Resources
We've gathered the most useful information here so you can make the best and most informed decisions about your next project with us.
Design Guides & How-Tos
Read our expert-backed design guide for bonded plastic manifolds and other items to guide you to success.
Yes, you can polish plastic. Here's our guide on polishing plastic techniques and other finishes to use with your projects.
Read Our Plastic Polishing & Finishing Guide
Have questions about bonded manifolds and how they might help your next project? We have our FAQs right here.
Reference Charts & Tools
Here's a convenient reference chart of chemical resistances of the most commonly used plastics materials for specialized components.
We've broken down the price, ease of machining, and the flexural modulus elasticity comparisons to other plastic materials to aid in your research.
Most find that selecting the best material for your project as a top challenge. We have our Materials Selector tool to help out based on what your product needs. Try it now!
Read through our latest articles, blog entries, and other written works for the most updated information about what's happening in the plastics industry.
Choosing the Best Plastics for Bonded Manifolds
The Best Plastic Resins & Materials For Creating Bonded Manifolds Edited for clarity and format on March 28, 2024 Bonded manifolds offer a variety of benefits. Ease of design flexibility means manufacturers like Controlled Fluidics can create intricate channels in almost any configuration. Controlled Fluidics’ low-pressure bonding technology means channels retain their shape throughout…
What is a Bonded Manifold?
What is a bonded manifold? What they are, why they’re important, and how to tell if you need one *Updated November 10, 2023 If you’ve spent time on our website, you have likely encountered the term “bonded manifold.” But what exactly are those, and do you need one? The field of fluidics often requires smaller…
Problem Solving with Difficult Plastic Parts
At Controlled Fluidics, we pride ourselves on solving our customers’ problems, no matter the challenge. Sometimes that means figuring out how to manufacture complex plastic parts involving tight tolerances, complicated geometries, and unstable materials. In fact, we have pushed the boundaries of plastic machining to help our customers design and create some of the world’s…
Micro Manufacturing
MicroMachining Techniques & Assemblies As assemblies and products continue to demand more compact arrangements, micromachining only gets bigger in popularity. Controlled Fluidics is a world class manufacturer of micro machined plastic components. We have the capabilities to produce micro components (in large or small quantities) to customers’ specifications and hold to tolerances of +/- .0005…
Controlled Fluidics Helps Fight COVID-19
Controlled Fluidics & The Fight Against COVID-19 *Updated May 27, 2021. When a global pandemic hits, there are some professions you expect to become essential: doctors, nurses, pharmacists, grocery store clerks, helpdesk workers at Zoom, and…the employees at Controlled Fluidics. That’s right. You may not have realized it, but COVID-19 created a demand for plastic…
Introducing the New Controlled Fluidics Website
Have you taken a spin around the Controlled Fluidics website lately? If not, it’s worth a minute of your time to see what’s new. With the following a new website design project, visitors can now enjoy three websites for the price of one. Controlled Fluidics has two sides to its business: bonded manifolds and machined…