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16 Jan 2025 16:10 IST
Applications of Polyurethanes in Medical Materials

The composition of the human body is inherently complicated in nature. Starting with the cell, it proceeds to form a collection of cells which are formed into various organs, furthermore integrating ....

08 Jan 2025 10:10 IST
Specific Torque – The Measure of a Twin Screw Extruder

Diameter Rario (Do/Di): Also called the “Free Volume Ratio”, it decides how much Free Volume exists inside the barrel to accept and convey materials.


02 Jan 2025 15:45 IST
Exploring a Career in Plastic Engineering: Innovation, Sustainability, and Opportunities

A career in plastic engineering focuses on the design, development, and production of plastic materials and products. It's a dynamic field that combines aspects of chemistry, physics, engineering, an....

12 Dec 2024 12:35 IST
Polyurethane Innovations as Medical Materials

In this blog, we shall focus on the use of Polyurethane (PU) formulations in medical applications. Incidentally, I will be conducting a training course titled ‘Polyurethane Innovations as Medical Ma....

02 Dec 2024 17:12 IST
Innovation dials Design Thinking

Design Thinking can be defined as an approach designed to bring structure to problem-solving, collaboration, and learning. It involves a sequence of steps aimed at identifying challenges, gath....

20 Nov 2024 18:35 IST
Medical Catheters and Plastics – Part III

In the last blog (Part II of the series), we examined important parameters including the size of catheters, the selection of size and effect of t....

13 Nov 2024 17:15 IST
VACUUM DISTILLATION

IMPORTANT ASPECTS OF VACUUM DISTILLATION

- Distillation under vacuum conditions is practiced to achieve one or more of the followi....

06 Nov 2024 10:10 IST
CHAPTER-2: HEATING SYSTEMS

Introduction: All chemical plants employ specific heating arrangements tailored to their process requirements. In the industry, heating sy....

29 Oct 2024 10:35 IST
A Guide to Food-Grade Plastics: Safe Choices for Your Kitchen and Beyond

Plastics have become an inevitable part in almost all aspects of our everyday lives. They have found application in packaging, storage containers....

22 Oct 2024 16:35 IST
Medical Catheters and Plastics – Part II

In the last blog (Part I of the series), we looked at the definition, application areas and the properties required for catheters. We shall conti....

17 Sep 2024 10:10 IST
Medical Catheters and Plastics – Part I

Looking at the application of plastics and polymers in medical devices, I will be focusing on the definition, manufacture, and use of medical cat....

20 Aug 2024 15:45 IST
Twin Screw Compounding Extruders - Introduction to Screw Design

Let me begin by saying that there is nothing like one “universal” screw design that is ideal for processing all polymers and compounds. To achiev....

12 Aug 2024 18:00 IST
Introduction: Plant Utility

CHAPTER 1
TOPICS FOR INTRODUCTORY LECTURE

  1. What are public utilities?
  2. What are plant utilities of chemical industry?
  3. Difference between basic utilitie....

06 Aug 2024 13:15 IST
Biological Properties of Plastics

The performance of a medical device is dependent on the behavior of the material that it is composed of, under in vivo conditions. Since many dev....

29 Jul 2024 17:30 IST
The Plastic Dilemma: Convenience Versus Environmental Responsibility

Plastic pollution can alter habitats and natural processes, reducing ecosystems' ability to adapt to climate change, thereby affecting food produ....

22 Jul 2024 14:10 IST
Additives for recycling of polyolefins

Plastics that need to meet stringent requirements require support which can be gained in the form of special high performance additives which inc....

09 Jul 2024 17:30 IST
Medical Plastics Technology and Applications

Medical science continues to advance in both disease treatment strategies and the understanding of medical conditions. Concurrent with these adva....

02 Jul 2024 15:35 IST
Twin Screw Compounding Extruders - Is Faster Better??

“A powerful extruder capable of giving high output” is a catchy statement which is bound to attract your attention. The important thing to....

27 Jun 2024 10:30 IST
Hydrostatic Failure In PVC

Introduction
Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC) is a flexible polymer commonly modified with additives to enhance impact resistance and reduce no....

29 May 2024 14:30 IST
Principles of soft PVC formulations

I. Introduction
The production of PVC from Vinyl chloride (VC) was first documented in the early nineteenth century. Large-scale produc....

15 May 2024 10:35 IST
PVC in the medical sector

Introduction
There are limited number of domestic players who manufacture and supply medical devices to the healthcare sector. A key ma....

07 May 2024 16:15 IST
Twin Screw Compounding Extruders - Torque and Shear Simplified

Every extruder has a maximum torque rating per shaft. When the machine is running, torque is usually displayed as percentage of maximum allowable....

30 Apr 2024 17:35 IST
A GREENER APPROACH FOR PLASTIC AGE

We live today in what is rightly known as the “Plastic Age”. The reason beingthat plastics have become a part of our everyday life, right from th....

23 Apr 2024 16:35 IST
Superhydrophobic Polymers

Superhydrophobic polymers are developed by using a biomimetic approach, with an emphasis on mimicking biological processes and drawing inspiratio....

17 Apr 2024 10:10 IST
The Essential Role of Polymers in FMCG Products

Polymers play a critical part in defining the items we use on a daily basis in the fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) business, where characterist....

12 Mar 2024 15:05 IST
Sustainability and Safety in Material Selection: An RoHS perspective

RoHS, short for Restriction of Hazardous Substances, is a directive developed by the European Union to restrict the use of certain hazardous subs....

20 Feb 2024 16:35 IST
Factors Affecting Weathering of Plastics

Plastics have indeed been a revolutionary development in the domain of materials science, transforming industries and everyday life through their remarkable versatility. The advent....

06 Feb 2024 12:35 IST
Polylactic Acid Processing Methodologies

Poly(lactic acid) or polylactide (PLA) has garnered significant attention as a biopolymer, owing to its emergence as an environmentally sustainab....

30 Jan 2024 12:45 IST
Challenges with Mechanical Recycling of Multilayer Packaging Plastics

The widespread use of multi-material multilayer plastic (MLP) packaging in fast-moving consumer goods has become a common phenomenon, placing emp....

23 Jan 2024 16:05 IST
Testing and Quality Evaluation of Plastics as Packaging Materials

Packaging has a pivotal role to play in preserving the shelf-life of products and ensuring their intact and uncontaminated deliveries to end cons....

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