Articles

24 Sep 2014

Out of Chaos, Collaboration

Real collaboration not only shares risks, it shares rewards.

Engineering Resins 23 Sep 2014

Big Area Additive Manufacturing Stars at IMTS

Cincinnati Inc. is aiming to take orders for beta level and production machines next year for those who want to be first in the industry to use Big Area Additive Manufacturing (BAAM) machines.

color 23 Sep 2014

Understanding the Effects of Paint On Plastics

Paint can have significant effects on mechanical properties of plastic parts. As illustrated by this OEM’s procedure in developing new-generation outboard-motor covers, there’s no substitute for thorough testing.

Additives 23 Sep 2014

Nanodiamonds Shine as Heat-Conductive Fillers

Finland’s Carbodeon has refined its functionalized nanodiamonds for a performance increase of 20% to 100%

Feeding & Blending 23 Sep 2014

Breaking Ground for Bulk Solids Innovation Center

Facility is expected to be open in April. Coperion K-Tron, Vortex Valves among anchor tenants.

Biopolymers 23 Sep 2014

Second Chances for Bioplastics Technologies

New opportunities for Trellis Earth Products and Metabolix.

Injection Molding 23 Sep 2014

Prevent & Minimize Downtime in Hot Runner Molding

There are simple explanations for the most common hot-runner problems and equally simple ways to prevent them. One is to take advantage of features often overlooked in today’s hot-runner controls.

processing tips 23 Sep 2014

The Paradox of Proportioning

Continuous proportioning typically involves a group of gravimetric feeders operating under some form of higher level coordinating control. One would think the result should be a perfectly formulated composite stream. But the devil is in the details.