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UHMW-PE: the titan of polymers
The first question that's top-of-mind for most plastics distributors when a purchasing decision arises is not "How much will it cost?" or "How quickly will I get my delivery?" or "I wonder if they'll give me that trip to Disney World for placing this order?" Instead, the single most important question for today's distributor is "Of all the different products now available, which one will provide the perfect solution?" Learn more.
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Technical advisory
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• UHMW-PE is defined as polyethylene whose molecular weight is 3.1 million or higher.
• As with most high-performance polymers, processing of UHMW-PE is not easy. Because of its high melt viscosity, conventional molding and extrusion processes would break the long molecular chains that give the material its excellent properties.
• UHMW-PE has outstanding abrasion resistance and an extremely low coefficient of friction. Impact strength is high and chemical resistance is excellent.
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Sustainable Manufacturing Metrics Toolkit now available
• The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has launched a new "Sustainable Manufacturing Metrics Toolkit." This project, proposed by the United States and supported by other OECD members, has sought to develop a set of simplified indicators and guidance that can be used by any facility to measure its environmental performance and make decisions to improve it. Learn more.
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Introduction to Plastics is more than an introduction
It's everything you need to know about more than 50 plastic materials commonly used today in industry, signage and visual merchandising, building and construction, and pipe, valves and fittings. This book provides such details as:
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- How they're made
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- Processing and fabrication techniques
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