Research and Development

Applied research and development occur continuously at PPL. Because solutions to our customer's problems are not always commercially available, PPL will make custom material for your application compound of existing resins to make a new. In a typical case, we successfully improved the strength of Ryton PPS, beyond the normal limits, to suit a particular situation. For more help with your project CONTACT US

Material suppliers have brought new, untried resins to us to to be run on our high performance molding machines and to benefit from our extensive experience.

We have distinguished ourselves from other molders by being strategically positioned to produce high quality parts from high performance materials like PEEK, Torlon, Aurum, and the Fluoropolymer family, just to name a few.

OEM's come to PPL looking for solutions to cost and performance problems with their parts. PPL is proud to have solved many of these problems. Due to confidentiality constraints, the details may not be shared.

However, there is one obsolete example we can discuss. The preferred material was UHMWPE (for abrasion resistance). the cost of making the parts conventionally was cost prohibitive. We developed a blend of UHMWPE and autocrosslinkable high-density polyethylene from Europe, which mimicked the abrasion resistance of UHMWPE, but was very moldable into complex geometry. After the project became obsolete, we marketed the product Polymer Blend 05.

Basic research also takes place at PPL. Currently, we are working on low cost, non-carbon fiber materials, powdered metal / ceramic injection molding, injection molding of PTFE, and hot runner molding of high performance materials (presently running FEP/PFA, PPS with hot runner).