These articles from our Applications Notebook contain 200+ case studies of how RTP Company specialty compounds have been used to solve real world application problems. Discover the performance, design, and molding considerations that led to specifying a material from our wide selection of value-added thermoplastic compounds.

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The Means To The Ends

Anywhere there are utility line workers repairing high voltage power lines, you’re likely to see insulated safety blankets. And anywhere you see insulated safety blankets, you’ll see plastic clamps—or “diaper pins” in the informal industry vernacular— holding them in place.

Fan Club

Mexico City entrepreneur Javier Robles started Compañia Automotriz De Ventiladores S.A. (CAVSA) in the mid-1980s, manufacturing and supplying aftermarket automotive fans for a wide variety of vehicles. For years, these were purely

Easy to Handle: Handle-Tech Ltd.

Dale Gregg has been developing creative solutions to challenging business and industry problems for decades.

Windshield Repair Fixture

Repairing chips and minor cracks in automotive windshields has become a colorful job for field repair technicians at Speedy Auto & Window Glass.

Drill Housing

Maxicraft S.A. in Vemantes, France, manufactures a complete line of sturdy hand-held tools used by do-it-yourself consumers throughout Europe. 

Trimmer Assembly

Advanced Plastics Molding of Sparks, NV turned to RTP Company as they developed specifications for an innovative replacement head for grass trimmers.

Bar Clamp

Seeing a familiar item, such as a woodworker’s clamp evolve from a rudimentary workshop tool to an easy-to-use high strength instrument for a wide variety of jobs is no surprise to engineers in the plastics industry. 

Prosthetic Fingers

Patriotic flag waving isn’t only a political act, for many it’s a call to action.
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