Physics and the plastics industry

✍ Scribed by Wearmouth, W. G.

• Publisher: Wiley (John Wiley & Sons)
• Year: 1938
• Weight: 807 KB
• Volume: 57
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0368-4075
• DOI: 10.1002/jctb.5000575102

✦ Synopsis

IVhen attcniptiiig 11 critical survcy of thc physical stritlies which hnve been inndc on plnstics i t is nccessiiry to iliriclc t,lie su1)jcct~ into three main sections :

1. Studies of tlic ruw nintcrinls used in the ~i i i i i ~u f i ~cture of plnstics.

' 3. Physicnl tests 011 the resulting plastic nintcrinls.

3. Accimite iiictliotls for nsscssiiig thc service qunlitics of thc nunicrous art.iclcs miitlc froni tlic scvcrnl pliistic ilinteriiils.

'Clie ultiniatc e o i i ~~i i i e r or iiscr of tlie article inride from plastics is naturally only interested i n the lnst section. Tlierc is cridcncc thiit liis interest is becoming increasingly iiiore criticnl :ind tliiit iiiunufncturers nrc giving this nspcct of nffnirs their closcst tittent.ion.

The two groups of inunufnct,urcrs rcsponsiblc for innking plnstic iiinterinlx and plastic articlcs are interested in all three sect,ions, for rill plristic innnufncturcrs of rcputc arc keenly intcrestctl in thcir cirstomcrs' problems. In ndditioii, fnbricntors of plastic articles do iiot hcsitntc to notify thcir suppliers as soon ns uiiex~ected difticulties nrc cncountercd, whcther those difliculties are in the nctunl ninnufncturc of tlie nrticlcs or arise during thcir usc by the iiltiiiinte ci~stonier.