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Thermoset Molding with Inserts
By utilizing a molding process, OEMs and manufacturers are able to design parts into complex geometries to meet the needs of the end product. This design flexibility allows part designers to implement more features into a part design, consolidate multiple parts of an assembly, and reduce overall manufacturing costs for a product assembly. Along with […]
Thermosets for Applications Requiring Heat Resistance
One of the main benefits of using thermosets as a molding material for parts and components is the heat resistance and high temperature deflection properties that thermoset materials offer. Whereas thermoplastic molding materials such as a nylon or ABS can disfigure, melt, or carbonize; parts molded from a thermoset remain dimensionally stable, allowing the molded […]
Injection Molding Thermoset Plastics
Thermoset plastics have been widely used in manufacturing for parts requiring protection against high operating temperatures and electrical currents. From the historic bakelite materials to new age composite formulations used in advanced automotive, aerospace, and electrical markets; thermosets are a material of choice for challenging applications and aggressive operating elements. Aside from determining the correct […]
Comparing Thermoset and Thermoplastic Molding Materials
Thermoset and thermoplastic materials are two types of plastic or composite molding materials. While both have a similar end-product appearance of a plastic part, the two material types can have drastically different material performance properties. Choosing the correct molding material type depends on the end use application and what material property requirements the end-product needs […]
Thermoset Plastics for Electrical Products and Applications
Curious which industries use thermoset materials within molded components and product assemblies? While many different end markets and consumer industries rely on thermosets’ material property benefits for manufactured components and products, the electrical industry is one of the largest end-use industries for molded thermoset parts. Electrical products benefit from molded thermosets’ superior electrical properties at […]
Metal-to-Thermoset Conversions
With supply chain costs rising on everything from raw materials to the freight of finished goods, manufacturers and engineers must keep in mind the overall manufacturing costs that affect an end-product or assembly. One option to keeping an OEM’s product assembly competitively priced in the market is rethinking the best material to produce the product […]
Thermoset Molding for High Heat Components
There are two main types of plastics: Thermoplastic and thermoset. Thermoplastic materials are more common molding materials such as nylon, ABS, polypropylene, and polycarbonate, among others. These thermoplastics are generally used in more price-sensitive components that do not require improved material performance properties. Thermoset plastics on the other hand are heat-stable materials suitable for components […]
What Molding Materials are Thermosets?
Although molded thermosets have history dating back to the original bakelite plastics created by Leo Baekeland in 1907, current views of thermoset plastics, or composites, are as a niche material suitable for performance-forward applications requiring additional protection against elevated temperatures, electrical current, corrosion, and chemical exposure over traditional thermoplastics such as Nylons, Polypropylenes, ABS, and […]
Thermoset Molding for Corrosive Environments
As a performance-based molding material, thermosets offer strong material properties for molded parts and components such as heat resistance, chemical resistance, and excellent electrical and insulation performance. Aside from the above property benefits, molded thermosets also provide superior resistance to corrosion over metal and many thermoplastic material solutions, making thermosets a material of choice for […]
Thermoset Molding in Consumer Appliance Applications
Molded thermosets are used for parts and components in many different industries and end-markets due to the versatile material property benefits of thermosets such as heat, chemical, and corrosion resistance, coupled with low costs to manufacture. One driver of thermoset molded components is the home appliance industry. Parts such as cookware bases, handles, knobs, and […]
