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Understanding Automation for Pipette Molding
While simple looking enough, the pipette can be challenging to process. They generally have to be produced in high volumes without sacrificing quality due to their demanding applications. Automation is key to making this happen.
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Making Old Bags New Again
This year, leading film processor and bagmaker Hilex company reprocessed 25 million lb of post-consumer material in its Bag2Bag recycling program.
Read MoreHow To Stop ‘Windmilling’
Many times I hear molders complain that their screw is “windmilling” or not picking up the material.
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Low-Emission Acetal Meets Daimler’s Strict New Limits for Vehicle Interiors
WEB EXCLUSIVE: Germany’s Ticona Engineering Polymers is offering new-generation, low-emission, Hostaform acetals which meet Daimler’s new, stricter limits for formaldehyde emissions of acetal vehicle-interior components.
Read MoreMetabolix Finds New Production Partner for Mirel PHA Biopolymer
Metabolix, Inc., Cambridge, Mass., and has signed a letter of intent to make its Mirel biopolymer resin at Antibioticos, S.A.in Leon, Spain.
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Screw and Barrel Wear
Screw and barrel wear is critical in all plasticating applications whether is it extrusion, injection molding, and blow molding, or twin screw extrusion.
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Commodity Resin Prices Still Dropping - July 2012
Lower feedstock costs, ample material availability, and overall sluggish demand has driven prices down for the four commodity thermoplastics.
Read MoreBayer Divests PETG Sheet Business
Bayer MaterialScience LLC, Pittsburgh, sold its Vivak PETG sheet business in NAFTA to Plaskolite, Inc., Columbus, Ohio.
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Automotive Molders Add Big Multi-Material Presses
Two companies of the Automotive Components Div. of The Windsor Mold Group, Windsor, Ont., recently commissioned several 2200-ton multi-component injection machines from Engel Machinery Inc., York, Pa.
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3D Printing Becomes Easier Than Ever
Two major announcements in 3D printing involve a merger between two suppliers and a new system that makes rapid prototyping more affordable and easier than ever.
Read MoreSimple, Economical, Manual Roll-Gap Adjustment for Sheet
Processing Technologies International (PTi), Aurora, Ill., has developed and patented a new way to manually adjust roll gap on cooling and polishing sheet roll stands.
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Algae/PP Hybrid Can Be Thermoformed
Algae and plastics do mix—that’s the message to be delivered at the upcoming Pack Expo, Oct. 28-31 at Chicago’s McCormick Place.
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