Four firms collaborate on foaming technology that incorporates recycled content while maintaining performance in multiple ...

Lightweight parts, energy-saving processing or combining several process steps into one. It can all be summarized under one buzzword: sustainability. A technology that is highly promising is ...

The new version of this firm?s MuCell process for microcellular foaming enables processors to integrate the MuCell process on injection molding machines with screw sizes of 40 mm or less. Recently the ...

A joint research project by the Fraunhofer Institute for Chemical Technology (F-ICT, Pfintzal, Germany) and the Fraunhofer Project Centre for Composites Research (FPC, London, ON, Canada) has been ...

Sergio Sosa, who won the first International Plastics Design competition at NPE 2009 with a process called Inside Injection Foaming (IIF), plans to sell the patent to a buyer willing to spend time and ...

Hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, provides critical energy for society, but also uses large amounts of fresh water while producing corresponding amounts of wastewater. Water-based foams, which use ...