2025-11-20 Your design requires a high-performance plastic that can withstand extreme heat. The default choice for many engineers is PEEK. But PEEK is one of the most expensive polymers on the planet. Is there a smarter alternative?What if you need a material that offers outstanding high-temperature performanc
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2025-11-20 Your product needs to be clear, like glass. But it also needs to survive contact with the most corrosive chemicals known to man. And it cannot, under any circumstances, contaminate the liquid it is holding.This is not a job for polycarbonate or acrylic. This is a challenge that pushes past the limit
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2025-11-20 Your part needs to survive inside a car's engine bay. It will be baked at 150°C. It will be splashed with oil, fuel, and coolant. And it needs to be strong enough to hold its shape for a decade.An elite material like PEEK can do the job. But PEEK is incredibly expensive. It might make your project's
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2025-11-20 Your design requires a plastic part. But this is no ordinary part. It must survive inside a jet engine. It must withstand corrosive chemicals in a lab. It must function flawlessly under thousands of pounds of pressure.ABS would melt. Nylon would deform. Acrylic would shatter. When you are designing
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2025-11-20 Nature solved a critical engineering problem millions of years ago. How do you create a structure that is both incredibly strong and incredibly light? The answer is in your own bones.Bone is not a single material. It is a composite. It is a soft protein matrix reinforced with hard mineral fibers. Th
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2025-11-20 Your product needs to be affordable. But it cannot feel cheap. This is one of the biggest challenges in consumer product design. The material you choose is at the heart of this challenge.Two of the most common heroes in this story are Polyethylene (PE) and Polyethylene Terephthalate (PET). You see t
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2025-11-20 Look at the keyboard you are typing on. Look at the case of your computer mouse or your office printer. Look at the plastic trim inside your car. They are all likely made from the same, remarkable material.It is the unseen champion of our modern world. It is strong enough, looks good enough, and is
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2025-11-20 For a designer, the many types of plastics are a palette of creative possibilities. But for a manufacturer, they are a workshop full of partners. Each one has a different personality.Some are friendly, forgiving, and easy to work with. Others are stubborn, demanding, and require our most advanced to
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2025-11-19 The art of sheet metal fabrication is not about how many bends you can put into a part. It is about how many you can cleverly remove.This is a fundamental truth that separates an average designer from a great one. Any machine can bend a piece of metal. But a smart design can make that piece of metal
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2025-11-19 A bar of brass is a simple thing. It is a common, affordable, and beautiful material. A high-pressure, leak-proof, precision hydraulic fitting is a very complex thing.The journey from that simple bar to a complex, reliable component is not easy. It is a process filled with challenges. It requires de
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