NPE
Negri Bossi Puts a New Spin on Microcellular Foam Molding
Negri Bossi’s FMC technology injects nitrogen gas through the center of the screw to foam LSR or thermoplastics—or both at the same time.
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Blow Molding: New Testing & Handling Units at NPE
New blow molding auxiliaries for handling PET bottles, leak testing, and bottle inspection.
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Injection Molding: Customizeable Process-Monitoring System
Kistler’s new ComoNeo injection molding monitoring and control system offers users a choice of several optional functions.
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Injection Molding: New Models of Economical Robots
Wittmann Battenfeld expands its Primus robot line with smaller and larger models.
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W. Amsler Moving Its Operations
PET stretch-blow molding equipment maker W. Amsler Equipment is moving to a larger facility.
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VIDEO: NPE2018 Impressions from the Show Floor
Plastics Technology’s editors discuss the latest trends in plastics processing at NPE2018 from the show floor.
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News Highlights from NPE2018
Developments in Industry 4.0, multi-layer preform molding, automation, LSR processing, and PP were among the major newsbreakers at May’s show. And one film processor finalized purchases of 13 new lines.
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‘Artistic’ Robot At NPE
Star Automation programmed a servo robot to paint Japanese calligraphy at NPE2018 after carefully loading the brush with ink and rinsing the brush between demonstrations.
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Keeping the Robots Busy
Two molding machines, two linear robots, and a seven-axis collaborative robot produced a shaker cup at NPE2018.
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Blow Molding: They Said It Couldn’t Be Done
At the recent NPE2018 show in Orlando, Fla., Jomar Corp., Pleasantville, N.J., may have opened some eyes to the unsuspected capabilities of injection-blow molding.
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