FEED SYSTEM – Gate Basic

This blog takes you through the basics of gate design, gate placement and function of a gate. There […]

Elements of Jigs & Fixtures

This blog explains the four elements of Jigs and Fixtures which are important for a good design. Shown […]

Feed System – Runner Design

This blog is a continuation of the earlier blog on runner basics. Here we talk about the runner […]

Feed System – Runner Basics

Runner design and sizing is one of the most important aspect of mold design. This blog covers the […]

Feed System – Sprue Bush

As a start of the feed system discussion, sprue bush is the first part in mold design which […]

What is a Jig & Fixture? – Intro

A brand new topic on Jigs and Fixtures which are widely used in the all manufacturing industries. In […]

Composites-Intro

Blog discusses the basics of composites and introduction to terminology of composite materials. Composites provide unique properties for […]

Fracture Mechanics – Intro

This blog introduces to the theory of fracture mechanics for plastics. Although this is an intro, it can […]

Boltzmann Superposition Principle

Creep under constant strain is not a practical way of evaluating a material performance. Boltzmann superposition principle explains […]

Time-Temperature Superposition

This blog explains superposition principle, shift factor and Arrhenius, WLF equation. This principle is very useful to get […]

Creep Modulus

Creep modulus is an important design parameter for selecting plastics for long term use. This blog takes you […]

Polymer Deformation Mechanisms

This blog discusses crazing, shear yielding for amorphous polymers and slipping, twinning for semi-crystalline polymers. Deformation phenomenon explained […]

Yield Stress

Polymer yield stress depends on strain rate and temperature of the testing. This blog explains the both the […]

Deformation mechanisms

Polymer deformation mechanisms helps to understand how amorphous and crystalline materials modulus can be predicted. A difficult topic […]

Plastic Deformation

Here is the blog on various polymers behavior and stress/strain curves. Also covered topics are cold drawing, strain […]