White Papers Failure Analysis of a Medicine Ball This article studies the failure of a weighted medicine ball that cracked during use in…William Aquite, Ph.D.March 21, 2023
Publications Failure Analysis of Gasoline Storage Assemblies This paper was originally published and presented at The Society of Plastics Engineers’ ANTEC in…Jeffrey A. JansenMarch 21, 2023
White Papers Accounting for Residual Stress in Injection Molded Parts Injection molding has been the dominant process for producing complex, tight tolerance plastic parts. The…Erik Foltz, M.S.February 15, 2023
White Papers How Strong is Your Material? Do you know the true strength of your material? With plastics, that is a trick…Jeffrey A. JansenJanuary 20, 2023
White Papers Manufacturing for Performance Figure 1: Schematic highlighting the expected ultimate strength of a glass-reinforced nylon 6/6 (PA 6/6)…Erik Foltz, M.S.January 20, 2023
White Papers The Importance of Crystallinity in Plastics Performance One of the fundamental characteristics of polymeric materials is the organization of their molecular structure.…Jeffrey A. JansenJanuary 19, 2023
White Papers Importance of Drying Pay Attention to Drying to Help Ensure Your Part Performance Engineers and designers spend a…Erik Foltz, M.S.January 19, 2023
White Papers The Importance of Establishing a Nominal Wall for Plastic Part Design The increasing push to integrate light-weight materials into performance demanding applications has made plastics a…Erik Foltz, M.S.January 19, 2023
White Papers Non‐Destructive Analysis of Plastic Parts Using CT Imaging Analyzing the inside of an enclosed assembled plastic part is a formidable task without the…Paul Gramann, PhD, PEJanuary 19, 2023
White Papers The Importance of Cooling on the Injection Molding Process Examining the injection molding process reveals that the majority of the cycle time is dedicated…Erik Foltz, M.S.January 19, 2023