Understanding High Performance Thermoplastics
This webinar provides engineers and designers with a quick introduction to high performance thermoplastic materials and their differentiating characteristics. Materials discussed include fluoropolymers, Ultem® PEI, PEEK, DuPont™ Vespel® polyimide, and more.
Webinar topics include:
- Limitations of high performance plastics data sheets
- Introduction to DMA curves and other dynamic data for your design purposes
- Comparison of various high performance thermoplastic materials
- What they do best
- When they may be the right choice for your application
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Our experienced sales and technical teams are available to assist you with material selection challenges.
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