June 2024 Issue
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June 2024
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Features
Featured articles from the June 2024 issue of Plastics Technology
![Additive Technologies for Injection Mold Tooling Ride Tailwinds](https://d2n4wb9orp1vta.cloudfront.net/cms/brand/PT/2024-PT/0524-pt-mantletool.jpg;maxWidth=400;quality=70)
Additive Technologies for Injection Mold Tooling Ride Tailwinds
NPE2024: Lowering barriers to additive manufacturing adoption in toolmaking.
Read More![High-Tech Molder Goes Digital for QC](https://d2n4wb9orp1vta.cloudfront.net/cms/brand/pt/2024-pt/0624articleallegheny1factoryqcemployee.jpg;maxWidth=400;quality=70)
High-Tech Molder Goes Digital for QC
Allegheny Performance Plastics turned to 1factory's cloud-based manufacturing quality control software for streamlined, paperless quality systems.
Read More![A Guide to Single-Screw Mixers](https://d2n4wb9orp1vta.cloudfront.net/cms/brand/PT/2024-PT/0624ptkhextrusion1.jpg;maxWidth=400;quality=70)
A Guide to Single-Screw Mixers
To design the best mixers for single screws, you must completely understand how polymer moves through a mixer channel or groove.
Read More![Struktol Showcasing a Range of Specialty Additives](https://d2n4wb9orp1vta.cloudfront.net/cms/brand/pt/2024-pt/0624-pt-struktolfeaturefornpeshowdaily1.jpg;maxWidth=400;quality=70)
Struktol Showcasing a Range of Specialty Additives
NPE2024: Focus is on additives for plastics including PVC and WPC industries.
Read More![Technology Aims to Smarten Up Resin Conveying](https://d2n4wb9orp1vta.cloudfront.net/cms/brand/pt/2024-pt/pt0524-closeup-novatec4.jpg;maxWidth=400;quality=70)
Technology Aims to Smarten Up Resin Conveying
At NPE2024, Novatec moves to rewrite the rules for material conveying with patent-pending smart-pump technology.
Read More![Prices Drop for PP, Largely Flat for PE, PS, PVC, and PET](https://d2n4wb9orp1vta.cloudfront.net/cms/brand/pt/2024-pt/0624-pt-baerlocherpricing.jpg;maxWidth=400;quality=70)
Prices Drop for PP, Largely Flat for PE, PS, PVC, and PET
While the major correction in PP prices was finally underway, generally stable pricing was anticipated for the other four commodity resins.
Read More![Part 3: The World of Molding Thermosets](https://d2n4wb9orp1vta.cloudfront.net/cms/brand/PT/2024-PT/0624ptkhmaterials1.jpg;maxWidth=400;quality=70)
Part 3: The World of Molding Thermosets
Thermosets were the prevalent material in the early history of plastics, but were soon overtaken by thermoplastics in injection molding applications.
Read More![First Reflections of NPE2024](https://d2n4wb9orp1vta.cloudfront.net/cms/brand/PT/2024-PT/npefridaycover.jpg;maxWidth=400;quality=70)
First Reflections of NPE2024
After a six-year hiatus, this year’s show was a resounding success, with meaningful technologies on display that will help processors run their businesses more efficiently.
Read More![A Processor's Perspective: What's Driving Growth in Heavy-Gauge Thermoforming](https://d2n4wb9orp1vta.cloudfront.net/cms/brand/pt/2024-pt/tipsrayproductsrobotarm.jpg;maxWidth=400;quality=70)
A Processor's Perspective: What's Driving Growth in Heavy-Gauge Thermoforming
Key factors for the progress are innovative materials, advanced automation and precision engineering.
Read More![Use These 7 Parameters to Unravel the Melt Temperature Mystery](https://d2n4wb9orp1vta.cloudfront.net/cms/brand/PT/2024-PT/0624ptkhinjection1.jpg;maxWidth=400;quality=70)
Use These 7 Parameters to Unravel the Melt Temperature Mystery
Despite its integral role in a stable process and consistent parts, true melt temperature in injection molding can be an enigma. Learning more about these seven parameters may help you solve the puzzle.
Read More![Multilayer Solutions to Challenges in Blow Molding with PCR](https://d2n4wb9orp1vta.cloudfront.net/cms/brand/pt/2024-pt/0624pt-wmullerpcrfeature-fig9.jpg;maxWidth=400;quality=70)
Multilayer Solutions to Challenges in Blow Molding with PCR
For extrusion blow molders, challenges of price and availability of postconsumer recycled resins can be addressed with a variety of multilayer technologies, which also offer solutions to issues with color, processability, mechanical properties and chemical migration in PCR materials.
Read More![Processing Activity Nears Expansion Level](https://d2n4wb9orp1vta.cloudfront.net/cms/brand/pt/2024-pt/0624ptgbi1.jpg;maxWidth=400;quality=70)
Processing Activity Nears Expansion Level
Plastics processing kept pushing along in April, landing less than one point shy of expansion.
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