Thermoplastics, on the other hand, can be reformed and reset over and over again using heat. Thermoplastic itself means “the ability to be reprocessed by heat.” Or, if a product is made incorrectly or needs to be adjusted during the prototyping phase, it can simply be heated again and reshaped, creating no waste.

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Avient conducted virtual prototyping, such as mold filling and finite element analysis (FEA), on a redesigned yoke, while Bettcher conducted testing on a physical prototype to simulate a half million use cycles.