The company will also demonstrate the versatility of Udmax tape, a unidirectional, fiber-reinforced thermoplastic composite used in automated and manual laminating.
Plastics Industry Association report cites numerous instances where electric vehicles and autonomous cars will exploit the properties of plastics; aviation and mass transit also present opportunities.
PtFS from UK-based Surface Generation enables the injection molding of complex material and part combinations in faster cycle times with reduced energy consumption.
Injection and compression molding are expected to benefit from the proprietary Production to Functional Specification technology developed by Surface Generation (Lyndon, UK).
Researchers at the University of Houston have used a physics-based stress theory to create a new ice-repelling polymer that performs better than previous designs.
