Many companies find it difficult to reduce the cost of metal surgical instruments. The production, cleaning, and sterilization of metal components can be expensive, and there is little that can be ...

No question a lot of metal parts have been converted to plastic over the past several years. But there are still many opportunities for conversion that go unevaluated. That's because designers ...

Ordinarily, if you want to join metal and plastic items together, you have to use either adhesives or rivets. Engineers at Germany's Fraunhofer Institute for Material and Beam Technology, however, ...

A new resource from IAM compares plastic and metal machining techniques, helping shops adapt tooling, setups, and material choices with fewer costly mistakes. By putting real-world plastic and metal ...

Design engineers face continuous pressure to enhance product performance while driving down costs. For many devices, converting metal components to plastic is an effective way of achieving both goals.

This file type includes high resolution graphics and schematics when applicable. In a famous scene from the movie The Graduate, the young hero is advised that “there’s a great future in plastics,” a ...