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Where to Buy It on the Web
If you’re not yet acquainted with “e-commerce” or “e-business,” the separately bound supplement mailed with this issue will give you an idea of what you’re missing.
Read MoreWhat's Hot in Hot Runners
Closer cavity spacing, in-press serviceability, improved valve gates, smarter controls, quick-ship standard manifolds, and Internet e-commerce were leading themes in hot runners at the big show in Chicago.
Read MoreTest Your Knowledge
Try your hand at these brain-teasers, which were distilled from the fascinating 230-page SPI Plastics Industry Economic Report 2000, recently published by the Society of the Plastics Industry, Washington, D.C. Answers to the following 10 questions appear at the bottom of the page.
Read MoreWhere Robots Are Headed
If the big show in Chicago was any indicator, linear servo drives and jointed-arm designs may be the next trends in robots for injection molding.
Read MoreLagging Behind in the Productivity Race
Exactly two years ago, I discussed here some surprising statistics in Contributions of Plastics to the U.S. Economy 1997, a report from the Society of the Plastics Industry in Washington, D.C.
Read MoreNPE Just Gets Bigger and Better
This month’s show in Chicago was my tenth NPE, and it was by far the most impressive and enjoyable.
Read MoreFrom NPE 2000: Injection Molding Preview
The abundance of injection molding news at this year’s show is staggering. There are more and bigger all-electric machines than ever, including first-time introductions by several suppliers. Electric technology is also taking new forms, such as beltless drives and “direct-pressure” clamping without a toggle. Energy-saving electro-hydraulic hybrids are also evolving.
Read MoreYour Key to NPE
If you are one of the 80,000-plus people planning to attend NPE 2000 in Chicago this month, you will see first-hand many of the most exciting new products available to plastics processors anywhere in the world.
Read MoreTeach Your Children Plastics
The surest way to alleviate the chemo-phobia that afflicts a large part of the public is through early education. By chemo-phobia I mean the predisposition to believe any scare story about hazards to health or the environment caused by the chemical industry or its products. Of course, those include plastics.
Read MoreNew All-Electric Machines Are Faster & Smarter
The new Roboshot i Series electric presses from Fanuc Ltd. in Japan will be introduced here at NPE 2000 by Milacron Fanuc, Batavia, Ohio.
Read MoreRe-Creating Injection Molding
In my 28 years of observing injection molding technology, I have been lucky to witness two innovations that deserve to be called revolutionary.
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