Plastic granulate is an essential raw material for plastic manufacturers and forms the basis for countless products in automotive, packaging and medical industries. When performance matters, thermoset ...

Invista’s Chemical Intermediates Division (Houston, TX) recently introduced a new thermoplastic material that acts more like a thermoset resin. Image courtesy Stuart Miles/freedigitalphotos.net. The ...

Functionalizing semi-finished pultruded/pull-wound profiles. In searching for low-cost processes to add functionalization to its semi-finished composite profiles and tubes, and to reduce the use of ...

Although Mallinda’s vitrimer-based resin is offered in a two-component formulation that cures like a thermoset, it is also available in precured sheets like the ones abovet, that can can be stored at ...

A new material for wind blades that can be recycled could transform the wind industry, rendering renewable energy more sustainable than ever before while lowering costs in the process. Researchers ...

This unique versatility is accomplished with a Double Acting – Distributed Pressure System (DA-DPS™) Press, Multi-Component (Multi-K) Injection System, a thermal oil temperature control unit, and ...

The thermoset and thermoplastic prepreg tape line is designed to study unique resin and fiber combinations and specific manufacturing conditions. In addition, it is an important capability to provide ...

The first rebars appeared at the end of the 19th century and were designed to reinforce public works structures in the face of various climatic hazards, such as the earthquakes that struck the ...