technology in action
Warpage Waylaid Via Simulation
Designed to form a component that would hold headlights in place, the mold was intended to produce a front-end automobile bracket. Instead of parts however, the tool’s real output was problems.
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‘Get the Right Information to the Right People at the Right Time’
Scott Rogers at Noble Plastics is working on production-monitoring software to empower his shop-floor personnel.
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Young Stretch-Film Processor Bets on Nanolayers
Going up against companies with as much as double its capacity, young stretch-film processor Zummit believes that new technology — notably 59-nanolayer films — will give it a competitive edge.
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Faster, Fail-Safe Mold Changes with Multicoupling Hose System
Wirthwein Medical cut mold setup times in half, thanks to Hasco’s new multicoupling system for cooling lines.
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DeDuster Systems Cleans Up rPET Sheet
rPlanet cut its gel count drastically—allowing it to sell more sheet at prime prices—after installing a DeDuster system.
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Vacuum System Gives Molds a Chance to Vent
When the in-house vacuum systems and tooling tricks that NMC Dynaplas usually deploys to deal with trapped gas failed, it turned to a Mold-Vac system and saw reject rates go from 44% to zero.
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LFT-D Thrives in Automotive and Other Durables
Teijin Automotive acquires its 10th direct long-fiber thermoplastic system as demand for this technology soars.
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Captive Molder Goes AM Route for Short-Run Project
Pivoting from injection molding to additive manufacturing helped a maker of automotive wire routers save about $1 million in project costs and eight weeks of lead time.
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Nozzle Shutoff Shuts Down Drool
A machine-nozzle shutoff device helped Klein Tools cut drool from 24 lb/day to just 2.1 lb, with the remaining drool coming from the hot runner, not the machine.
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Four-Way Collaboration Yields Lighter Pharma Bottles with Better Barrier
Alltrista combined innovations in processing and materials for a competitive launch into a new business sector.
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