Lean Giap Group of Companies

24 2月

Plastic Makes It Possible – Nylon / Polyamide (PA)

Plastic Makes It Possible - Series 11

During World War 2, Nylon was invented and been replaced everything that was once made from #silk—such as silk stockings—as silk imports from Asia experienced significant #shortages and #price #fluctuations.

Nylon 6 and Nylon 66 are both synthetic polymers called #polyamides (PA), a.k.a 【聚酰胺】.

Most Nylons are semi-crystalline and possess good #strength and #durability for demanding applications.

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17 2月

Plastic Makes It Possible – Polyoxymethylene (POM)

Plastic Makes It Possible - Series 10

Welcome back to work after CNY holiday.

Did you drive a car to work today?

Did you put on your car seat belt?

Did you shave in this morning before go to work?

Do you plan go to grocery shopping in this coming weekend?

You can find Polyoxymethylene #POM a.k.a 【聚甲醛】in your car door lock, fuel system, seatbelt locking, roller, electronic shave, printer and etc.

POM first used commercially is to replace machinery components which were previously all made of steel.

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28 1月

Plastic Makes It Possible – High Impact Polystyrene (HIPS)

Plastic Makes It Possible - Series 7

Everyone is working from home now.

Did you buy a new printer or other office equipment to improve our working efficiency at home?

Actually, the printer housing and some other electronic devices housing you bought are made of High Impact Polystyrene #HIPS a.k.a 【高抗冲聚苯乙烯】.

HIPS is a high impact strength material and suitable to be used in packaging application. It is also available in FDA approved grades for food packaging purpose.

You can easily identify #HIPS material by looking at the recycling code