Day: September 8, 2026

Design

What Is the Best Way to Communicate Design Changes to a Molding Factory?

Send one controlled change package: updated CAD, a marked drawing and a short change record that identifies the part, current and new revisions, old and new requirements, reason, affected cavities, approval owner and required verification. This prevents verbal or chat instructions from becoming an ambiguous machining decision. “Communicate early” is

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Material

What Are the Advanced Recycling Technologies for PLA and TPU?

PLA and TPU can be mechanically recycled under controlled conditions, and both have chemical-recycling routes under development, but the feasible option depends on grade, additives, contamination, collection volume and local infrastructure. Laboratory depolymerization results do not prove that a mixed post-consumer part has a commercial recycling route. Why PLA and

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