One of the greatest disadvantages of plastic materials is their flexibility and relatively low stiffness. One of the greatest advantages of plastic materials is their flexibility and low stiffness.

In the automotive industry, thermoplastic snap-fit designs are widely used. For various reasons, the related design analytics have become a subject of special interest. The available references offer ...

One of the great things about plastic is that it can be relatively flexible. We see things all the time that snap together, but when 3D printing, you don’t often run into snap fit designs. [Engineers ...