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Showing 161 – 170 of 201 resultsThe criteria for selecting a liquid silicone rubber injection molding machine are very similar to selecting a machine for standard thermoplastic injection molding, with several key differences.
Here it is in one sentence: Unit costs can be reduced through customer-specific automation.
As I rounded the corner of our shop, I was confronted by a large flock of white shirts gathered around a mold on my bench.
Molders of high-temperature materials frequently ask these six questions about hot-oil temperature-control units (TCUs):Is smoke dangerous?Why is the pump discharge pressure bouncing all over?Why has the oil degraded and is it damaging the pump seals?Why can’t I get the mold hot enough without running the temperature above the flashpoint?Does it mean I’m running the oil too hot if I am getting carbon on the Y-strainer?If the oil has turned color, should it be replaced?There are straightforward answers and solutions to all of the above.
There were new presses of all stripes aplenty at K 2010, but the “wow” factor was supplied by automated work cells and integrated manu-facturing systems performing multiple operations before, during, and after molding.
Industry 4.0—the internet of things—is bringing a new level of connectivity to auxiliary equipment. Here’s a rundown of developments there, along with other news in auxiliaries from the show.
Xaloy and Dray Team Up On Screws & ValvesXaloy Inc., Pulaski, Va., is extending its capabilities in screw design and large-screw manufacturing through an alliance with well-known screw designer Robert F.
Anyone who operates a molding plant knows three things it cannot run without: raw material, electrical power, and cooling water.
Increasing traffic in transfer tooling from molders that have shuttered operations or are unable to successfully produce parts is driving interest in a long-established but under-utilized diagnostic technique for injection molding.
In the early days of industrial blow molding, the processor had quite a few obstacles to overcome.
