July 2022 Issue

July 2022

Digital Edition

SD Polymers: 'One-Stop Solution for Mechanical Recycling'

‘Passionate’ recycler invests in people and technology to meet commitment to innovative, sustainable solutions for its processor customers.

Features

Featured articles from the July 2022 issue of Plastics Technology

Pipe, Profile & Tubing Extrusion 21 Jul 2022

Put Some ‘Lean’ into Your Profile Extrusion Process

With everyone struggling to find talent, there are ways to reduce operator interaction with the process by applying some lean manufacturing principles.

Additives 14 Jul 2022

Compatibilizers Aid Recycling & Upcycling of Mixed Resins

Compatibilizers are proving their worth in boosting critical properties such as impact/stiffness balance of PCR and PIR blends of polyolefins and other plastics.

economics 29 Jun 2022

Plastics Processing Growth Slows Slightly

May reading for plastics processors is, for the most part, a continuation of what we saw in April.

Molds & Tooling 1 Jun 2022

Vacuum System Gives Molds a Chance to Vent

When the in-house vacuum systems and tooling tricks that NMC Dynaplas usually deploys to deal with trapped gas failed, it turned to a Mold-Vac system and saw reject rates go from 44% to zero.

Extrusion 19 Jul 2022

Smaller Screws Impose Bigger Challenges

Very small extruder screws work just about like their larger cousins, but some critical differences make them harder to design and machine.

Injection Know How 30 Jun 2022

Stop Controlling Your Injection Molding Process with Machine-Only Settings

Monitor and record process outputs instead of the machine setpoints to ensure a validated process regardless of any machine deterioration, viscosity changes or other alterations.