FRP pultrusions offer several advantages over traditional materials, like metals, ceramics, and unreinforced plastics. Pultruded composites offer a number of advantages over traditional metals and plastics. 

FRP pultrusions offer several advantages over traditional materials, like metals, ceramics, and unreinforced plastics. Pultruded composites offer a number of advantages over traditional metals and plastics. 

FRP pultrusions offer several advantages over traditional materials, like metals, ceramics, and unreinforced plastics. Pultruded composites offer a number of advantages over traditional metals and plastics. 

In addition to their use in standalone applications, TPEs can be overmolded onto a rigid plastic grip in an injection molding process to create a distinctive, cushioned feel without compromising the stiffness and strength of the underlying structure. When overmolded, GLS TPEs bond permanently and virtually seamlessly to many different plastic substrates, including polypropylene (PP), polycarbonate (PC), acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene (ABS), PC/ABS, copolyester, polyamide (nylon) and polystyrene (PS).

(API) of Gainesville, Texas, a manufacturer of plastic pipe components, saw an opportunity to design a flapper valve that could improve upon traditional brass valves and enable non-corrosive, all-plastic piping systems. Don Houston of API said, “In addition to all these drawbacks, brass valves have to be joined to plastic piping with steel fittings. We wanted to make it easier for our customers to create durable piping systems by developing a plastic flapper valve that could be easily fused onto polyethylene (PE) pipe.

Bis (2­ethylhexyl) Phtalate (DEHP) is a plasticizer and component in the manufacturing of pelletized plastic compounds, mostly for use in the manufacture of wire and cable insulation (wire jackets).  Yes Bis (2­ethylhexyl) Adipate (DEHA) is a plasticizer and component in the manufacturing of pelleted plastic compounds, mostly for use in the manufacture of PVC­ based plastic wrap.  Bis (2­ethylhexyl) Adipate (DEHA) is a plasticizer and component in the manufacturing of pelleted plastic compounds, mostly for use in the manufacture of PVC­ based plastic wrap. 

One angle is to offer chemical foaming agents that help reduce plastic material use. These CFAs are the result of Avient’s combined experiences in the development of chemical foaming agents for automotive plastic components and polymer solutions for healthcare applications. They also improve the visual appearance of plastic components by reducing sink marks.

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Plastics In many ways, plastics are a perfect example of why a circular economy is so important. If not recycled properly, plastics can ends up in a landfill or, even worse, the ocean. Efforts can be made and systems can be built to keep discarded plastic in the economy to either be upcycled, recycled, reused or composted.