Typical Plastic Injection Molding Acronyms

• AAGR - AVERAGE ANNUAL GROWTH RATE
  
• ABA - ACRYLONITRILE-BUTADIENE-ACRYLATE
  
• ABS - ACRYLONITRILE-BUTADIENE-STYRENE COPOLYMER
  
• ABS - ANTI-LOCK BRAKING SYSTEM
  
• ACM - ACRYLIC ACID ESTER RUBBER
  
• ACS - ACRYLONITRILE-CHLORINATED PE-STYRENE
  
• ADA - AMINO DODECANOIC ACID
  
• AES - ACRYLONITRILE-ETHYLENE-PROPYLENE-STYRENE
  
• AMMA - ACRYLONITRILE-METHYL METHACRYLATE
  
• AN - ACRYLONITRILE
  
• ANSI - AMERICAN NATIONAL STANDARDS INSTITUTE
  
• AO - ANTIOXIDANT
  
• APET - AMORPHOUS POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATE
  
• API - ADDITION-REACTION POLYIMIDES
  
• APP - ATACTIC POLYPROPYLENE
  
• AS - ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY
  
• ASA - ACRYLIC-STYRENE-ACRYLONITRILE.
  
• ASTM - AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR TESTING AND MATERIALS
  
• ATH - ALUMINIUM TRIHYDRATE
  
• AZ(O) - AZODICARBONAMIDE
  
• BM - BLOW MOLDING
  
• BMC - BULK MOLDING COMPOUNDS
  
• BMI - BISMALEIMIDE
  
• BO - BIAXIALLY-ORIENTED (FILM)
  
• BOPP - BIAXIALLY-ORIENTED POLYPROPYLENE
  
• BR - BUTADIENE RUBBER
  
• BS BUTADIENE STYRENE RUBBER
  
• CA - CELLULOSE ACETATE
  
• CAB - CELLULOSE ACETATE BUTYRATE
  
• CAD - COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN
  
• CAE - COMPUTER AIDED ENGINEERING
  
• CAM - COMPUTER AIDED MANUFACTURING
  
• CAP - CELLULOSE ACETATE PROPIONATE
  
• CAP - CONTROLLED ATMOSPHERE PACKAGING
  
• CBA - CHEMICAL BLOWING AGENT
  
• CF - CRESOL FORMALDEHYDE
  
• CFA - CHEMICAL FOAMING AGENT
  
• CFC - CHLOROFLUOROCARBONS
  
• CFR - CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS
  
• CHDM - CYCLOHEXANEDIMETHANOL
  
• CIM - COMPUTER INTEGRATED MANUFACTURING
  
• CN - CELLULOSE NITRATE
  
• COP - COPOLYESTER
  
• COPA - COPOLYAMIDE
  
• COPE - COPOLYESTER
  
• CP - CELLULOSE PROPIONATE
  
• CPE - CHLORINATED POLYETHYLENE
  
• CPET - CRYSTALLINE POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATE
  
• CPI - CONDENSATION-REACTION POLYIMIDES
  
• CPP - CAST POLYPROPYLENE
  
• CPVC - CHLORINATED POLYVINYL CHLORIDE
  
• CR - CHLOROPRENE RUBBER
  
• CS - CASEIN
  
• CSA - CANADIAN STANDARDS ASSOCIATION
  
• CSD - CARBONATED SOFT DRINK
  
• CTA - CELLULOSE TRIACETATE
  
• CTFE - POLYMONOCHLOROTRIFLUOROETHYLENE.
  
• CVD - CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION
  
• DABCO - DIAZOBICYCLOOCTANE
  
• DAM - DAYS AFTER MANUFACTURE
  
• DAM - DIALLYL MALEATE
  
• DAP - DIALLYL PHTHALATE
  
• DCPD - DICYCLOPENTADIENE
  
• DDA - DO DECANOIC ACID
  
• DE - DIOTAMACEOUS EARTH
  
• DEA - DIELECTRIC ANALYSIS
  
• DETDA - DIETHYLTOLUENEDIAMINE
  
• DMA - DYNAMIC MECHANICAL ANALYSIS
  
• DMT - DIMETHYL ESTER OF TEREPHTHALATE
  
• DSC - DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING ANALYSIS
  
• DTUL - DEFLECTION TEMPERATURE UNDER LOAD
  
• DWV - DRAIN, WASTE, VENT (PIPE GRADE)
  
