In the 21st century plastic parts are all around us, from the wires and cables that connect us to the internet, to the electrical wiring and conduits that run through our houses and businesses, to the endless plastic pieces on the consoles of our vehicles. Just about any type of plastic piece, conduit or piping starts out as a flexible polyvinyl chloride compound and is created using a mold.
Plastic specialists are able to change the chemical properties of semi-rigid plastic compounds to create rigid PVC compounds that maintain their shape or flexible PVC that if often used for pliable tubing or other bendable parts. The applications for plastic really are endless and include residential, commercial and industrial items including:
Automotive Parts - shifters, door gaskets, seals for windows or sun roofs, console moldings, trim pieces, wires
Manufacturing - grips, handles, knobs, hoses, tubing, suction cups, grommets, vacuum cleaner parts
Medical - tubes, bendable tubes, intravenous feeding. Plastics found in medicinal applications use medical grade PVC compounds developed to maintain sanitary and safe environments.
Building/Construction - window stripping, seals for windows, outside trimming pieces
Wires & Cabling - appliance wiring, communications cables, automobile cables and wires
Electric - power supply cording, wiring harnesses, boots for battery terminals, shields
Environmental concerns in today's world have led to the development of esters of phthalic acid free pliable polyvinyl chloride compounds that are more appropriate to utilize in children's toys and plastic items that come in contact with food.