Tyvek and film supplier

Products Overview - Material Concepts, Inc.


Tyvek®
Valéron®
Rug Wrap/Carpet Wrap
CAD/CAM Supplies
Sewn Products Supplies
Die Cutting Pads
Template Papers
Packaging & Shipping
Poly Bags
Hangers

You can order online.

myplasticheart :: urban vinyl designer toys & culture

myplasticheart :: urban vinyl designer toys & culture

Design Competition for a plastic wallet.

In our continued efforts to promote the development and appreciation of unique and original art, myplasticheart and Poketo invite you to submit your designs to the "my plastic wallet" Poketo wallet design competition. This is an open-theme competition, so here's your chance to flex your creative muscles and get your design juices flowing. The only requirement is that it must say "myplasticheart" somewhere in the front of the wallet design. The winning entry will have their design produced as a limited edition Poketo wallet and sold exclusively through myplasticheart online and retail stores. The competition ends on October 5th, 2008.

Deadline: October 5

2008 Student Design Award - Association of Rotational Molders International

2008 Student Design Award - Association of Rotational Molders International

The Competition

The Association of Rotational Molders (ARM) International developed the Student Design Competition to encourage the use of rotational molding as a tool for design and engineering students. The competition is intended to promote the use of the rotational molding process through both competition and education. Designs must be for a rotationally molded piece.

Who is eligible?

The competition is open to all undergraduate students, from any recognized university or college, who are pursuing a degree in an industrial design or engineering-related field.How to participateSend your submission, along with a completed entry form to ARM International Headquarters. All submissions must be received by May 31, 2008 to qualify. Your submission must include printed drawings, developed on a three dimensional CAD program, with sufficient views to represent the design. Drawings must not exceed 11x 17 inches each. Color renderings and/or models are optional. All designs must be original and not have been previously entered in any other competition. All materials submitted shall become the property of ARM International except that the design rights remain the property of the student. ARM International reserves the right to publish or show all the works submitted.

Enter to Win Great Prizes and Awards!

• 1st Place $2,000 plus coach airfare, hotel accommodations for up to two nights, and free registration to the Association of Rotational Molders International 2008 Meeting, October 22-23 in Rosemont (Chicago), IL, USA. The winner will be recognized with a plaque during the meeting.


• 2nd Place $1,000 plus coach airfare, hotel accommodations for up to two nights, and free registration to the Association of Rotational Molders International 2008 Meeting, October 22-23 in Rosemont (Chicago), IL, USA. The winner will be recognized with a plaque during the meeting.


• 3rd Place $500 plus coach airfare, hotel accommodations for up to two nights, and free registration to the Association of Rotational Molders International 2008 Meeting, October 22-23 in Rosemont (Chicago), IL, USA. The winner will be recognized with a plaque during the meeting.

** Meeting registration will cover only the meeting and functions associated with it.

Judges will evaluate all of the following factors:

Design: Practicality; creativity; originality; ease of use; and unique features.

Manufacturing: Moldability; ease of assembly/secondary operations; projected cycle time; cost efficiencies.

Technical Merits: What technical challenges were overcome? What design considerations eliminated assembly? Are there any unique features that help make this part technically successful? Choice of polymers; knowledge of the rotomolding process.

Questions?Contact Patrick Dockins at patrickd@cmservices.com or 630-942-6589

Rapid prototyping from solidworks

Shaping Ideas

We bring years of experience in product & mold design, die casting, 2D & 3D free form surfacing and solid modeling, CNC Programming and Reverse Engineering.
We can work from any type of design input such as inventor's disclosures, blue prints, prototypes or CAD drawings in any format.
We can even work from just a basic idea.

Recycled plastic fibers and molded plastic

Wellman, Inc.

This company manufactures a product called "Ecospun" made out of recycled bottles and Wellamid from carpets. You can choose either post-consumer or post-industrial (upcyled industrial waste) and I know its been used as a fiber to weave. t-shirts

Would be cool to get some in house. They also publish a "Design Guide" on their website Design Guide describing how to use their products in molding operations.

Wall Thickness - Gates- Runners Venting- Ribs, Bosses, Holes - Draft, Undercuts- Radii, Threads - Mold Shrinkage - Warpage

Welcome to Plastic-Craft

Welcome to Plastic-Craft: "From our humble beginnings in 1934 as a manufacturer of engraved signs and nameplates, we have grown into a worldwide supplier of all types of Plastic Materials and Plastic Parts, Components, and Assemblies."

Pro Plastics Inc - Plastics for Industry

Pro Plastics Inc - Plastics for Industry: "Distributor of Sheet, Rod & Tubing
Specializing in Custom Plastic Parts
Pro Plastics has over 35 years experience in the industry as a full service distributor of sheet rod & tube, and manufacturer of custom plastic parts. Having a reputation built on quality, we have the capabilities to provide sheet, rod and tubing from stock or parts that are machined, molded or extruded with secondaries.
We are the complete source for most plastic requirements from prototype to production. Our full service staff will work with you from inception to delivery to provide the solutions to meet your business needs."

-Make custom plastic parts
-Need to have the design first to have them figure out what the minimum order is and how long it would take because it all depends on the size of the part.
-They take technical drawing by fax. (pdf format)

Custom recycled plastic manufacturer

Amazing Recycled Products - Sells products made from recycled materials.

Woman owned and managed Amazing Recycled Products, manufactures and sells products made from recycled materials.

They do die cutting, fabrication and molding in recycled plastic. Probably would be willing to work on developing a new product.

Bakelite

Bakelite

This website explains the history of Bakelite - one of the first synthetic polymers. It was notoriusly used for phones. Because it was so dense the receivers were really heavy and often used in the movies to hit someone in the head and knock them unconcious.

The Great PVC Controversy

PVC is short for poly(vinyl chloride made by polymerizing the monomer vinyl chloride. PVC is a very strong and very rigid plastic used to make pipes and to make the "vinyl" siding on the outside of houses. Because it contains chlorine, PVC is flame-resistant making it useful for fixtures in the interiors of airplanes and other places where a fire could be especially dangerous. But there are risks as well.

PVC

Nylon

This website tells the story of how nylon was invented at the DuPont Experimental Station in Wilmington, Delaware, how DuPont turned the laboratory research into a full-fledged industrial process, and how nylon and nylon products have come to pervade the world's daily life.

Please Explain: Plastic
It’s virtually impossible to get through the day without using plastic, but it’s only been widely available to consumers for about 100 years. We find out what plastic is, why it’s so useful, and whether we should be concerned about its widespread use. Dr. Mark Michalovic is Educational Consultant with the Chemical Heritage Foundation. Robert Malloy of UMass Lowell is a researcher in the areas of plastics product design, polymer processing, recycling of thermoplastics.