Each year humans put more carbon dioxide into the atmosphere than natural processes can remove, amplifying Earth’s natural greenhouse effect.

It follows, then, that starting the design process with an exploration into candidate materials could legitimately be referred to as intrinsic design.

Can that design be manufactured with currently existing processes, and if so, can it be made efficiently?

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Because composites combine resins with different types of fiber reinforcement, and can be manufactured using a variety of processes, the possibilities are nearly endless. It is a continuous molding process where fibers are saturated with a liquid polymer, then carefully pulled through a heated die to form the parts. If you’ve heard terms like “pultruded carbon fiber,” this simply means that a carbon fiber composite has been made through the process of pultrusion. 

PROCESSING It is very important that the processing machine has good plasticizing capability. Actual color may vary depending on specific resin and processing conditions. REGULATORY COORDINATION Aid with new product approvals to reduce regulatory overhead and minimize risk.

Processing & Design Guides Conductive pipette tip manufacturer uses Trilliant™ HC specialty formulations to increase savings, processing ease, toughness and performance Sync design with manufacturability: Learn about how Avient Design can help simplify your new product development process

Processing & Design Guides Processing & Design Guide: Polystrand™ Thermoplastic Composites Recommendations & key considerations for processing and part design with continuous fiber reinforced thermoplastics

Available in pre-colored formulations, they offer a sustainable drop-in replacement for fossil-based grades and can be processed and recycled in the same channels. They also eliminate the need for secondary coating or wetting processes to achieve equivalent performance while reducing production costs. Trilliant™ HC Healthcare Thermoplastics: feature excellent chemical resistance for applications found in biopharmaceutical processing, hospital settings, and home healthcare applications.

Mevopur™ Healthcare Bio-based Polymer Solutions: color and additive concentrates based on polymers with 70-95% bio-content and pre-tested raw materials to help reduce carbon footprint and mitigate risk, available in pre-colored formulations, offer a sustainable drop-in replacement for fossil-based grades and can be processed and recycled in the same channels.  PCF values are available for these products and are based upon a TUV-certified ISO-14067: 2018 process. Avient’s experts can provide technical support for material selection, part and tool design, and process development to help accelerate commercialization.