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| Material recommendation - Step 5
Select the most cost-effective shape for your part.
Alternative Plastics offers designers the broadest size and configuration availability. Be sure to investigate all of the shape possibilities — you can reduce your fabrication costs by obtaining the most economical shape.
Consider many processing alternatives.
Step 6
| For: | Choose: | | Long lengths
Small diameters
Rod, plate, strip, profiles,
tubular bar, bushing stock | Extrusion | | Large stock shapes
Near net shapes
Rod, plate, tubular bar, near,
net configurations | Casting | | Small Shapes in advanced
engineering materials
Rod, disc, plate, tubular bar | Compression
Molding | | Small shapes in advanced
engineering materials
Small diameters
Rod, disc, plate, tubular bar | Injection Molding | Note: From process to process, many material choices remain the same. However, there are physical property differences based upon the processing technique used to make the shape |
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