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Design News - September 04, 2006
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Polymer chemists and metallurgists like to stay busy. The number of material grades plastics, elastomers and metals grows year after year. And that growth is good news for design engineers who have to find new materials that can help boost product performance while keeping costs in check.
- Supplement
- Materials/Joining Trend Watch
- Gear Up for Proper Design
- Bonding In Broad Daylight
- Acrylic tape helps rebuild autos
- Adhesives Reduce Labor Costs
- Bonding difficult plastics
- Rubber Faces a Tough Environment
- Water Injection with Multi-Compound Molding
- Multi-Component Molding Multiplies
- RP Tempering
- Position control hinges are compact
- Virtually Indestructible
- Rubber and Low Sulfur Diesel Fuel
- Liquid Silicone Rubber
- Molded-In Color
- Elastomer Sticks To Modified Nylons
- The Sweetest Polymer
- Electric Molding
- Polymer reduces shock
- Stone Tough
- Detent hinges offer tight closure
- Somos
- Low-Gassing Acetal
- Arcam
- Supple enough for leather
- A Perfect Match
- Z Corp.
- Hinges can be customized
- Nitrogen is Cheaper Than Plastic
- Slide and Open
- Advertisers in This Issue
- Fit For A Crown
- Environmentally Friendly Plastics That Work
- Critical Flatness
- Better Bonders
- Broad line mates with many metals
- Adhesive sealant meets many needs
- PBT Gets Green Credentials
- Dimension
- Flexibility is Key in Hot Environments
- EOS
- Integrated Functionality
- Hinges Take Many Positions
- Savings with MIM Can Be Huge
- Composite adhesives ready to fly
- Quick setup aids in automated application
- Flexane works in hot spots
- Waste Not, Want Not
- Adhesive tape keeps horses calm
- Hermetic Harmony
- Multi-Component Molding with a Twist
- Composite Adhesives Take Hold
- Torque Inserts simplify production
- Blank Benefits
- See Clearly Now
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