How Do You Like Your Acetal: Homopolymer or Copolymer?
Acetal materials have been a commercial option for more than 50 years.
How to Avoid Mud Cracking
Julie Holmquist of Cortec Corporation discusses ways to avoid mud cracking defects when applying anticorrosion coatings.
How to Start a Swiss Machining Department From Scratch
When Shamrock Precision needed to cut production time of its bread-and-butter parts in half, it turned to a new type of machine tool and a new CAM system. Here’s how the company succeeded, despite the newness of it all.
PBT and PET Polyester: The Difference Crystallinity Makes
To properly understand the differences in performance between PET and PBT we need to compare apples to apples—the semi-crystalline forms of each polymer.
Vision Metrology for Medical
Understanding best practices and the options available with vision measurement systems is particularly important when inspecting complex medical components having stringent traceability requirements.
How to Choose the Right Coating for Fasteners
Choosing the proper coating for fasteners can help with performance by improving durability and lifespan. In this helpful Ask the Expert article, Mark Schario of Columbia Chemical offers advice for choosing the right fastener coatings.
8 Ways to Increase Productivity on the Manufacturing Floor
When it comes to machine shop productivity, continuous improvement depends on efficient employees, equipment and processes.
How to Choose and Set Up a Manufacturing Cleaning Process
Choosing the right cleaning process for an application takes thought and understanding. Knowing the basics of cleaning, the costs associated with it, as well as how to test, validate and inspect parts that are cleaned is critical. Teamwork and communication are also important in getting the job done efficiently.
Tracing the History of Polymeric Materials: Polyphenylene Oxide Blends
PPO was a promising new high-performance thermoplastic, but it could be made useful only by mixing it with a humble commodity resin.
Pretreatment for Painting
Better adhesion, enhanced corrosion and blister resistance, and reduced coating-part interactions make pretreatment a must.
Considerations for Mold Base Material Selection
Choosing the right material can greatly affect the profitability and cost of your application.
Why Compression Ratio is Important
Compression ratios have been pretty much standardized over the years, based on what has typically worked before. But there are quite a few variables that must be considered in order to get the optimum performance from your screw.
