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Extrusion: A Simple Way to Evaluate Extruder Screws
While there’s lots of data that influences screw design, processors usually don’t have access to it. So instead, try calculating drag flow to see if your screw is working properly.
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Injection Molding: Process Documentation Is Crucial to Making ‘Identical’ Parts
Use a machine/mold setup sheet to document plastic parameters and use them on any acceptable machine into which the mold is placed.
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A Processor's Most Important Job, Part 6: Long-Term Effects
The importance of mold temperature to the development of the desired polymer crystalline structure becomes absolutely crucial in the case of high-performance materials.
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New System Runs Two Molds in One Press Simultaneously
Shuttle-mold system is one of several eye-popping innovations that Canon Virginia brought to NPE2018.
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New Program Guarantees Performance of Auxiliary Equipment
Web-based and cloud-powered, Conair’s new SmartServices platform is key to its just-launched ‘Uptime Guaranteed’ initiative.
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New Powerhouse Emerges In Additive Manufacturing
Jabil, an international force in manufacturing, software and services, has launched a global network of additive-manufacturing services.
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Windmoeller & Hoelscher and Keep Blackstone Valley Beautiful Team up For Litter Clean-up Day
In under two hours, the group of 10 collected more than 20 bags of garbage, including cans, bottles and wrappers.
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Materialise NV Brings the Latest 3D Printing Innovations to Detroit
Two-day conference and tour of Belgium company’s North American headquarters are among the highlights.
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New Texas Assembly Plant Anchors Nissei’s Bid for More of Mid-to-Large U.S. Injection Press Market
Earlier this month, Nissei Plastic Industrial Co. Ltd. of Japan announced the official opening of its first U.S. assembly plant for injection molding machines in San Antonio, Texas.
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Dole’s Recycling Joint Venture In Costa Rica Celebrates 25 Years
This is a rare example of a recycling company that is completely vertically integrated within an industry that generates the waste.
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Bringing Industry 4.0 to Plastics Auxiliary Equipment
With all this talk about Industry 4.0, getting your whole plastics processing plant “connected” can still seem a little daunting. New equipment monitoring systems make it less so by making it easier to bring all of your auxiliary equipment together into a single platform. (Sponsored Content)
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Fully Compostable Single-Serve Coffee Capsule Launched
A new generation of coffee capsules is made of 100% NatureWorks Ingeo PLA.
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