NPE
Dryer Has Digital Twin
Virtual X-ray or MRI of the machine looks under the sheet metal to determine actual status of components.
Read More'Mega-Trends' Driving Polyolefins Developments at Nova Chemicals
Sustainability, e-commerce, application development and time to market are just some of the over-arching trends driving PE and PP development.
Read More‘Cobot’ Pioneer Makes NPE Debut
Universal Robots shows value of “collaborative” robots in form/fill/seal, box loading, and bottle packing/palletizing.
Read MoreNPE2018 New Technology Focus: Healthy Interest in Medical
Medical molding is a big presence at NPE.
Read MoreNPE2018 New Technology Focus: The ‘4.0’ Revolution
Injection and blow molding and robot suppliers are making Industry 4.0 the most prevalent theme of the show.
Read MoreHigh-Utility, Multifunctional Purging Agents That Are 'Just-in-Time'
Two newest Dyna-Purge products are broader spectrum products that work within the temperature range of 320 to 625 F.
Read MoreNPE Diary Vol. 1: Arriving to the Plastics Show in a Plastic Plane with Plastic Luggage
The first in a daily series of thoughts, musings, rants and rambles from a PLASTICS professional attending his second NPE. In this edition, the author counts the number of plastic objects he sees from his seat on the plane ride to Orlando. Spoiler alert: there's a lot of them.
Read MoreNPE2018 New Technology Focus: Robots Come to Materials- Testing Lab
Range of new testing machines include first-display of automated system that can run day and night.
Read MoreConair Rolls Out ‘Uptime Guaranteed’ Initiative, Guaranteeing Its Equipment’s Performance
Conair plans to walk the walk when it comes to ensuring the performance of all its equipment via what it calls the deepest service team in the industry and new Industry 4.0 tools.
Read MoreTechnology Power for Better Intelligence and Optimization
Autodesk is pushing better intelligence for part and mold design with its MoldFlow products and optimizing overall manufacturing with its Delcam tools and CAM specialty products at Booth W8147 in the West Hall.
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