Materials Monthly eNewsletter

Cryogenic processing — treating parts at –300°F or colder — benefits not only tool-and-die sets. It has quadrupled the life of lumber mills’ log-chipper knives...

Damascus or damascene steel is beautiful and tough. If forged from the right materials it is an excellent cutting tool. This advanced form of blacksmithing is recognizable by the decorative pattern on the...

Three new flame-retardant polycarbonate/acrylonitrile-butadienestyrene (PC/ABS) blend resins use postconsumer recycled content and thus can help OEMs hit a higher rating...

Automakers are not the only ones trying to make internal-combustion engines that are more efficient and less polluting. Marine applications...

For more than 60 years, engineers specifying seals and customers using them have accepted the arbitrary rule that the maximum amount O-rings will swell in most applications is a 25%...

Recycling plastic usually means it has to be ground into consistent-sized particles, and for that you need industrial grinders such as those from...

When you think of polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE), the nonstick coating on your pots and pans might be the first thing that comes to mind.

Think you’ve squeezed the maximum weight and cycle time out of your injection-molded design?

If you want a crash simulation involving plastics to yield useful results, it is important to model the material behavior appropriately.

Today we'll look at 3D laser cutting, two types of adhesives, and one glowwwwwing ring

The game of darts is more than a bar sport, complete with touring professionals. To this end, German dart supplier Evolution Dart-Technologie used carbon fiber-reinforced polyamide to improve reliability and prolong the performance life of its products