3D printing has made it incredibly easy to produce small runs of plastic parts, but getting rid of the 3D printed look can be tricky and time-consuming. When you need a smooth and polished finish, or ...

Learn how to make a DIY respirator mask using an empty plastic Coca-Cola bottle in this easy-to-follow tutorial. We'll guide ...

Old plastic from scrapped cars can be converted into graphene by grinding it to dust and zapping it with high-voltage electricity, a process that could save large amounts of plastic from landfill.

Glass-filled polypropylene is already a very commonly used plastic for automotive parts, but could it be improved? Well, yes.

A Brooklyn man used three-dimensional printers to make his own gun parts in what police said Wednesday was the first such case they’ve seen among build-them-yourself ghost gun dealers. Deonte Haynes, ...

Unless you work in manufacturing or product design, you probably haven’t spent a lot of time thinking about how plastic shapes are made. Look around you — see anything with a plastic casing? It was ...

Black plastic exterior trim used to be a telltale sign that you bought the cheapest model available. Automakers save money on unpainted parts as they don't have to be color-matched to the various ...

VW has been working with HP and Siemens to scale up 3D metal printing processes to make car parts. Metallic 3D-printed parts weigh half as much as those produced from sheet steel, allowing the ...

PINSK, 1 March (BelTA) – Plans have been made to build a factory in Pinsk to make plastic components for electrical batteries. The plans were mentioned as Prime Minister of Belarus Roman Golovchenko ...

The Apollo 13 moon mission didn't go as planned. After an explosion blew off part of the spacecraft, the astronauts spent a harrowing few days trying to get home. At one point, to keep the air ...