• EAA - ETHYLENE ACRYLIC ACID
  
• EB - ELECTRON BEAM
  
• EBA - ETHYLENE BUTYL ACRYLATE
  
• EC - ETHYL CELLULOSE
  
• ECTFE - ETHYLENE-CHLOROTRIFLUOROETHYLENE COPOLYMER
  
• EEA - ETHYLENE-ETHYL ACRYLATE
  
• EG - ETHYLENE GLYCOL
  
• EMA - ETHYLENE-METHYL ACRYLATE
  
• EMAA - ETHYLENE METHACRYLIC ACID
  
• EMAC - ETHYLENE-METHYL ACRYLATE COPOLYMER
  
• EMC - ELECTROMAGNETIC COMPATIBILITY
  
• EMI - ELECTROMAGNETIC INTERFERENCE
  
• EMPP - ELASTOMER MODIFIED POLYPROPYLENE
  
• EnBA - ETHYLENE NORMAL BUTYL ACRYLATE
  
• EP - EPOXY RESIN, ALSO ETHYLENE-PROPYLENE
  
• EPA - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
  
• EPDM - ETHYLENE-PROPYLENE TERPOLYMER RUBBER
  
• EPM - ETHYLENE-PROPYLENE RUBBER
  
• EPS - EXPANDABLE POLYSTYRENE
  
• ESCR - ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS CRACK RESISTANCE
  
• ESI - ETHYLENE-STYRENE COPOLYMERS
  
• ETE - ENGINEERING THERMOPLASTIC ELASTOMERS
  
• ETFE - ETHYLENE -TETRAFLUOROETHYLENE COPOLYMER
  
• ETP - ENGINEERING THERMOPLASTICS
  
• EVA(C) - POLETHYLENE-VINYL ACETATE
  
• EVOH - POLETHYLENE-VINYL ALCOHOL COPOLYMERS
  
• FDA - FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION
  
• FEP - FLUORINATED ETHYLENE PROPYLENE COPOLYMERS
  
• FPVC - FLEXIBLE POLYVINYL CHLORIDE
  
• FR - FLAME RETARDANT
  
• FR - FIBER REINFORCED.
  
• FRP - FIBER REINFORCED PLASTIC
  
• GIM - GAS INJECTION MOLDING
  
• GIT - GAS INJECTION TECHNIQUE
  
• GMT(P) GLASS MAT REINFORCED THERMOPLASTICS
  
• GPC - GEL PERMEATION CHROMOTOGRAPHY
  
• GPPS - GENERAL PURPOSE POLYSTYRENE
  
• GRP - GLASS FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS
  
• GTP - GROUP TRANSFER POLYMERIZATION
  
• HALS - HINDERED AMINE LIGHT STABILIZER
  
• HAS - HINDERED AMINE STABILIZERS
  
• HB - BRINELL HARDNESS NUMBER
  
• HCFC - HYDROCHLOROFLUOROCARBONS
  
• HCR - HEAT-CURED RUBBER
  
• HDI - HEXAMETHYLENE DIISOCYANATE
  
• HDPE - HIGH-DENSITY POLYETHYLENE
  
• HDT - HEAT DEFLECTION TEMPERATURE
  
• HFC - HYDROFLUOROCARBONS
  
• HIP - HIGH-IMPACT POLYSTYRENE
  
• HIPS - HIGH-IMPACT POLYSTYRENE
  
• HM - HIGH-MODULUS.
  
• HMC - HIGH-STRENGTH MOLDING COMPOUND.
  
• HMDI - DIISOCYANATO DICYCLOHEXYLMETHANE
  
• HME - HIGH-VINYL MODIFIED EPOXY
  
• HMW - HIGH MOLECULAR WEIGHT
  
• HNP - HIGH NITRILE POLYMER
  
• IM - INJECTION MOLDING
  
• IMC - IN-MOLD COATING
  
• IMD - IN-MOLD DECORATION
  
• IPI - ISOPHORONE DIISOCYANATE
  
• IPN - INTERPENETRATING POLYMER NETWORK
  
• IV - INTRINSIC VISCOSITY
  
• LCP - LIQUID CRYSTAL POLYMERS
  
• LDPE - LOW-DENSITY POLYETHYLENE
  
• LIM - LIQUID INJECTION MOLDING
  
• LLDPE - LINEAR LOW-DENSITY POLYETHYLENE
  
• LMC - LOW-PRESSURE MOLDING COMPOUND
  
• LMW - LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT
  
• LP - LOW-PROFILE RESIN
  
• M LLDPE - METALLOCENE LLDPE
  
• M PP - METALLOCENE PP
  
• MA - MALEIC ANHYDRIDE.
  
