PLASTIC DESIGN AND MANUFACTURING: WHAT TO LOOK FOR?
A recent study has revealed that the low-density polyethylene (LDPE) market is set to reach $170.95 billion by 2021; a $28.94 billion...


Machining guidelines Chapter 4
Tempering The tempering process is defined as the heat treatment of parts or semi-finished products in order to largely reduce residual...


Machining guidelines Chapter 3
Post-machining processes 3.1 Conditioning The process of conditioning is defined as treatment of dry polyamide products aiming at the...


Machining guidelines Chapter 2
Parameters for the individual machining processes 2.1 Sawing Plastics can be sawn with a band saw or a circular saw. The choice depends...


Machining guidelines Chapter 1
Machining and post-machining processes 1. Machining of thermoplastics With the increasing variety of engineering plastics and the...


Designing with Polyacetal (POM)
POM-C otherwise known as Acetal Copolymer is an engineered plastic. The highly crystalline resins are strong, rigid and have a low coefficie


Designing with Polyethylene (PE)
Polyethylene is a semi-crystalline thermoplastic with high toughness and chemical resistance, but rather low mechanical strength in...


Licharz rollers optimise smooth performance of Demag light crane system
In industrial manufacturing light cranes are, in most cases, operated manually and therefore need to be particularly smooth running and...


Bulk Material Handling Solutions
At Steelplast, we drive innovation in the engineering plastics sector. We are a leading supplier of the complete range of German quality...


Polyacetales (POM)
Polyacetal, also called polyoxymethylene (POM) - is a semi-crystalline thermoplastic with high mechanical strength and rigidity. The...