Testing & Analysis

The Society of Plastics Engineers (SPE) recently hosted its annual event in Baltimore, bringing together over 150 professionals focused on the pressing issue of PFAS (Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances).

The editor’s choice for November 2024 in SPE’s Polymer Engineering & Science journal is Anatoly E. Chalykh’s article, “Supramolecular Structure of Epoxy Oligomers.”

Tooling digitalization can be the solution for today’s manufacturing systems, where the tool failures can cause as much as 20% downtime, leading to significant productivity and profit losses. 

Fatigue failure prediction methods of elastomers help estimate product service life and play a critical role in preventing catastrophic failures.

Reverse engineering (RE) in plastics processing has become an essential method for product reproduction, improvement, and optimization. It involves a thorough understanding of the design, manufacturing, assembly, and maintenance stages.

What are leachables in medical plastics? Why are they relevant and what is the issue? Diving into this topic impacts us all.

The release of injection-molded thermoplastic parts requires long-lasting and cost-intensive aging tests. A simulation-based approach to assess the aging of thermoplastic parts would constitute an essential asset for any company.

Direct fluorination is a widely used surface treatment in the packaging industry to enhance barrier properties. However, it has recently been linked to PFAS contamination in HDPE and PP.

PFAS are everywhere. As laboratory characterization techniques evolve, governmental entities adjust.

McCallah Ferry, a University of Akron researcher, conducted a study on granular activated carbon (GAC) filters to determine if removing PFAS from water is possible.  The research confirms that GAC filters effectively remove PFAS, ensuring safe drinking water.