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
White Papers Polyurethanes: Where Rubber Meets the Road – Part 2 – It’s Not All That Hard Whenever polyurethane materials are discussed they tend to be categorized in terms of their hardness.…Bruce Davis, Ph.D.January 16, 2023
White Papers The Importance of Properly Preparing Resins for Injection Molding The power of polymers is in their molecular weight. It is critical that manufacturers not…Melissa L. Kurtz, M.S.January 13, 2023
White Papers PVC Part 3: Failure PVC has very good performance characteristics that result in parts used for numerous applications. But…Javier Cruz, Ph.D.January 12, 2023