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Additive Manufacturing Builds Opportunity in Mold Components
Could additive manufacturing help fill a portion of the skills gap at moldmakers and molders and give them more design flexibility?
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Conformal Cooling Helps Get Heat Out and Cycle Time Down
Conformally cooled sprue bushings help automotive molder reduce cycle times and injection pressures for a high-volume component.
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Taiwan Taps Into Market Opportunities Beyond China
Still inextricably linked with the plastics behemoth due west, Taiwan’s machinery industry is increasingly looking to the south for opportunities.
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NPE2018 Tooling: Molds Join the Industry 4.0 Conversation
At NPE2018, multiple companies displayed mold monitors that would allow the tool in an injection molding cell to “talk” to other equipment and remote computers.
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NPE2018 Auxiliaries: A Path to Industry 4.0 Emerges
Industry 4.0 dominated the news in auxiliary equipment at the show, but many questions remain for both suppliers and processors.
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New Program Guarantees Performance of Auxiliary Equipment
Web-based and cloud-powered, Conair’s new SmartServices platform is key to its just-launched ‘Uptime Guaranteed’ initiative.
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Augmented Reality on the Shop Floor: Reimagining the Instruction Manual
If augmented reality technology providers have their way, equipment manuals and instructional videos could be headed to obsolescence.
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Thermal Care Brings Industry 4.0 to Process Cooling
Improved PLC control capabilities and the introduction of a new Industry 4.0 inspired software platform are among the highlights of Thermal Care’s NPE2018 booth (W3163).
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Zeroing In On A Recycling Target: 100% Waste Diversion Is the Goal at NPE2018
Just weeks prior to NPE2018 and in celebration of Earth Day, the Plastics Industry Association (PLASTICS) announced a goal of 100% waste diversion in Orlando this week.
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Chilling Combination: Frigel Acquires Green Box
Two Italian headquartered makers of process-cooling equipment have combined with Frigel Firenze SpA of Florence acquiring Padua’s Green Box Srl in a deal announced at NPE2018.
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NPE2018 New Technology Focus: Resin Conveying
From RFID couplings to 'Wave' conveying, material is moving smarter at NPE.
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