Testing

Construction

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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Mold Simulation

Moldmaker Branches Out With New Services & Technologies

NyproMold offers new development tooling program and the latest in servo drives, enhanced cooling, and CT scanning.

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Additives

Five Effective Ways to Control Color

A 50-year veteran in color-concentrate production and use shares practices to help you make better color decisions and generate less scrap. To specify color correctly and communicate your specs to your color supplier requires understanding of the “Five U’s.”

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Blow Molding

Are You Ready for K 2016?

We’ve got you covered with five feature stories and an entire new-products section devoted to the October show in Dusseldorf.

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Film Extrusion

New ASTM Standard Proposed For Film-Thickness Measurement

Proposed non-contact method reportedly will help processors get "more precise and accurate measurements.'

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Additives

A Discussion on the Value of Materials Testing

The top three reasons processors should consider materials testing.

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best practices

Blow Molding Challenges Embraced at Metro Mold

“Others mold difficult parts. We mold the impossible.”

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Testing

MOLDING 2016: New Approaches to Processing, Tooling & QA

The largest-ever annual Molding Conference included newsworthy technical presentations on a variety of injection molding topics. Here’s a selection.

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Testing

MATERIALS: The Problems with Single-Point Data

It’s time for material suppliers to take a fresh approach to providing data. Thankfully, things are starting to move in that direction. Part 12 of 12.

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Extrusion

Color Done Right

Look for a supplement to the September Issue of Plastics Technology with tips and techniques that will help you make your coloring operations as efficient as possible

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