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Using Thermosets in Electrical Enclosure Applications
As a performance-based composite, thermoset plastics are an excellent material choice for applications exposed to aggressive and challenging environments. One of the top emerging applications for thermoset molding is with electrical enclosure applications. Electrical enclosures are used in all kinds of industries and end-markets including Appliance, Energy, Lighting, Industrial, and Utility markets. Implementing a thermoset […]
Thermosets for Applications with UV Exposure
As a thermoset injection molder, Woodland Plastics partners with a number of customers in different industries and end-markets to manufacture their thermoset parts and components. The physical properties of molded thermosets allow parts to remain dimensionally and chemically stable even when exposed to aggressive and challenging environments. Outdoor applications with high UV exposure are one […]
Assembly with Thermosets
In support of Woodland Plastics’ thermoset molding capabilities, we also offer secondary operations and sourcing services as a full turnkey supplier. Aside from thermoset molding, Woodland can source hardware and component items, and assemble finish goods in-house prior to customer shipments. Woodland Plastics understands managing a complex supplier base can be challenging, and as such […]
Thermoset Molding Processes: Injection vs. Compression
Choosing the right molding process for your thermoset part may seem daunting, but generally there are indicators in the design and program end-use application that push towards a specific molding process. Like thermoplastics, thermosets can be injection molded or compression molded. Each molding process has its own benefits and disadvantages a thermoset molder and end-customer […]
Automation with Thermoset Molding
Woodland Plastics is a custom thermoset molder, located in Addison, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago. Specializing in medium-high volume thermoset molding applications, Woodland Plastics partnered with an automotive OEM to provide thermoset phenolic valve body components for the automaker’s transmission plants. As the program started, it was very labor-intensive, with Woodland operators manually removing the […]
Thermosets in Cold-Weather Applications
Thermosets, or thermosetting plastics, have always been known in the plastics industry as heat-resistant materials. Many of the end-use applications thermoset components are used in may see high temperatures or excessive heat during application use. While thermosets remain dimensionally stable in high-temperature applications, it is not the only temperature-specific property benefit of using molded thermosets. […]
Chemical Resistance in Thermosets
As a custom thermoset phenolic and BMC molder, Woodland Plastics manufactures thermoset components for a variety of customers and end-use applications. Many of our customers’ buyers and engineers are familiar with the heat resistance properties of thermosets, and its ability to remain dimensionally stable within high temperatures. A less common, but just as important material […]
Use of Thermosets in Corrosive Environments
With superior material property performance over thermoplastics, thermosets are an excellent material option for applications exposed to challenging environments. One of the main material benefits molded thermosets exude is strong resistance to corrosion and rust. Whether an application is exposed to outdoor conditions with high humidity or moisture, or used to house electrical components, thermosets […]
Using Inserts in Thermoset Molding
Using Inserts in Thermoset Molding Injection molders and OEMs have been using various styles of inserts in their plastic parts and product applications to mechanically fasten separate components together for quite some time. Thermoset molded parts are no different. Depending on the application type, environment the application is used in, and geometries of the molded […]
Thermoset vs. Thermoplastic
Many potential customers are unsure whether a thermoplastic or thermoset molding material is best for their product application. The answer depends on the material property requirements of the product application. How the product is used, and the environment the product operates in are two of the biggest variables to determine if a thermoset or thermoplastic […]
