Strategies and comparisons to help you choose the right material for each application.
In mold manufacturing, material selection often determines success or failure. Why can some molds only last tens of thousands of cycles [...]
In many design projects, engineers consider replacing aluminum with engineering plastics to reduce weight, cut costs, and simplify manufacturing. The answer [...]
When designing lamp covers, two commonly used transparent materials are PC (Polycarbonate) and PMMA (Acrylic). At first glance, they look similar—both [...]
In our previous article "Can Plastics Replace Metal Parts?", we discussed the growing trend of replacing metal parts with plastics in manufacturing, [...]
Lately, a common question keeps coming up in conversations with our clients: steel and aluminum are getting more expensive—can plastics replace [...]
Stainless steel and carbon steel are two of the most commonly used metal materials in engineering projects. At first glance, many [...]
Have you heard of Armor Aluminum? Armor Aluminum isn’t a standardized material name. It’s a general term used to describe aluminum [...]
Aluminum, titanium, steel, copper, and magnesium are the five most commonly used metal materials in CNC machining. The goal of this article [...]
You may have already seen the news recently: Apple plans to abandon the titanium frame in the iPhone 17 Pro series [...]
