Equipment

Melt filtration affects ABS recyclate quality, pressure stability, contaminant removal, melt flow, and the risk of polymer degradation.

SPE’s 2026 Injection Molding Innovation Summit will feature Xact Metal in a panel on moldmaking with metal 3D printing.

Reducing melt overheating, back pressure, and poor mold cooling can shorten cooling time and improve injection molding efficiency.

Shape memory polymers expand massively to eliminate aneurysm recurrence. Engineers utilize entropic recovery to optimize endovascular devices.

Engineers optimize TPUs with novel antimicrobial fillers and surface methods, improving commercial medical device manufacturing and preventing material failures.

Engineers use machine learning algorithms to map polymer degradation, replacing physical trials with precise predictive models for industrial extrusion pipelines.

Engineers leverage ultrasonic welding to assemble full-scale thermoplastic fuselages, eliminating mechanical fasteners and cutting cycle times.

Engineers utilize photothermal conversion to 3D print thermoset composites, cutting oven curing and delivering robust parts for industry.

Carbon fiber-reinforced thermoplastics enable large molds, but material behavior and joining strategies still define performance limits. 

Monolithic 3D printing with bio-based resins enables origami-inspired soft robotics without assembly, combining sustainability and design complexity.