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June 30, 2010 Connecticut Plastic Fabricators Reduces Your Lead Time

We can often supply components in 1-2 weeks to meet critical scheduling demands.

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June 17, 2010 Polymer Tensile Strength in Manifold Design

As plastics become more and more the material of choice for machined plastic manifold blocks, tensile strength becomes a very important mechanical property design criteria.

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June 7, 2010 Plastic Component Design Tips

The following are guidelines for good machined plastic component design. These are not hard rules but suggestions to maintain reasonable pricing. Exceeding the guidelines will usually result in higher effort and cost for the component.

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June 2, 2010 Connecticut Plastics Launches OnLine Learning Center

Connecticut Plastics new on-line learning center features over 30 sites which cover chemistry tutorials, plastic resources, and a variety of practice tests for people of all ages. This is a great resource for home schooling or chemistry students.

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April 21, 2010 Plastic Stress Test Protocols

Connecticut Plastics has protocols for testing components for stress after machining. These range from total destructive testing to optical stress measurement. While not all components require annealing, there may be advantages for some materials and part configurations.

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