Barrier Blow Molding

Barrier Blow Molding 1 May 2006

NPE News Preview: Blow Molding--Higher Speeds, More Cavities, Faster Changeovers

Improving productivity while minimizing capital cost and floorspace will be central themes of blow molding exhibits at NPE 2006.

Stretch Blow Molding 1 Apr 2006

Small Fuel Tanks: New Emissions Rules Spur Hunt for Barrier Solutions

Coex blow molding has the inside track, but makers of small gas tanks and jerry cans are also looking at fluorination and other monolayer systems. Rotomolders, too, are considering multilayer alternatives.

Recycling 1 Mar 2006

Smart Handling of Regrind Can Improve Your Bottom Line

Dealing effectively with regrind has been a tough challenge for most blow molders ever since the process was invented.

Stretch Blow Molding 1 Mar 2006

Blade System Puts Ribs Into Structural Blow Molded Parts

A novel blow molding process incorporates movable blades within the tool to create a ribbed structure for load-bearing automotive parts.

All Electric & Hybrid Machines 2 Feb 2006

New Association for IML, IMD

Last month saw the official start-up of the In-Mold Decorating Association (IMDA), an association of molders, printers, materials suppliers, and equipment manufacturers involved in in-mold labeling and decorating (IML and IMD) for any plastics process.

Postprocessing 1 Dec 2005

Headlines for the Next 50 Years

Ever wonder what it would be like to get tomorrow’s newspaper today? After reviewing the most important technical developments of the past 50 years in our October issue, we asked industry experts to help us imagine the biggest headlines in plastics from now to 2055. What we got was a mixture of predictions of what will happen and a wish list of what should happen.

Postindustrial 1 Oct 2005

50 Ideas That Changed Plastics

Very few readers of this issue can remember, or even imagine, what it was like when an injection molding machine did not have a screw, but only a smooth-bore plunger.

Stretch Blow Molding 1 Aug 2005

Barrier Bottle Technologies Square Off

With single-serve containers raising shelf-life demands, packagers are seeking the barrier with the best cost-performance for PET bottles. Multilayer seems to have the upper hand, but monolayer, coating, and oxygen-scavenger technologies have all won niches.