How do high temperatures impact the chemical resistance of a plastic material? What are the advantage of silicone-free materials for orthotics and prosthetics? And are you inadvertently contributing to part failure through your cleaning methods? Discover all this and more as our plastic materials experts decode the world of performance plastics and the challenging environments in which they often provide advantages over other materials. Watch our videos for bite-sized, practical insight you can use in your next application. Want to dig deeper? What are your specific materials challenges? Ask a Plastics Expert. Explore more resources: articles, material selection tools, and white papers and material guides. Temperature and Chemical Resistance of Plastics Explore heat’s impact on absorption, property loss, and more. Watch Video Length of Exposure and Chemical Resistance of Plastics How can cleaning chemicals cause a part to fail? Here, timing is everything. Watch Video Stress and Chemical Resistance of Plastics Learn how internal and external stresses can lead to part downtime. Watch Video Concentration and Chemical Resistance of Plastics Higher-concentration chemicals can cause plastic property loss — here’s why. Watch Video Introducing C-TEK® MODStiff™ for Orthotics and Prosthetics Polyethylene based material used in applications where modified polyethylene is not stiff enough and copoly is too stiff Watch Video Advantages of Silicone Free OP-TEK® Flex Comfort Silicone Free EVA material that offers consistent wall thickness, and will not cold flow or discolor. Watch Video OP-TEK® Flex BiLam For Comfort and Aesthetics Laminated material with black outer layer offers added comfort and improved aesthetics for patients wearing carbon socket frames. Watch Video Seaming Characteristics of OP-TEK® Flex Comfort OP-TEK® Flex Comfort is an EVA sheet for inner liners with excellent seaming characteristics. Watch Video C-TEK® RW™ Demo - Fast Roller Wrap Change C-TEK® RW™. A proprietary adhesive-coated plastic film that acts as a disposable protective surface for metal wheels and rollers. Watch Video