Plastic surgeons

As a leading industrial seals distributor, Valley Seal provides Parker and Coorstek engineered sealing products. We at Valley Seal ensure a stock of the widest range of seals for customers to choose from. These include simple O-rings, rods wipers and scrapers, back-up rings, and custom molded rubber products. We also provide uniquely designed seals and fasteners from Parker. These sealing products will be discussed in this post. Three Uniquely Designed Parker Seals The seals and fastener…

If you are someone who likes to build things yourself, then you may already be familiar with the woods that are available to you. Ideally, for your next project you will have a good idea of what type of wood you want to use, but if you don't, you'll have to figure this out. This may seem like a setback, but whether you have build something before or are new to this, it is really a chance to be reminded of or learn about the benefits associated with the many wood species out there. Here's what…

Microplastic pollution in the Great Lakes is a fairly new environmental issue, but it is growing rapidly and requires our attention in order to minimize and ultimately stop it. Microplastics are plastic particles in smaller size scales, usually particles less than 5 millimeters in diameter (Eerkes-Medrano et al. 2015). Recent research has documented microplastics in ocean habitats worldwide and specifically in the Laurentian Great Lakes and studies have found that microplastics interact with…

Plastics today go hand and hand with the lifestyles people live in the United States. Plastic is used in also every medium of my day, like many other people would agree, as its use is unavoidable. I use plastic for containers holding soap and makeup, mediums for food and beverages, and many others things. With plastic having so much prevalence today, it’s hard to believe that it can also have adverse side effects on the body as well. Phthalates are used in the production of plastic to allow it…

I. Executive Summary Right now there is close to 5 million metric tons of Plastic waste in the ocean, and Toronto alone is responsible for using 100 million plastic bottles a year. Most of these bottles just end up in landfills even though there are many plastic recycling centers around the world, especially in Canada. Plastics R’ Us is an Idea for a company that allows plastic waste to be shredded to dust. This dust could be used to make products ranging from book covers to supplies for…

so much litter. It was so easy for us as a community to just properly dispose of our trash, but we never did. All around school there were candy wrappers, biscuitville bags, plastic water bottles and other various items that never seemed to make their way into the trash cans. In my neighborhood there were cans, cups, and plastic bags. It felt like my home and community was being consumed by trash, so I decided to do something about it. I decided to voluntarily pick up trash around my school and…

Introduction A blender generally consists of a plastic or glass pitcher that locks into a large base. Some of blenders are made of stainless steel. The lid of the pitcher has a seal that prevents the food or liquid from splashing out while the blender is in motion. The motor has varying speeds that turn either two or four sharp, stainless steel blades. The blades slice, crush and blend the contents of the pitcher..Blender is a must have kitchen equipment for nearly all families today, especially…

fabrication of plastic parts. A wide variety of products are manufactured using injection molding, which vary greatly in their size, complexity, and application. The injection molding process required the use of an injection molding machine, raw plastic material, and a mold. The plastic is melted in the injection molding machine and then injected into the mold, where it cools and solidifies into the final part. Figure 1: Injection molding. Injection molding is used to produce thin-walled…

Plastic Bottles Are Just Big Trouble “50 billion plastic bottles are used each year in America, that’s enough to wrap around the world 190 times,” (Leithman). Even though plastic bottles are popular now, when they were first created in 1947, they were very expensive and not many people bought them. However, in 1960, high-density polyethylene was made and introduced to the public. As the demand for plastic bottles escalated, consumers produced more plastic bottles for cheap, while selling the…

The chemistry behind polymers, the substance from which plastic is made, is very important in the everyday lives of the average person. To start, “The simplest definition of a polymer is a useful chemical made of many repeating units” (“The Basics”). Further, polymers are not limited to just plastics, but all types of plastic are polymers (“Plastics”). Some examples of polymers include cellulose and DNA (“Plastics”). Plastics are used everywhere in life today, and understanding the way that they…