection, tooling, processing, and, obviously, the design itself. In many instances, design […]

3 Challenges of Testing Plastics

The world of plastics is constantly evolving, with new applications such as high-performance polymers, additive manufacturing, and bioplastics continually emerging to transform the field. Common to all applications - old and new - is the importance of mechanical testing that ensures manufacturers are producing quality products. In this webinar we'll be discussing the specific challenges […]

WEBINAR: Plastics Weathering – From Basic Principles to Recent Developments in Technology and Standardization Registration

Products based on plastics can degrade by the effects of the environment. This webinar addresses the basic principles of polymer degradation caused by the effects of weather. The main environmental stress factors are solar radiation, heat, and moisture. Testing of the environmental durability can be done under natural conditions; however accelerated laboratory testing offer the […]