Fabricated plastic parts and semi-finished shapes include molded, cast, extruded, and machined parts made from any polymeric materials. They are often supplied as bars, films, plates, profiles, rods, ...

It’s a real bummer when injection molded plastic parts break. We’ve never found a gluing technique that works for a part which is exposed to force like the clamp on this camera tripod.

Instead of throwing away broken plastic parts, learn how to easily fix them with cable ties. This simple method works as a quick fix for cracked or damaged plastic items. Watch this video to see ...

Company officials said a change in the mold used to create a plastic part for the fuel pump led to a decrease in the density of the plastic. This allowed the part to bloat and eventually caused ...

Figure 4.1: An elastic-perfectly plastic material. (a) Uniaxial stress-strain relation; (b) geometric representation of yield surface and criterion of loading and unloading. Perfectly plastic ...