 Dave Pool Sil-Pro Vice President of Engineering Visit Website |
Dave Pool is the Vice President of Engineering at Sil-Pro (Medical Manufacturing Solutions), which converts and assembles both thermoplastic and silicone polymers for the medical device industry. In this role, he oversees the project engineering, automation engineering, and tooling groups for the company. Dave has more than 20 years of manufacturing experience in the thermoplastic industry, beginning in tooling and working with engineering-grade polymers for the medical device industry as well as for the automotive and semiconductor industries.
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Thermoplastic Molding Q&A
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Do you know if Pebax bonds to polypropylene—for instance during an overmolding operation?Answered September 1st, 2011 by Expert:The bond between these two polymers is typically mechanical, with engineered geometries to aid in the physical interlocking of the two materials. Premold surface preparations can be explored with your resin suppliers to possibly promote a more covalent surface between the two materials. However, this step will add to the assembly time and can be time-sensitive, based on the particular pretreatment method chosen.