Plastic deformation and joining processes have emerged as innovative solutions for connecting tubes in a variety of industrial applications. These methods utilise controlled plastic strain, rather ...

A new molding process was first used to produce a disposable protective cover for a digital thermometer. Tapped to manufacture a reusable digital tympanic thermometer, contract service provider ...

In the recently successfully-completed German R&D project SeQuLas, the Fraunhofer Institute for Laser Technology (ILT) and three industrial partners have developed a novel joining process to produce ...

A new chemical process can essentially vaporize plastics that dominate the waste stream today and turn them into hydrocarbon building blocks for new plastics. The catalytic process, developed at the ...

So, you’ve got your product design pretty much down and selected the materials with the properties the application requires, but some of the plastic parts need to be joined. You may discover that the ...

The last two decades have seen substantial improvements in ultrasonic plastic-welding machines. Bench-top models feature proportional-valve controls, linear encoders, line-voltage regulation, internal ...