• MAP - MODIFIED ATMOSPHERE PACKAGING
  
• MbOCA - 3, 3'-DICHLORO-4, 4-DIAMINO-DIPHENYLMETHANE
  
• MBS - METHACRYLATE-BUTADIENE-STYRENE
  
• MC - METHYL CELLULOSE
  
• MDI - METHYLENE DIPHENYLENE DIISOCYANATE
  
• MDPE - MEDIUM-DENSITY POLYETHYLENE
  
• MEKP - METHYL ETHYL KETONE PEROXIDE
  
• MF - MELAMINE FORMALDEHYDE
  
• MFI - MELT FLOW INDEX
  
• MIS - MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM
  
• MMA - METHYL METHACRYLATE MONOMER
  
• MPE - METALLOCENE POLYETHYLENES
  
• MPF - MELAMINE-PHENOL-FORMALDEHYDE
  
• MPR - MELT-PROCESSABLE RUBBER
  
• MRP - MANUFACTURING REQUIREMENT PLANNING
  
• MW - MOLECULAR WEIGHT
  
• MWD - MOLECULAR WEIGHT DISTRIBUTION
  
• NBR - NITRILE RUBBER
  
• NDI - NAPHTHALENE DIISOCYANATE
  
• NDT - NONDESTRUCTIVE TESTING
  
• NIOSH - NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH
  
• NR - NATURAL RUBBER
  
• NVH - NOISE, VIBRATION, HARSHNESS
  
• ODP - OZONE DEPLETING POTENTIAL
  
• OEM - ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT MANUFACTURER
  
• OFS - ORGANOFUNCTIONAL SILANES
  
• OPET - ORIENTED POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATE
  
• OPP - ORIENTED POLYPROPYLENE
  
• OSA - OLEFIN-MODIFIED STYRENE-ACRYLONITRILE
  
• OSHA - OCCUPATIONAL SAFTEY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION
  
• O-TPV - OLEFINIC THERMOPLASTIC VULCANIZATE
  
• PA - POLYAMIDE (NYLON)
  
• PAEK - POLYARYLETHERKETONE
  
• PAI - POLYAMIDE IMIDE
  
• PAN - POLYACRYLONITRILE
  
• PB - POLYBUTYLENE
  
• PBA - PHYSICAL BLOWING AGENT
  
• PBAN - POLYBUTADIENE-ACRYLONITRILE
  
• PBI - POLYBENZIMIDAZOLE
  
• PBN - POLYBUTYLENE NAPHTHALATE
  
• PBS - POLYBUTADIENE STYRENE
  
• PBT - POLYBUTYLENE TEREPHTHALATE
  
• PBTP - POLYBUTYLENE TEREPHTHALATE
  
• PC - POLYCARBONATE
  
• PCC - PRECIPITATED CALCIUM CARBONATE
  
• PCD - POLYCARBODIIMIDE
  
• PCR - POST-CONSUMER RECYCLATE
  
• PCT - POLYCYCLOHEXYLENEDIMETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATE
  
• PCTA - COPOLYESTER OF CHDM AND PTA
  
• PCTFE - POLYCHLOROTRIFLUOROETHYLENE
  
• PCTG - GLYCOL-MODIFIED PCT COPOLYMER
  
• PE - POLYETHYLENE
  
• PEBA - POLYETHER BLOCK POLYAMIDE
  
• PEC - CHLORINATED POLYETHYLENE
  
• PEC - POLYPHENYLENE ETHER COPOLYMER
  
• PEDT - 3, 4 POLYETHYLENE DIOXITHIOPHENE
  
• PEEK - POLYETHERETHERKETONE
  
• PEH - POLYPHENYLENE ETHER HOMOPOLYMER
  
• PEI - POLYETHER IMIDE
  
• PEK - POLYETHERKETONE
  
• PEKEKK - POLYETHERKETONEETHERKETONEKETONE
  
• PEL - PERMISSIBLE EXPOSURE LEVEL
  
• PEN - POLYETHYLENE NAPHTHALATE
  
• PEO - POLYETHYLENE OXIDE.
  
• PES - POLYETHER SULFONE
  
• PET - POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATE
  
• PETG - PET MODIFIED WITH CHDM
  
• PETP - POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATE.
  
• PF - PHENOL FORMALDEHYDE
  
• PFA - PERFLUOROALKOXY RESIN
  
• PI - POLYIMIDE
  
• PIB - POLYISOBUTYLENE
  
• PIBI - BUTYL RUBBER
  
• PID - PROPORTIONAL, INTEGRAL, DERIVATIVE
  
• PIE - POLYISOBUTYLENE
  
• PIM - POWDER INJECTION MOLDING
  
• PLC - PROGRAMMABLE LOGIC CONTROLLER
  
• PMDI - POLYMERIC METHYLENE DIPHENYLENE DIISOCYANATE
  
• PMMA - POLYMETHYL METHACRYLATE
  
• PMP - POLYMETHYLPENTENE
  
• PMS - PARAMETHYLDTYRENE.
  
