COVER STORY
Health Assurance
Ongoing developments in medical plastics are speeding innovations that could extend the reach, effectiveness, and safety of medical devices
By Pat Toensmeier
Transforming Lives with 3-D Printing
Customized prosthetics, stents, and splints are allowing the children who need them to live full and healthy lives
By Jon Evans
Moldmaking Beyond the Tooling
NyproMold addresses medical molders’ needs in multiple ways
By Michael Tolinski
Plastics and Composites Bonding with Adhesives and Tapes
Even difficult-to-bond plastics can be joined together, with the proper adhesive
By Shari Loushin
DESIGN NOTES
Building Effective Interdisciplinary Product Development Teams
By Robert Grace
A trio of product design veterans explain how
ANTEC® Indianapolis 2016: Back to the Future
By Michael Tolinski
This year’s event returns to the Midwest, the center of plastics processing in the USA
CONSULTANT'S CORNER
Comparing Thermoplastic Elastomers and Thermoset Rubber
By Jeffrey Jansen
Each class of material is well suited for its range of applications, but there are key differences
TECHINICAL PAPERS
Nonlinear Models Speed Up Development of Foamed Plastics
By Abhay Bulsari and Markku Talja
Modeling a foam’s properties using multiple production variables gives realistic results
Phase Behavior of Polyamide 6/612 Blends
By Ying Shi
Thermal analysis shows the miscibility of the components in these nylon blends
INSIDE SPI
The FLiP Files
News about the state of the plastics industry from SPI: The Plastics Industry Trade Association
DEPARTMENTS
Industry News
Industry Patents
By Dr. Roger Corneliussen
Energy-Saving Tip
By Dr. Robin Kent
Upcoming Industry Events
Market Place
Advertiser Index
About the cover:
An insulin injection pen includes two parts molded from DuPont’s Delrin acetal homopolymer that regulate the dose and reduce injection pressure (photo courtesy of DuPont and cover designed by SPE MarComm Team.
