Articles
Get into the Zone: Business and Finance
NPE2018’s Business and Finance Zone showcases the business side of manufacturing, including representatives from insurance, publishing, monitoring technology, finance and more.
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Pricing on Flat-to-Down Trajectory for Volume Resins
Sustaining some first quarter price hikes seems unlikely.
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Vacuum Conveying Smart Pumps Deliver Maximum Uptime
With advanced monitoring and predictive technology, these “Smart Pumps” for vacuum conveying systems deliver maximum uptime with less maintenance. Finally, you can address maintenance issues before they turn into production nightmares.
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Mass Polymerization Vs. Emulsion Polymerization: How to Get Purer ABS Resins
Traditionally, ABS resins have been made with a complicated, inconsistent emulsion batch process. Now, mass polymerization is changing the game with more efficiency and better end results. (Sponsored Content)
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It’s Time Your Vacuum Pumps Join the IIoT Table
Vacuum pumps are at the heart of the plastics processing operation and can cause major production delays when they fail. Add them to your IIoT toolbox with Vacuum Pump Analyzer from MachineSense.
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Volume Resin Prices Mostly Up
At the conclusion of the first quarter, the price trajectory was upward, except for PP and nylon 6.
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Hot Runners & Tooling at NPE2018: Smarter & More Specialized
Hot-runner technology, like the companies utilizing it, is becoming highly specialized, building in focused functionality for the application to be molded. Like most of the equipment in the cell around it, it’s also becoming smarter, sharing data and reacting to feedback from the press and more.
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Additive Manufacturing at NPE2018: Lots of Prototyping…and Some Manufacturing Too
As a growing industry, there will be lots of ‘firsts’ at NPE, including a new zone and workshop.
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NPE2018 Technology Focus: Sheet Extrusion
Space-saving, high-speed line for PP and PS packaging, new options in 'no-dry' PET among the highlights in Orlando.
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Recycling/Scrap Reclaim at NPE2018: Technology Focuses on Boosting Regrind Consistency, Pellet Quality
There will be no shortage of new technology and highlights of the latest trends in recycling and sustainability at NPE2018.
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PE Market Snap Shot: Converter Film
End use demands could drive growth of more complex, highly layered structures.
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Auxiliaries at NPE2018: Packing More Functions in Less Space
Auxiliary equipment suppliers are building more and more technology into their products, packing more physical and virtual functions into the same or smaller footprints.
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