Polymerization Technique (Part 5)  || Polymer processing techniques || UG PaathShaala
Channel: PaathShaaala
Date: 2021-04-05

From automobiles to aerospace, medical, military technology, and even in household products, polymers play a crucial role. But question is that how one can convert the polymers into such a wide range of shapes and forms? The answer is, by using ‘polymer processing technology. 
Polymer processing is defined as an engineering specialty used to convert polymeric materials into useful end products.
We know that polymeric materials are used in many forms such as tubes, rods, films, sheets, foams, moulded and fabricated articles, etc. Some others are made by casting liquid pre-polymers into a moulded and allow them to cure or cross-linking. As per the application of the polymeric materials, they are converted into the required shape and size by applying different processes.
The different techniques used in polymer processing are described below.
1 Calendering
2 Die Casting
3 Film Casting
4 Compression Moulding