Explore Kautex Textron's thermoplastic composite battery enclosures for EVs, using glass fiber-reinforced PP and PA via ...

The cover on the rear muffler of the BMW i8 is fabricated using a direct long fiber thermoplastic (DLFT) process from a polypropylene (PP) compression molding compound reinforced with long glass fiber ...

Dayton, Ohio — Success at Composite Technologies Co. LLC is realizing what the company does well and sticking to that. And for the company that goes by CTC Plastics, it's recycling polypropylene, ...

Compression molding involves forming of complex shaped components by molding of a charge of fiber reinforced prepreg bulk molding compound (BMC) under heat and high pressures. Unidirectional fiber ...

About 50 billion plastic screw caps are made annually, and demand is rising all the time. In the game between the two rival production processes, neither holds all the aces. When it comes to choosing ...

Sacmi Imola S.C. of Imola, Italy, introduced a 24-station compression molding press that it said produces blemish-free plastic caps with diameters up to 70 millimeters. Typical wide-mouth caps are ...

Once upon a time, glass-mat thermoplastic (GMT) composites were nearly the only option for engineers searching for increased stiffness, strength, and toughness in a polymeric material with a ...

Overall, the polypropylene market is jointly driven by export support and weak domestic demand. It is expected to continue its volatile pattern in the short term, with the outlook becoming clearer as ...

Recycling plastic at home using 3D printed molds is relatively accessible these days, but if you do not wish to invest a lot of money into specialized equipment, what’s the most minimal setup that you ...