Professor Tim A. Osswald, Director of SIMTEC Silicone Parts’ Technical Advisory Board will be one of the prestigious speakers presenting at this year’s Silicone Elastomers US 2011 event. Held at the Hyatt Rosemont Hotel in Rosemont, IL, Professor Osswald will … Continue reading
Polycarbonate (PC), first introduced in 1958, is an amorphous engineering thermoplastic with exceptionally high impact strength, transparency, high temperature resistance, and dimensional stability. It has a high surface gloss, and is available in many colors and color intensities. Additionally, it … Continue reading
Plastics are either organic or semi-organic materials that have (as their main attribute) a very large molecular weight. These very large molecules, or macromolecules, give them their distinct properties and material behavior, when compared to other materials used in manufacturing … Continue reading
Liquid Silicone Rubber (LSR) is part of the family of thermoset elastomers that have a backbone of alternating silicone and oxygen atoms with methyl (-CH3) or vinyl side groups (-CH=CH2). They offer properties not obtainable with today’s TPEs. The solidification … Continue reading
Plastics can be divided into uncross-linked thermoplastics and cross-linked thermosets. The first have intermolecular bonds between the molecule chains, but can move freely relative to their neighbors. They can be melted and solidified multiple times. In contrast, thermosets have “bridges” … Continue reading