Prospector

Webinars for 2012

Last year we hosted 26 complimentary educational webinars, and this year we'd like to offer even more! With your help, we need your input on what topics you would like to see us cover in 2012.

What webinar topics would you like to see from IDES?

 

 

 

 

Supply Disruption of Plastic Materials Sucks!

Do you have an emergency plan (that works)?

When a supply disruption occurs you need to keep your business running smoothly and keep your customers happy. Prospector's Alternative Search does just that! It helps you find an offset to the material you are using very fast - often in less than 30 seconds.

Prospector algorithmically compares properties on the grade you are using against all other grades in the database and returns a ranked listing of possible offsets. From there you can compare grades side by side or graphically. Then you are given supplier contact information to determine pricing and availability - a smooth sailing process to make sure you succeed.

Call for a Demonstration

North America: 800-788-4668
Europe: 0033 (0) 471 759 577
Other: +1-307-742-9227

How to Compare Plastics from Multiple Searches in Prospector

In this short tutorial video, you'll learn how to compare two materials that don't appear in the same search results set (screenshot). This is a powerful way for plastic material suppliers to benchmark the performance of their materials compared to their competitor's grades. (1 min)

Comparing plastics is available with any Premium Search in Prospector.

The Most Popular Plastics Articles & Webinars Of 2011

 

Articles

• Plastic Density, Bulk Density, Melt Density & Specific Gravity by Michael Sepe
• What's Really Going On With Plastic Prices? by Mike Kmetz
• The Art and Science of Plastic to Metal Replacement by Michael Sepe
• Relative Dimensional Change of Various Nylon Products Due to Moisture Absorption by Steve Gerbig
• Eliminate Bubbles, Voids, Sinks & Blisters by John Bozzelli

 

Webinars

• Expert Plastic Material Selection Techniques with Michael Sepe
• Flame Retardant Plastics and UL Ratings Explained with Greg Fedor
• Scientific Troubleshooting of Common Injection Molding Defects with Andy Routsis
• Introduction to Thermoplastics Elastomers with Dr. Richard Rabe
• Resin Selection & Expert Plastic Material Consolidation Tips with Gary Casterline

What's New in Prospector?

Over the past few months, we've made several updates to the Prospector Plastics Database that are available for you the next time you login to Prospector.

	Property Name Search in Property Search Quickly filter properties to search material properties faster.
	Graphical Scatter Plot Seeing search results in a data grid is okay,  but scanning the data could make you go blind.  Save your vision, and a lot of time by viewing results in an x-y chart.
	Graphical Spider Plot With the spider plot you'll be able to graphically compare up to 8 properties for 5 materials.  It helps you see the differences between materials and helps you communicate those differences with team members and customers.
	Histogram in Property Search You've been searching in the dark!  The histogram is like a big ol flashlight!

Let us know your suggestions on how we can improve Prospector. Simply type your comments below or give us a call: 800-788-4668 or +1-307-742-9227.

Happy Holidays!
The IDES Team