Glossary
Injection moulding
High-volume plastic manufacturing where molten plastic is forced into a mould. The dominant process for cheap drawer trays.
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Manufacturing where each unit is produced when ordered, not in advance. The model that lets drawer modules size to your drawer.
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Fused deposition modelling — the most common consumer 3D-printing process. Builds parts layer by layer from heated thermoplastic filament.
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Manufacturing by depositing material layer by layer. Why it suits print-on-demand drawer modules sized to specific drawers.
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Certification that a plastic has passed direct-food-contact safety tests under EU or US standards.
Learn morePlant-derived plastic
Plastic whose source carbon came from plants instead of petroleum. The category PLA, PHA, and bio-PE sit in.
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A heat-resistant resin used in commercial-grade kitchen drawer trays. Dense, durable, heavy.
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Acrylonitrile butadiene styrene — the petroleum-based plastic in most off-the-shelf drawer trays. Cheap, durable, not bio-derived.
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Plastic made from biological inputs (plants, bacteria) instead of crude oil. The parent term that PLA bioplastic sits within.
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