Vacuum casting is a technology for bridge production in the rapid prototyping industry. It is the ideal choice for low-volume manufacturing before investing in expensive hard tooling.

Polyurethane foam can be divided into two categories, such as open-cell and closed-cell foam. The former is a plastic with incomplete cell walls and include holes through which air and liquid can ...

Resin casting videos have taken social media by storm of late. Everything from inlaid driftwood tables to fancy pens are getting the treatment. Pouring some nicely colored epoxy is straightforward ...

Low-cost tooling and extreme wear and abrasion resistance are some of the benefits cast urethanes can offer—properties that could serve a wide variety of end markets. But that doesn’t mean they do. “I ...

CHARLOTTE, N.C.—When Philpott Rubber Co. purchased Urethane Products Industries Inc. in December 2012 to create Philpott Industrial Plastics Enterprises, it was looking to add a business that could ...

SHIRLEY, Mass., Sept. 02, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Innova Engineered Plastics (“Innova”), a trusted leader in heavy gauge plastic enclosures and single use components for medical device and other ...

Port Washington, Wis. — Molded Dimensions is taking some of what it does best and, well, adding to it. The Port Washington-based custom-molded rubber and polyurethane parts maker has acquired PCO ...

Scientists have discovered a previously unrecognized way that degradation can occur in silicone-urethane plastics that are often considered for use in medical devices. Their study could have ...

A previously unrecognized way that degradation can occur in silicone-urethane plastics that are often considered for use in medical devices was discovered by scientists. A previously unrecognized way ...