This lab contains a large NESTAL injection molding machine, several 3D printers, a melt flow indexer, V-notch cutter and various other items required for plastic research and manufacture. Grad ...

Learn more. How to make the black plastic on your car look new again. All plastics eventually fade when exposed to the environment, but if your car’s trim is starting to look gray and sad ...

Injection molding machines consist of a barrel and reciprocating screw assembly, an injection nozzle, and a hydraulic motor that feeds the molten plastic or metal mix into a mold. The molding machines ...

“The versatile nature of plastic — its light weight, durability and ease of moulding — is hard to rival with any material, now or in the foreseeable future, so plastic is here to stay ...

They were washed in with the tide, most likely from China or the US, thousands of miles away -- part of an enormous plastic garbage patch, spinning in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, which you ...

3D printing is all well and good if you want one of something, but if you want lots of plastic parts that are all largely identical, you should consider injection molding. You can pay someone to ...

Installing polyvinyl chloride (PVC) pipe for plumbing, HVAC, or other projects requires making clean slices, and PVC pipe cutters serve just that purpose. These cutters are available in various ...

Bumpers have long been painted by car makers, but there is still a surprising amount of (usually black) plastic trim on a car to protect. Wing mirror mounts, spoilers and grilles need treating to ...

So one reader made knife containers out of 2 pvc pipes and caps. He glued the cap on one end and marked the unglued cap with ...

Planet or Plastic? is National Geographic’s multiyear effort to raise awareness about the global plastic trash crisis. Come to this page often to learn more, and find out what you can do to ...

Cupra is a relatively young brand in the UK but its sales are already close to matching older sister Seat’s. And that’s with ...

Some scientists argue it is far better to reduce the amount of plastic used in the first place. The penultimate round of UN talks for a future plastics treaty have just drawn to a close in Canada ...