• PMT - POLYMETHYLPENTENE
  
• PO - POLYOLEFINS
  
• POM - POLYACETAL
  
• PP - POLYPROPYLENE
  
• PPA - POLYPHTHALAMIDE
  
• PPC - CHLORINATED POLYPROPYLENE
  
• PPE - POLYPHENYLENE ETHER, MODIFIED
  
• ppm - PARTS PER MILLION
  
• PPO - POLYPHENYLENE OXIDE
  
• PPS - POLYPHENYLENE SULFIDE
  
• PPSU - POLYPHENYLENE SULFONE
  
• PS - POLYSTYRENE
  
• PSU - POLYSULFONE
  
• PTA - PURIFIED TEREPHTHALIC ACID
  
• PTFE - POLYTETRAFLUOROETHYLENE
  
• PU - POLYURETHANE
  
• PUR - POLYURETHANE
  
• PVC - POLYVINYL CHLORIDE
  
• PVCA - POLYVINYL CHLORIDE ACETATE
  
• PVDA - POLYVINYLIDENE ACETATE
  
• PVDC - POLYVINYLIDENE CHLORIDE
  
• PVDF - POLYVINYLIDENE FLUORIDE
  
• PVF - POLYVINYL FLUORIDE
  
• PVOH - POLYVINYL ALCOHOL
  
• QMC - QUICK MOLD CHANGE
  
• RFI - RADIO FREQUENCY INTERFERENCE
  
• RH - RELATIVE HUMIDITY
  
• RH - ROCKWELL HARDNESS
  
• RHDPE - RECYCLED HIGH DENSITY POLYETHYLENE
  
• RIM - REACTION INJECTION MOLDING
  
• RMS - ROOT MEAN SQUARE
  
• RP - REINFORCED PLASTICS
  
• RPET - RECYCLED POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATE
  
• RTD - RESISTANCE TEMPERATURE DETECTOR
  
• RTM - RESIN TRANSFER MOLDING
  
• RTV - ROOM TEMPERATURE VULCANIZING
  
• SAN - STYRENE ACRYLONITRILE COPOLYMER
  
• SB - STYRENE BUTADIENE COPOLYMER
  
• SBC - STYRENE BLOCK COPOLYMER
  
• SBR - STYRENE BUTADIENE RUBBER
  
• SI - SILICONE PLASTIC
  
• SI - LE SYSTEME INTERNATIONAL D'UNITES
  
• SMA - STYRENE MALEIC ANHYDRIDE
  
• SMC - SHEET MOLDING COMPOUND
  
• SMC-C - SMC-CONTINUOUS FIBERS
  
• SMC-D - SMC-DIRECTIONALLY ORIENTED
  
• SMC-R - SMC-RANDOMLY ORIENTED
  
• SPC - STATISTICAL PROCESS CONTROL
  
• SPE - SOCIETY OF PLASTICS ENGINEERS
  
• SQC - STATISTICAL QUALITY CONTROL
  
• SRIM - STRUCTURAL REACTION INJECTION MOLDING
  
• T/N - TEREPHTHALATE/ NAPHTHALATE
  
• TA - TEREPHTHALIC ACID
  
• TDI - TOLUENE DIISOCYANATE
  
• TEO - THERMOPLASTIC ELASTOMERIC OLEFIN
  
• TFE - POLYTETRA FLUOROETHYLENE
  
• TGA - THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS
  
• TLCP - THERMOPLASTIC LIQUID CRYSTAL POLYMER
  
• TMA - THERMOMECHANICAL ANALYSIS
  
• TMC - THICK MOLDING COMPOUND
  
• TP - THERMOPLASTIC
  
• TPA - TEREPHTHALIC ACID
  
• TPE - THERMOPLASTIC ELASTOMER
  
• TPO - THERMOPLASTIC OLEFINS
  
• TPU - THERMOPLASTIC POLYURETHANE
  
• TPV - THERMOPLASTIC VULCANIZATE
  
• TS - THERMOSET
  
• TWA - TIME-WEIGHTED AVERAGE
  
• UF - UREA FORMALDEHYDE
  
• UHM - ULTRA-HIGH MODULUS
  
• UHMW - ULTRAHIGH MOLECULAR WEIGHT
  
• UL - UNDERWRITER'S LABORATORIES
  
• ULDPE - ULTRALOW-DENSITY POLYETHYLENE
  
• UP - UNSATURATED POLYESTER RESIN
  
• UR - URETHANE
  
• UV - ULTRAVIOLET
  
• VA(C) - VINYL ACETATE
  
• VAE - VINYL ACETATE-ETHYLENE
  
• VC - VINYL CHLORIDE
  
• VDC - VINYLIDENE CHLORIDE
  
• VLDPE - VERY LOW-DENSITY POLYETHYLENE
  
• VOC - VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
  
• ZNC - ZIEGLER-NATTA CATALYST