Non-contact laser welding offers several advantages when it comes to joining one plastic part to another. It works on the principle of partial transmission which lets a laser’s light travel through ...

Although plastics have only been used for around 100 years, they have become essential to everyday life. They are employed in almost every industry and application, including packaging, healthcare, ...

This article was updated May 23, 2023. It was originally published June 15, 2000. Plastics are an integral part of everyday life. They can be found in everything from packaging machine and cars to ...

This video demonstrates a tensile strength test performed on a plastic using a universal testing machine from ADMET. ASTM D638 is a standard test method that uses a standard dogbone shaped specimen to ...