Plastic is an incredibly versatile material, and its popularity shows no signs of going away. However, one of the limitations of plastic is that it's difficult to manufacture with low MFI materials. This can often mean that manufacturers have to use higher quality materials (and charge more for them) than they would like. We'll discuss some ways around this limitation below!
Most plastics have an MFI of between 50 and 200. The MFI is a measure of how easily a material can be stretched, and it's measured in pounds per square inch (PSI). For example, if you were to stretch a piece of plastic with an MFI of 100 PSI by 10%, then it would take you about 2 pounds to do so--meaning that your hand could easily exert 2 pounds' worth of force on that particular piece of plastic without damaging it or causing it to break apart at all!
The important thing to remember about MFIs is that they're not indicative of how strong your finished product will be; they only tell us how easy or difficult it will be for us to work with our materials during manufacturing processes like injection molding or extrusion blow molding (which is why we test them before choosing which ones we'll use).
There are a few ways to reduce the MFI of plastics, but there are also some drawbacks.
The primary way to reduce a material's MFI is by adding fillers to it. Fillers are added for many reasons:
Adding fillers creates a more homogenous product. Homogeneity is an important factor for the processing of plastic materials, as it helps to reduce process losses and material defects. It also improves the quality of the finished product, because non-homogeneous materials often lead to flow marks or blemishes during production.
In principle, there are two ways to achieve greater homogeneity: either by adding fillers (such as glass fibers) or by using additives such as stabilizers or lubricants (for example).
It's also possible to increase strength while also reducing brittleness and cracking. This is because of the way that carbon fibers reinforce the plastic material. Carbon fiber reinforcement can be used in many ways, including:
In order to understand how MFI affects a material's properties, it's important to know what it is. The MFI stands for Melt Flow Index, and it's a measure of how easy or difficult it is for molten plastic to flow through an extrusion nozzle.
The lower the number on your material packaging--the lower its MFI--the harder it will be for you to process into parts with good impact strength and toughness. On the other hand, materials with higher MFIs tend to be lighter in weight and easier on your machine tools because they require less pressure from cutting tools like knives or milling cutters (which are used during CNC machining). These benefits come at a price: processing time increases as well so you'll have more downtime during production runs; also since these parts are more difficult for machines like injection molders and blow molders which require precise tolerances in order not leak air bubbles into their products' cavities when creating them from melted plastic pellets at high temperatures
It is possible to reduce the MFI of plastic materials, but it comes with certain trade-offs in cost and manufacturing difficulty. There are a few ways to lower the MFI of plastics:
In conclusion, it's possible to lower the MFI of plastic materials. However, there are some trade-offs involved in doing so. You'll need to add fillers to your product, which will increase its weight and make it difficult to process. As always with manufacturing processes like this one, it's important that you weigh the benefits against their costs before making any final decisions about whether or not they're right for your business needs!