Soft TPU delivers flexibility for skateboard shoe protector made in USA

TPE supplier APS Elastomers has worked with molders, inventors and entrepreneurs for years; helping them choose the proper material, find cost-effective solutions, conceptualize, develop and commercialize elastomer-based products. When Michael Fransko the owner of Houkie Worldwide, LLC was in need of a soft, yet durable material that would mold easy, he contacted Stephane Morin of APS Elastomers for advice. After discussing the challenges […]

FKuR: Biobasierte TPE- und PP-Typen

Die FKuR Kunststoff GmbH stellt auf der Fakuma 2018 ihr Portfolio an biobasierten Thermoplasten für Spritzguss, Thermoformen und Extrusion vor. Ein Highlight sind die biobasierten thermoplastischen Elastomere Terraprene für Extrusion und Spritzguss sowie Compounds auf Basis von Polypropylen.

Premiere for large Freeformer with three discharge units and more space in build chamber at formnext 2018

At formnext 2018 trade show, to be held from 13 to 16 November 2018 in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, Arburg will be celebrating a world premiere with its Freeformer 300-3X. The new large machine will process three components using the Arburg Plastic Freeforming (APF) process, enabling the industrial additive manufacturing of complex functional parts in resilient hard/soft combinations with support structure […]