Plastic deformation and joining processes have emerged as innovative solutions for connecting tubes in a variety of industrial applications. These methods utilise controlled plastic strain, rather ...

Clearweld enables the laser welding of plastics without the use of opaque materials or the addition of unwanted color. A new process for transmission laser welding of both clear and colored plastics ...

A new molding process was first used to produce a disposable protective cover for a digital thermometer. Tapped to manufacture a reusable digital tympanic thermometer, contract service provider ...

In the recently successfully-completed German R&D project SeQuLas, the Fraunhofer Institute for Laser Technology (ILT) and three industrial partners have developed a novel joining process to produce ...

Frimo has added two new design sizes to its portfolio of standardized infrared welding systems in the JoinLine IR welding machine series. In addition to the IR-V-ECO-1200 with a maximum clamping area ...

FlexHyJoin demonstrates a mass production process for producing a thermoplastic composite roof stiffener with welded metal brackets for assembly into a metal body-in-white, like that of the project’s ...

Polyethylene plastics — in particular, the ubiquitous plastic bag that blights the landscape — are notoriously hard to recycle. They’re sturdy and difficult to break down, and if they’re recycled at ...