Plastic Parts and Technological Change Plastic part design is important within the context of a very wide range of industries today. Today’s heavily technological society has made some aspects of plastic part design more challenging in certain respects. For one thing, the market changes very rapidly in a highly technological society like this ... More

Dating back to the 1950’s, we began to see the rise in plastic manufacturing over metal manufacturing. However, nearly 70 years later, many manufacturers still are not aware of all the benefits plastic has to offer that metal does not. Not only is plastic a highly durable and reliable material to build parts with, it […] ... More

Small plastic parts are driving innovation across industries thanks to their ease of production, relatively low cost, and reduced weight. In the rush to adopt today’s new and stronger polymers, however, their design is trusted too often to either engineer who works predominantly with other materials or automation systems operated by designers ... More

Plastic parts are replacing metallic components of many manufactured goods due to the versatility of polymers and plastic injection molding techniques. Until recently, the plastic used in manufacturing was rigid and extremely hard to manipulate. However, more malleable forms have since filled the market and enhanced the use of plastics. The versati ... More

Biomechatronics Are Today’s Reality In the 1970s, there was a TV show called The Six Million Dollar Man. It was about an astronaut fitted with bionic implants that replaced missing limbs and gave him superhuman strength. Today, engineers are making fiction into fact by creating parts that interact with the human brain and body, solving mob ... More