Articles
Plastics in an Era of Big Ideas
Ask what’s happening in plastics today, and the answers will be different in nature and scope from the nuts-and-bolts concerns that might have been top-of-mind in past decades.
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Put Some ‘Lean’ into Your Profile Extrusion Process
With everyone struggling to find talent, there are ways to reduce operator interaction with the process by applying some lean manufacturing principles.
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Cradle to Cradle...Twenty Years Later
Revisiting a manifesto for long-term sustainability.
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Smaller Screws Impose Bigger Challenges
Very small extruder screws work just about like their larger cousins, but some critical differences make them harder to design and machine.
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Are Your Sprue or Parts Sticking? Here Are Some Solutions
When a sprue or part sticks, the result of trying to unstick it is often more scratches or undercuts, making the problem worse and the fix more costly. Here’s how to set up a proper procedure for this sticky wicket.
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Technology Days Returns
After a two-year hiatus, Arburg’s Technology Days event (June 22-25) returned in 2022 bring customers and plastics trade press from around the world to the company’s global headquarters in Lossburg, Germany.
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Reshoring: Is the Surge Sustainable?
Sure seems that way, as companies big and small look and act to bring manufacturing back to the U.S.
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How to Estimate and Control Head Pressure
You rightfully worry about melt temperature, but don’t overlook head pressure, because the two are closely linked and will influence line performance.
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Compatibilizers Aid Recycling & Upcycling of Mixed Resins
Compatibilizers are proving their worth in boosting critical properties such as impact/stiffness balance of PCR and PIR blends of polyolefins and other plastics.
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Graphene Masterbatches for Flexible and Rigid Polyolefin Packaging and Beyond
Brazilian start-up Gerdau Graphene joins a growing group of graphene additives suppliers with a focus on boosting properties of large volume commodity thermoplastics.
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Melt Flow Rate Testing–Part 1
Though often criticized, MFR is a very good gauge of the relative average molecular weight of the polymer. Since molecular weight (MW) is the driving force behind performance in polymers, it turns out to be a very useful number.
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The Scoop on Screws
The kind used as fasteners in molds, that is. Here are some design considerations to help you choose and use the right ones.
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