Dow Global Technologies LLC proposes a process for removing contaminants from thermoplastics, such as PCR plastic, that avoids negative aspects including solvent extraction, surfactants, caustics or ...

Linear or thermoplastic polymers are polymers that consist of long chains or strings of repeating units. These types of materials can be heated, allowing the polymer chains to slide over each other ...

While plastics are very useful on their own, they can be much stronger when reinforced and mixed with a range of fibers. Not surprisingly, this includes the thermoplastic polymers which are commonly ...

Aircraft manufacturers have been benefiting from thermoplastic composites in the form of a tough, durable structural material for more than 15 years and aerospace design allowable databases are ...

Researchers at the University of Bayreuth have discovered a new class of polymers as part of the work carried out within the ...

Researchers took a middling monomer and, by using a special catalyst, they created a tougher polymer that can form long chains. The polymer can then be easily depolymerized back to the monomer state ...

For over fifteen years, aircraft manufacturers have utilized thermoplastic composites for their toughness and durability as a structural composite. Aerospace design allowable databases are available ...

Reinforced thermoplastic pipe (RTP) mechanics encompass the study of the structural behaviours of composite pipe systems that integrate thermoplastic polymers with reinforcing elements, such as steel ...

This article is aimed at large scale 3D printing. For medium and desktop size printing, both thermoplastic materials and thermoset materials are used. While for large format additive manufacturing ...

Linear or thermoplastic polymers are polymers that consist of long chains or strings of repeating units. These types of materials can be heated, allowing the polymer chains to slide over each other ...