Shawn Mergler is a furniture design student in Buffalo, NY who sees creative possibility in plastic bottle caps and milk jugs. He wants plastic to be more than trash, but it’s hard to bend ...

In this video, we explore signmaking using recycled HDPE plastic. Our project involves creating a two-colour sign by ...

Hot melt extrusion (HME) formulation development depends heavily on choosing the appropriate polymers. This article reviews HME process parameters and highlights three polymers in HME: polyethylene ...

Rheology is the analytical technique of choice in studying polymers as it can correlate the absolute flow and deformation characteristics of a specific product, in relation to its behavior towards a ...

Plastic pipe projects to restore drinking water, melt ice at a winter amusement park and store goods were among those recognized by the Irving, Texas-based Plastics Pipe Institute Inc. (PPI). Every ...

If the material supplier offers both MFR and MVR data, once this conversion is made, it can be noticed that the numbers are similar but usually not identical. The ratio of the two values—the MFR ...

Using rheology to sort post-consumer plastics into their most appropriate applications can increase recyclability.