Multicomponent
Multi-Layer Injection Molded Tubs Take on Thermoforming & Metal Cans
Kortec Inc., Ipswich, Mass., a supplier of multi-layer injection molding technology, is launching an altogether new system for making rigid barrier containers.
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Micro Molder & Mold Maker Succeeds by Specializing
How small is small? How small is micro? How about parts weighing as little as 0.00012 g and measuring no more than 0.038 in. (1 mm) long?
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Foamed PET Bottles for Beer
Now the foam isn’t just on top of the beer, it’s all around it.
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Tips and Techniques: How MedPlast Became a Multi-Shot Specialist
It started in a garage and evolved into a multi-plant, $100 million operation that holds particular expertise in multi-shot molding.
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‘Organic Hybrid’ Composites Highlighted at K Show
One of the materials trends hailed at this month’s K 2010 show in Dusseldorf was the replacement of plastic-metal “hybrid” composites with all-plastic “organic hybrids” in structural parts for automotive and other markets.
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INJECTION MOLDING: Automation and Integration At K Show
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.
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K 2010- Injection Molding New All-Electrics & Hybrids Balance Performance & Economy
The world’s largest plastics show, coming up next month in Dusseldorf, Germany, provides ample evidence of the growing sway of electric drive technology in injection molding.
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Processor Strategies - Cashmere Molding Inc.: ‘Compete Globally, Produce Locally’
What kind of a company increases sales by an average of 60% annually, including a 10% gain last year, in the depth of the Great Recession?
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New Presses, Robots & Process Tech To Debut at K 2010 Fair
The exhibit of Engel Austria at October’s K 2010 fair in Dusseldorf, Germany, will host a wide range of product introductions, ranging from new machines for caps/closures and micromolding to a new model of small electric press, a new generation of beam robots, and developing process technologies for polyurethane skin coating, machine-integrated mold-temperature control, multi-shot optical molding, and all-plastic “hybrid” composites.
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Injection Molding at NPE 2003
Show goers will see an electric injection machine in nearly every press maker’s booth this year, and electric/hydraulic hybrids in several.
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