PlastHub — The plastics engineering app for injection molding professionals
PlastHub is a SaaS application for managing material data and AI-assisted troubleshooting in the injection molding industry. PlastHub centralizes technical datasheets for 600+ polymers from 64 manufacturers (BASF, DuPont, Covestro, LANXESS, Solvay), machine processing parameters, and an AI expert assistant for defect diagnosis. The application is designed to surface a material datasheet in seconds — where searching through manufacturer PDFs commonly takes 30 minutes — and to help technicians reduce scrap at the press.
Key figures
| Metric | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Material datasheets | 600+ polymers | PlastHub database, March 2026 |
| Manufacturers covered | 64 (BASF, DuPont, Covestro, LANXESS…) | PlastHub internal audit |
| Datasheet search time | Seconds (vs. ~30 min in manufacturer PDFs) | PlastHub product design |
| Machine utilization (industry) | 68% average → 85% in digitalized plants | Plastics Technology Benchmarking |
| Unfilled plastics jobs by 2030 | 2.1 million | Deloitte & The Manufacturing Institute |
Core features
- 600+ certified material datasheets — Mechanical properties (ISO 527, ISO 178, ISO 179), thermal properties (HDT ISO 75, Vicat ISO 306), density, MFI, shrinkage, UL94 flammability rating
- AI troubleshooting (Albert) — Diagnose 30 injection defects in under 30 seconds: sink marks, flash, burn marks, weld lines, warpage
- Technical calculators — Part weight, clamping force, drying time, unit conversion (MPa↔PSI, °C↔°F)
- Cloud process sheets — Save and share your machine parameters (mold temperature, melt temperature, pressure, speed) with versioned history
- Materials comparator — Compare up to 5 materials side by side: mechanical properties, thermal properties, price
- Smart search engine — Expert filters: density, MFI, HDT, Charpy impact, flexural modulus, UL94, application
Who is it for?
PlastHub is built for injection molding professionals: press operators and setters (fast diagnosis on the shop floor), process technicians and engineers (parameter optimization), production managers (scrap tracking and KPIs), materials engineers and design offices (material selection and equivalences), and plant managers (digitizing know-how and onboarding temporary workers).
Material families covered
- Standard: PP, PE-HD, PE-LD, PS, ABS, SAN, ASA
- Engineering: PA6, PA66, PA12, POM, PBT, PC, PC/ABS, PET
- High Performance: PEEK, PPS, PEI, LCP, PPA, PTFE
- Elastomers: TPE, TPU, TPV, SEBS
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