Researching company products, what plastics they're made of, and how are they manufactured: (Sorry, this is a dog day).

Lego:

• Lego is made out of ABS (Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene).
  -This is useful because it can be easily made by an injection moulding process.
  -Because of this process, it is even more great as all the products produced with a certain mould will be the same.
• ABS is a very durable product and would withstand things like colliding with each other or being thrown about.
  -Also is not toxic as it is used for children, however restricted to ages 3 years or older because of small parts.
• ABS is also used because it doesn't trigger any allergies.

 



 

CD's:

 

• CD's (Compact Discs) are made out of PC (polycarbonate).
• CD's are made by using injection moulding. This is great because no material is wasted.
• Because they are made out of PC, they are temperature and impact resistant.

 

 

Hard hats:

 

• Hard hats are made out of HDPE today, because they're easy to to mold and shape and costs less to manufacture.
• Made by injection moulding.
• HDPE is used because it's very impact resistant and protects people from sharp objects penetrating through the hat and also distributes impact shock from things falling on top over a larger surface area to cause less of an impact at one point.

 

 

Plumbing & Guttering pipes:

 

• Most commonly produced with PVC (Polyvinyl chloride) as it has a relatively low cost. And easy to work with and has biological/chemical resistance.
• It can become flexible when plasticizers are added to it.
• It's low maintenance, so it would cause less hassle.
  Made with extrusion moulding.



Eyeglass frames:

• Some glasses have their frames made out of CA (Cellulose Acetate).
• CA has many properties for use of a product like this such as:
  -Soft/smooth/resilient.
  -Comfort, no static clings.
  -Deep shades in colour.
  -Lustrous.
• Eyeglass frames like this are made using a die-cutting process.

Tupperware:

• Tupperware can be made out of PP (Polypropylene) as it's a very impact resistant material and also flexible.
• PP is also great because it's easy to clean with a dishwasher/hand-washing and it doesn't attract any bacteria/microbes.