Processes
Plastipak Wins Award for Direct Object Printing Technology
The patented DOP technology for packaging decoration facilitates rapid label changes & saves on logistical costs associated with physical labels.
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What Is the Right Plastics Joining Process for You: Part 2—Available Technologies
The four primary joining technologies—vibration, clean vibration, infrared, hot-gas/convection—offer different benefits and challenges for different applications.
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What Is the Right Plastics Joining Process for You? Part 1
Changing demands, advancing technology and a process-neutral approach to plastics joining for under-the-hood automotive parts.
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How to Solve Common Ultrasonic Welding Problems
Understand and address the likely origins of welding problems to keep production on track.
Read MoreNew Hard-Coating Technology for Large, Curved Auto Glazing
New plasma CVD coating over a wet coating offers wider design freedom than previous hard coats.
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Dramatic New Potential for Circuitry Printed on Plastics
Novel nano-silver and nano-copper inks reduce costs and complexity, while opening up new applications.
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Rubbery, Velvety, Silky: Properties of Coated Auto Plastic Parts
HapticMapping is an objective approach for determining the haptic properties of PUR-coated plastics.
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Tampoprint Shined at K 2016
With its 60 years of experience in machine engineering, Tampoprint belongs among the innovators of the pad-printing industry, according to founder and chairman Wilfried Philipp.
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New Cure for the Headaches of In-Mold Labeling/Decorating
New IML/IMD method combines the best aspects of precut label stacks and labels on a roll with none of their drawbacks.
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Two-Stage Injection Meets Molder’s Need for High Precision
Fixed screw and plunger with no check ring hold tolerances of millionths of an inch.
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