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There’s nothing new about plastic as a substitute for other materials. From its very beginnings, plastic took the place of whalebone, tortoiseshell, wood, and stone.
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2011/7
Design is a matter of balance: weight vs. strength, cost vs. quality, speed vs. accuracy, and so on. As development progresses, prototyping is an essential part of the balancing process, and prototyping itself presents the designer with choices.
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2011/7
Plastics part failure is generally related to one of four key factors including Material Selection, Design, Process and Service Conditions.