3 Tools Every Integrator Needs

Most integrators don’t have these tools, but they should.

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3 Tools Every Integrator Needs

3 Tips for the Perfect Demo

Seth Kaplan of LK Stockroom helps CE pros build the perfect demo.

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3 Tips for the Perfect Demo

4 Tips to Selling Lighting Control

Lutron’s Erik Anderson offers four ways to improve lighting control sales techniques.

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4 Tips to Selling Lighting Control

Anatomy of a Home Theater: Challenges, Choices, Construction

Register for this webinar for some analysis that can help expand your home theater horizons.

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Anatomy of a Home Theater: Challenges, Choices, Construction

How to Build a Business Around Security

Nobody is saying it’s easy, but CE pros who offer security tend to be more stable thanks to consistent monthly revenues.

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How to Build a Business Around Security

Thermoplastics vs Thermosets

The type of plastic used to produce a specific item depends greatly on the function of that item. Die cast display cases obviously have different demands than soda bottles do. Luckily, there are polymers that are ideally suited for both.

The two distinctive classes of polymers are thermoplastics and thermosets. Thermoplastics are defined by their ability to be reheated and reshaped multiple times after they are formed. This makes them easy to process and recycle, ideal for “disposable” products. Parkesine, the very first plastic, fell into this category.

On the other hand, thermosets can only be molded or formed once. Heating alters the chemical structure in such a way that the polymer chains can’t flow past each other. This type of plastic is better suited for longer-term items such as display cases. The first synthetic plastic, Bakelite, was a thermoset. Thermosets are durable enough that early Bakelite products still exist.