First of all, a living hinge is not a biological entity nor does it move on its own. Think of the top of a Tic Tac container where the lid and the cover are a single piece, and the thin plastic ...

The living hinges on this styrenic display box just weren’t holding up to normal wear and tear. Tapering the drop from its 90° angle (upper left) to a 30° or 40° angle would remove the flow ...

Due to its toughness and ductility, polypropylene (PP) is uniquely suited for a fastening and joining concept that can't easily be reproduced with other engineering thermoplastics: the integral or ...

It sounds like a challenge from a [Martin Gardner] math puzzle from the Scientific American of days gone by: is it possible to build a three-dimensional wooden box with only two surfaces? It turns out ...

Designing plastic parts with integrated hinges formed from the plastic itself is hardly a new idea. These so-called "living hinges" have been around for years on all sorts of packaging and consumer ...

Living hinge design rules are well known, but even a well-designed part will create problems if just a few elements of the melt flow path are not right. I had a surprise visitor last week, an old ...

Apple is continuing work on a new kind of hinge design for its devices. The company has been perfecting its work here since 2013 and this week, the European Patent Office published Apple’s latest ...

ORLANDO, Fla., June 03, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- PureCycle Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq: PCT), a U.S.-based company revolutionizing plastic recycling, and StackTeck Systems Ltd., a global manufacturer ...

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Apple could potentially eliminate the plastic strip found on today’s MacBook and MacBook Pro laptops in a future redesign if it brings its patent for a living hinge to life. The MacBook maker is ...