Plastics industry

thumb|Heat and compaction fuse small particles into a dense bulk thumb|clinker (cement)|Clinker nodules produced by sintering

metalworking process

thumb|400px|Microbead legislation around the world Microbeads are manufactured solid plastic particles of less than one millimeter in their largest dimension. They are most frequently made of polyethylene but can be of other petrochemical plastics such as polypropylene and polystyrene. They are used in exfoliating personal care products, toothpastes, and in biomedical and health-science research.

process of mechanically manipulating a heterogeneous mixture to make it more homogeneous

Pultrusion is a continuous process for manufacture of fibre-reinforced plastics with constant cross-section. The term is a portmanteau word, combining "pull" and "extrusion". As opposed to extrusion, which pushes the material, pultrusion pulls the material.

marine debris from plastic particles used to manufacture large-scale plastics

raised edge or small pieces of material remaining attached to a workpiece after a modification process

pre-production plastic pellets

manufacturing of polymer fibres

thumb|A plastisol being poured A plastisol is a colloidal dispersion of small polymer particles, usually polyvinyl chloride (PVC), in a liquid plasticizer. When heated to around , the plastic particles absorb the plasticizer, causing them to swell and fuse together forming a viscous gel. Once this is cooled to below it becomes a flexible, permanently plasticized solid product. This process is called 'curing'.

industrial sector

any structure natural or artificial used to extrude polymers into fibers

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process which involves using electrons, usually of high energy, to treat an object for a variety of purposes

method of plastic casting where a mold is filled with a liquid synthetic resin, which then hardens. It is primarily used for small-scale production like industrial prototypes and dentistry

manufacturing method

channel through which liquid material enters a mold, or excess material that solidifies in such a channel and is later removed

the angle added to features perpendicular to the parting line of a casting or molding

ready to mould glass-fibre reinforced polyester material

Injection molding system

practice of separating granulated ore material by particle size

machine used to seal thermoplastic materials using heat

semi-liquid material used in steelmaking and glassblowing

surface modification technique

substance applied to prevent adhesion to a surface

method of preparing plastic formulations