Category Archives: ABS

It’s Becoming Much Easier Not to Actually Buy a 3D Printer

Posted on March 19, 2013 by Doug Smock | Permalink 0

Looking for custom models, but you don’t want to buy a 3D printing machine? Of course, that’s never been a problem for industrial users because rapid prototyping service [..]

ABS, Bioplastics, Design

New Viper Nets Top Automotive Team Award

Posted on October 30, 2012 by Doug Smock | Permalink 0

It’s only fitting that the Viper supercar from Chrysler Group’s Street and Racing Technology (SRT) brand is the 2012 winner of the Vehicle Engineering Team Award (VETA) from [..]

ABS, Automotive, Carbon Composites, CFRP, Engineering Thermoplastics, Injection Molding, Management, North America, Polycarbonate, Reinforcing Material , ,

Siemens Plastic Replicates ABS with Bioplastic and CO2-Offtake

Posted on May 9, 2012 by Doug Smock | Permalink 0

Yesterday, I wrote about “Intel plastic”. Today, the topic is “Siemens plastic”. The German manufacturing giant has developed a plastic primarily made from “green” resources that it says [..]

ABS, Consumer Goods, Electronics, Europe, Green, Industrial, Injection Molding

Asian Project Tests Thermoplastic Starch for Mobile Phone Cover

Posted on May 2, 2012 by Doug Smock | Permalink 0

Bioplastics were the topic of many good presentations at the Annual Technical Conference (Antec) of the Society of Plastics Engineers held a month ago in Orlando, FL. Antec [..]

ABS, Asia, Bioplastics, Consumer Goods, Electronics, Injection Molding, Polycarbonate , ,

Remote-Controlled Quadshot Performs Aerial Acrobatics

Posted on April 17, 2012 by Doug Smock | Permalink 1

The Quadshot is a remote-controlled (RC) aircraft combining the stability and control of a helicopter with the speed and maneuverability of an airplane. “There’s really nothing quite like [..]

ABS, Aircraft, Asia, Carbon Composites, Carbon Fiber, Composites, Design, Foam molding, Injection Molding, North America, Polyamides, Polycarbonate, Reinforcing Material ,