Explore the fascinating process of manufacturing thermoset plastic serving dishes and plates. Skilled workers carefully mold and shape each piece, ensuring durability and functionality. From raw ...

Examples of thermoset plastic products include glass-reinforced-polyester boat hulls and circuit-breaker components, epoxy printed-circuit boards, and melamine dinnerware.

New thermoset plastic is easily reduced to its source chemicals, recycled An acid bath could make electronics, car parts a bit easier to reuse. John Timmer – May 16, 2014 9:24 am ...

“On the contrary, thermoset wastes, which contribute to nearly half of all plastic wastes, are impossible to recycle. The most challenging point of recycling thermoset wastes is that they cannot be ...

The new solvent-assisted process called “vitrimerization” transforms the thermoset plastic into a new class of materials known as vitrimer polymers, which can be reformed and reprocessed. The next ...

Not only are most thermoset resins made from non-renewable sources, but they're also hard to recycle. Scientists have set about addressing those problems, by developing a new lignin-based ...

Epoxy resin is a type of thermoset resin commonly used in glue, paint and composite materials. NIMS and ISMA have developed a new thermoset plastic recycling system capable of easily decomposing ...

Researchers led by Katalin Barta at the University of Graz have designed a new thermoset polymer, derived from wood, that can be broken down in methanol with no added catalyst (Science 2024, DOI ...

As the still-to-be-announced date of the first commercial flight of Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo approaches, more and more of the technology involved is getting nailed down. A case in point is ...