White Papers Importance of Specifications When Outsourcing Manufacturing It is very common to investigate failures where the cause is the use of an…Antoine Rios, Ph.D.January 19, 2023
White Papers Temperature Dependence of Plastics: The Glass Transition The molecular structure of polymeric materials leads to temperature dependency and critical thermal transitions. This…Jeffrey A. JansenJanuary 19, 2023
White Papers Identification of PVC in NBR using Thermogravimetric Analysis Thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) is a common thermal analysis technique that provides composition information for polymeric…Jeffrey A. JansenJanuary 19, 2023
White Papers Proset Rubber Gasket Failure There has been a rash of failures involving chlorinated poly(vinyl chlorine)(PVC) pipes that were used…Paul Gramann, Ph.D.January 19, 2023
White Papers Design Like You Mean It: Ultrasonic Welding The success of manufacturing and assembling of plastic parts depends heavily on the design of…The Madison GroupJanuary 18, 2023
Publications Testing Beats Talking for Manufacturing Problems This article originally appeared in Appliance Manufacturer Magazine – March 2001. Failure analysis solves housing…Jeffrey A. JansenJanuary 16, 2023
White Papers Yellowing of Polycarbonate Because of the molecular structure of polycarbonate, the polymer is susceptible to yellowing through a…Jeffrey A. JansenJanuary 16, 2023
Publications Failure Analysis of an Outdoor Instrument Housing This paper was originally published and presented at The Society of Plastics Engineers’ ANTEC in…Jeffrey A. JansenJanuary 16, 2023
White Papers Fractography: Crack Features Can Change as the Crack Propagates I completed a failure analysis on a safety clip, which had failed an impact test…Jeffrey A. JansenJanuary 16, 2023
White Papers Polyurethanes: Where Rubber Meets the Road Part 3 – When Things Go Wrong In the first two parts of this series, we examined the underlying chemistry and some…Bruce Davis, Ph.D.January 16, 2023