{"id":4133,"date":"2026-05-26T16:28:25","date_gmt":"2026-05-26T14:28:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hamco-germany.com\/?post_type=fachbegriff&#038;p=4133"},"modified":"2026-05-26T16:30:22","modified_gmt":"2026-05-26T14:30:22","slug":"stress-cracking","status":"publish","type":"fachbegriff","link":"https:\/\/hamco-germany.com\/en\/fachbegriff\/spannungsrissbildung\/","title":{"rendered":"Stress cracking"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Some people are familiar with this: a lot to do, a lot to do, constant stress, constantly new topics and new deadlines - you do and do and basically don't get anywhere. You maintain the same image to your colleagues. \u201eEverything is fine, everything is ok.\u201c But then the moment comes when you buckle under the weight. Crunch. Crack. The image has cracked.<\/p>\n<p>Plastics can react in a very similar way, even if the components look completely healthy on the outside but are full of internal damage, <a href=\"https:\/\/hamco-germany.com\/en\/technical-term\/frozen-tensions\/\">Frozen voltages<\/a>\u00a0stuck. And then comes that one external influence, a mechanical load or contact with a chemical agent that the plastic doesn't particularly like.<\/p>\n<p>We therefore consider it quite normal that a glass-like salad bowl made of transparent plastic, which after many times in the dishwasher has visible marks around the centre of the injection point, can be damaged. <a href=\"https:\/\/hamco-germany.com\/en\/technical-term\/silverfish-stress-cracks\/\">Silverfish<\/a>, but not yet noticeable stress cracks in the plastic structure. This is despite the fact that the manufacturers of these household items do everything necessary to keep the internal stresses of the moulded part as low as possible. The good news, however, is that the plastic bowl does not break that quickly.<\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-4133","fachbegriff","type-fachbegriff","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hamco-germany.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/fachbegriff\/4133","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hamco-germany.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/fachbegriff"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hamco-germany.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/fachbegriff"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hamco-germany.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4133"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}