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    1. Thermoforming

    Sonics & Materials offers welding app

    Feb. 24, 2015
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    Sonics App 560x373

    Mobile app for plastics welding and assembly This free app from Sonics & Materials includes interactive tools for matching up a thermoplastic with a suitable assembly process, determining the compatibility of one thermoplastic with another, and finding recommended tip specs for hand-held welding, staking and insertion.

    What's new? The application, which is available for android platforms at Google Play (play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.sonics) and for Apples at iTunes (itunes.applie.com/us/app/sonics/id910903386?ls=1&mt=8).

    Benefits User-friendly navigation with simple menus, including a search feature and videos, and it's free.

    Sonics & Materials Inc., Newtown, Conn., 203-270-4600, www.sonics.com

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