Manufacturing Industry

Hybrid plastic-over -metal material cuts cost, weight. (Polymers/Ceramics).

Advanced Materials & Processes, January, 2002

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A hybrid plastic-over-metal material that offers high load-bearing strength along with savings in cost and weight compared with metallic materials has been reported by Rhodia Plastics, Farmington Hills, Mich. Plastic/metal technology may be divided into open or closed rib structures. In open rib designs, thin metallic sections are molded over with thermoplastic ribs.

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While these provide a good strength-to-cost ratio, their mechanical strength and stiffness are usually isotropic and they often require complicated molds with hot runners. The three types of closed hybrid technologies ...

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Manufacturing Industry

Hybrid plastic-over -metal material cuts cost, weight. (Polymers/Ceramics).

Advanced Materials & Processes, January, 2002

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