3D printing allows for rapid prototyping and testing of new designs, but while this ease of creation is great, plastic can pose issues when fastening together parts as 3D plastic printed threads are ...

Sometimes, when making a 3D printed object, plastic just isn’t enough. Probably the most common addition to our prints is the ubiquitous brass threaded inset, which has proven its worth time and again ...

Abstract: A numerical calculation of technological stresses in a threaded connection with the presence of a threaded insert made of corrosion-resistant heat-resistant steel 08H18N10 in the DEFORM-3D ...

What is so different about painting plastic parts (Fig 1)? Don't you use the same procedures and techniques as you do when you paint other parts of the car? To those who may wonder, the answer to that ...

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