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 ...

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 ...

In this interview, Prolific North's Managing Director Alexandra Balazs discusses the launch of the inaugural STEM Marketing Awards, sharing insights into why they’re crucial for the sector and how ...

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 ...

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 ...

“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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

(The Hill) – Five companies are responsible for a quarter of all plastic waste worldwide, according to a study published in ...

Plastic is a really useful man-made material that has transformed our lives, but what happens after we throw it away is causing a big problem for our planet. Plastic waste can last for hundreds of ...

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 ...