Case in point The line of Liberty Ships from the era of World War II have often made up for an interesting case study for ship builders worldwide. As history has it, it took the loss of both stock and life to put design into perspective. An immediate inspection surmised cold cracking and hydrogen induced …
Sink mark is like history – what’s done cannot be undone! Any designer who has ever dealt with plastic would know the trepidation with which a plastic part design is often dealt with. Each sink speaks greatly of the type of plastic design. Often times a result of- Part design Low injection and packing pressure …
UL Certification and Why It Is Important to Plastics Part Designers! UL certification or UL Safety certification is the process of assessing the compliance of products to recognized safety requirements. This certification most frequently addresses electrical and mechanical safety, fire risks and other product hazards and can include the assessment of other attributes, all focused …
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Ever-increasing demand for new products from customers is forcing OEMs to launch innovative products at record speeds. Launching a new product could mean either starting from scratch and designing something revolutionary or putting existing pieces together and creating something evolutionary. Revolutionary products form part of a company’s long term vision while evolutionary products comprise of …
