Thermoplastics and Thermoplastic Composites Third Edition bridges the technology and business
aspects of thermoplastics providing a guide designed to help engineers working in real-world
industrial settings. The author explores the criteria for material selection provides a
detailed guide to each family of thermoplastics and explains the various processing options
for each material type. More than 30 families of thermoplastics are described with information
on their advantages and drawbacks special grades prices transformation processes
applications thermal behavior technological properties (tenacity friction dimensional
stability) durability (ageing creep fatigue) chemical and fire behavior electrical
properties and joining possibilities. In this third edition standards and costs have been
updated for all materials and more information on topics such as bioplastics 3D printing and
recycling have been added. In addition an entirely new chapter on the concept of 'Industry
4.0' has been added with guidance and suggestions on the incorporation of virtualization
connectivity and automation into the plastics engineering process to reduce materials and
processing failure.
