November 2024 Issue

November

November 2024

Digital Edition
Making Gains in the Drain Game
Cover Story

Making Gains in the Drain Game

AWD blends extrusion and thermoforming technologies with plenty of home-brewed equipment and processes to keep water away from where it isn’t supposed to be.  

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Features

Featured articles from the November 2024 issue of Plastics Technology

Direct Solar Heating for Rotational Molding Enables Feedback Control and Rapid Deployment
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Direct Solar Heating for Rotational Molding Enables Feedback Control and Rapid Deployment

Light Manufacturing offers rotomolding factory in a box, with no utilities needed.

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Plastics Processing Contraction Slows Slightly
economics

Plastics Processing Contraction Slows Slightly

While the market is still sluggish, future business outlook rose significantly from last month.

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Leading Cast Film Processor Adding Blown Film Capacity
processor's edge

Leading Cast Film Processor Adding Blown Film Capacity

Malpack adds two multilayer blown film lines for agricultural, stretch hood and shrink films.  

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What's Restricting My Output Rate?
Extrusion

What's Restricting My Output Rate?

In a single-screw extruder, it could be an improperly designed barrier flighted entry section. Here’s why.    

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New Screw Boosts Mixing, Enhances Polymer Properties
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New Screw Boosts Mixing, Enhances Polymer Properties

Device mixes at the ‘molecular level,’ inventor says, to boost mechanicals and in some cases make pre-drying redundant.

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Materials Suppliers Team on PFAS-Free Solutions
Film Extrusion

Materials Suppliers Team on PFAS-Free Solutions

Baerlocher PFAS-fee process aid passes muster in resin manufacturer’s testing on production-sized blown film line.

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What Plastics Technology's Content Gate Means for Its Web Visitors
editorial

What Plastics Technology's Content Gate Means for Its Web Visitors

Plastics Technology has installed a “content gate” on its premium articles online. What does that mean and why should you care?

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Important Factors and Approaches to Estimating Residence Time in Injection Molding
best practices

Important Factors and Approaches to Estimating Residence Time in Injection Molding

Residence time can have a dramatic impact on part quality and production efficiency but determining its value can be tricky. Use these methods and formulas to accurately measure residence time and enable it to inform everything from scheduling jobs to optimizing a process.

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Prices of PP, PET Drop; PE, PS and PVC to Follow
resin pricing

Prices of PP, PET Drop; PE, PS and PVC to Follow

Going into fourth quarter, prices of the five commodity resins were heading downward, barring supply interruptions.

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Research Deems Bioplastics, Wood Pulp a Sustainable, Economic Alternative for Rigid Packaging
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Research Deems Bioplastics, Wood Pulp a Sustainable, Economic Alternative for Rigid Packaging

Farrel Pomini and FPInnovations produce biodegradable compound for molding, extrusion and thermoforming applications.

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