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Nozzle Shutoff Shuts Down Drool
A machine-nozzle shutoff device helped Klein Tools cut drool from 24 lb/day to just 2.1 lb, with the remaining drool coming from the hot runner, not the machine.
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The Accidental Molder
Peyton Owen came to plastics after decades in commercial real estate, but by empowering his employees through listening, he’s learning molding and success at D&M Plastics.
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Matrix Tool Sweeps 'Hot Shots' Competition
Working together with injection machine builder Sodick Plustech, this Pennsylvania molder and moldmaker won both prizes in Plastics Technology’s first-ever Hot Shots injection molded parts competition, held at Molding 2021.
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Optimized Pressure Control for a More Repeatable Process and Parts
New software from Arburg automatically determines the ideal ramp of the injection-to-hold profile.
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Succession Planning Breeds Success
One of the most important business decisions leaders can make and plan for is how they’ll exit the business.
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Supply Chain Woes Meet the Cocktail-Party-Topic Threshold
When a topic can serve as an easy conversation starter at a mixed, social event, you know it’s truly entered the “national consciousness.”
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Matrix Tool Wins Inaugural Hot Shots Competition
The Pennsylvania-based injection molder and moldmaker applied its tooling know how and Sodick injection technology to take home both Hot Shots prizes.
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Top Shops: Benchmarking Injection Molding in a Pandemic Year
At the start of 2021, as it does every year, Plastics Technology asked injection molders to look back on the year prior and take stock of their operations. The only difference this time: COVID-19.
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Tiny Part Showcases Big Molding, Moldmaking Capabilities
Grab a magnifying glass and check out this entrant in Molding 2021’s Hot Shots injection molded part competition.
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New Test Method Analyzes Gas Formation in Molding
Resin maker Polyplastics says the proprietary method captures and evaluates gases formed during injection molding.
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With AI: Trust But Verify
A growing number view AI not as “artificial intelligence”, wholly supplanting the human with computing power, but rather as “augmented intelligence”, working alongside a person’s mind to its betterment not replacement.
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High-Temperature Cycle Counters
Hasco’s new mechanical cycle counters can be used at temperatures of up to 200 C (392 F).
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