Heating & Cooling
Three Themes at Fakuma Show
Servo hydraulics are becoming standard; servo pickers proliferate; water flow monitoring and control are new focus.
Read MoreMold-Heating/Cooling Technology Keeps Cosmetic Parts Looking ‘Hot’
New rapid mold-temperature control technology allows molder to eliminate cosmetic defects like knit lines or sink marks in parts that require a glossy finish or feature texturing.
Read MoreProcess Technologies for TP Composites in Automotive
In one session, learn about process simulation, rapid heat-cool molding, and continuous prepreg tape laying and rapid consolidation.
Read MoreLeverage Your Cooling Power
You can predict the amount of heat you'll need to remove from parts before ejection with reasonable accuracy if you know polymer thermal properties and certain other rules of thumb.
Read MoreMilacron Expands Aftermarket Business—Again
Milacron LLC, Cincinnati, recently completed the purchase of Industrial Machine Sales, Inc. (IMSI) and its sister company, Precise Plastics Machinery (PPM), both of Southlake, Texas.
Read MoreMilacron Adds to Its Aftermarket Family
Milacron LLC recently completed the purchase of Industrial Machine Sales, Inc. (IMSI) and its sister company, Precise Plastics Machinery (PPM), both of Southlake, Texas.
Read MoreK 2013: More Efficient, Flexible & User-Friendly Auxiliaries
It’s hard to generalize about auxiliary equipment, but a few trends stood out at K, including: greater energy efficiency, ease of maintenance and cleaning, controls that provide more real-time and historical process information and greater ease of use.
Read MoreWeb Connectivity: the ‘Missing Link’ To Molding Machines & Auxiliaries
Web services technology is being utilized today by many molding companies to enhance their molding operations performance, expand uptime, and obtain supplier support in shorter time for very low cost.
Read MoreOptimize Cooling Water Supply To Reduce Distribution Costs
Reducing distribution costs for cooling and chilled water is often one of the easiest and quickest methods of reducing energy use in water cooling, yet most plants have never investigated this area.
Read More‘ECO-ECONOMICS ’: Harbec Plastics Proves It Pays to Be ‘Green’
Bechtold has spent 15 years in an ongoing quest to prove that manufacturing in a sustainable manner is not opposed to profitability. On the contrary, he says his experience shows that sustainability is an economic opportunity that manufacturers can’t afford to miss.
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