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Hybrid plastic-over -metal material cuts cost, weight. (Polymers/Ceramics).
Advanced Materials & Processes, January, 2002
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.
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 are called metal-over-metal (MOM), plastic-and-metal assembling (PMA), and metal/gas-assisted or metal/water-assisted injection molding (MGAIM or MWAIM). These techniques can involve...
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