2019-11-27 Plastic Injection Guide Comments Off on Magnetic plates save die cutting set-up, costs
A flexible magnetic die (or plate) can be used to die cut various substrates and saves set-up time and money as a flexible plate is less expensive than a solid rotary die. Rotoflex Tooling (a division...
2019-11-26 Plastic Injection Guide Comments Off on ATM removed plastics flash automatically
A specialist plastics company wanted an automatic system to remove moulding flash, which meant ATM Automation had to meet design, process and health and safety requirements. When specialist plastics u...
2019-11-26 Plastic Injection Guide Comments Off on Plastics compressor poppet valves replace metals
A US moulder said that compressor valve improvements such as reduced fluid leakage, noise reduction, longer valve life, and cost reduction are achieved by using a high performance thermoplastic. Victr...
2019-11-26 Plastic Injection Guide Comments Off on Flame-retardant moulding materials certified
SABIC Innovative Plastics has acquired VDE Certification of 10 flame-retardant moulding materials for household appliance applications; some materials speed up moulding processes. To help household ap...
2019-11-25 Plastic Injection Guide Comments Off on Import CAD models into Moldflow analysis
Moldflow has released its Moldflow Design Link 6.0 that allows the direct import of solid geometry data from some of the world’s leading CAD systems into Moldflow’s analysis solutions. Mol...
2019-11-25 Plastic Injection Guide Comments Off on Robotised injection moulders are energy-efficient
Presenting at Fakuma its energy-efficient injection moulding production and robotic systems innovation, Arburg provides individual consulting about process optimisation. Robot loaded injection moulder...
2019-11-25 Plastic Injection Guide Comments Off on Injection moulders optimise energy at Fakuma
At Europe’s Fakuma show, Engel will present ‘energy optimised’, powerful injection moulding machine designs including all-electric models and the Engel e-victory hybrid machine. Ener...
2019-11-24 Plastic Injection Guide Comments Off on LFI part inmould painting enters series production
Tractor engine covers made of fibre-reinforced PUR in a LFI process, are being given a high-gloss surface finish in the mould in series production in India, said Krauss-Maffei. Krauss-Maffei announced...
2019-11-24 Plastic Injection Guide Comments Off on Manual aids plastics moulding robot automation
ATM has launched its Modular Robotic Tooling Solutions manual, which covers a complete range of gripper and tooling components for plastics moulding automation systems. ATM has very close links to the...
2019-11-24 Plastic Injection Guide Comments Off on Connectors speed up mould changes
Using quick release connectors in place of fixed connections for mould cooling water, hydraulics, nitrogen and electronics systems produces significant reduction in mould change times. The total time ...
2019-11-24 Plastic Injection Guide Comments Off on Latest SL materials are tough and durable
Huntsman will be demonstrating stereo lithography materials including the toughest, ultra-clear low viscosity SL resin currently available and highly durable photopolymers. At the UK’s TCT 2008 ...
2019-11-23 Plastic Injection Guide Comments Off on Rubber extruders ensure high output rates
The hot-feed extruders integrated into Krauss Maffei’s Multiplex extrusion lines are suited for processing rubber compounds with a high natural rubber share at high output rates. The hot-feed ex...
2019-11-23 Plastic Injection Guide Comments Off on Steel prices may continue to be under pressure
As the margins for billet producers are at near record levels, there is no expectation of a production cutback. This is likely to exert further pressure on steel prices during the rest of the current ...
2019-11-23 Plastic Injection Guide Comments Off on ASIAN AVERAGE CARBON STEEL PRICES – LATEST FORECASTS FROM MEPS
In the flat products category, our July forecasts are little changed from the previous month. Transaction values are expected to continue climbing from September onwards. An increase in the price of o...
2019-11-22 Plastic Injection Guide Comments Off on China Focus: Olympics brings booming business to onetime fakes market
BEIJING, Aug. 13 (Xinhua) — Many stallholders at the Silk Street Market, once known as Beijing’s largest bazaar for fakes, have been exhilarated this month at seeing throngs of forei...
2019-11-22 Plastic Injection Guide Comments Off on New Website launched with new company name
Zhejiang Taizhou Yinyuan Mould Co., Ltd. This is a relatively small factory in my city, but is on its road of fast growing. We just made a website for the company. And so I’m getting to know the...
2019-11-22 Plastic Injection Guide Comments Off on FR and Metallic-Effect PBTs
Ticona Engineering Polymers, Florence, Ky., has new non-halogenated flame-retardant Celanex PBT grades and others with metallic-effect appearance. The company also plans to introduce supergloss PBTs i...
2019-11-21 Plastic Injection Guide Comments Off on Colorants for Medical-Grade Polyolefins
WEB EXCLUSIVE A new family of color masterbatches is formulated for use with medical-grade PE and PP resins sold under the Purell brand name by LyondellBasell, Wilmington, Del. The Remafin MD masterba...
2019-11-21 Plastic Injection Guide Comments Off on Enhanced Purge Compound
An enhanced version of a low-residue, low-temperature physical purging agent is said to offer 20% better cleaning power than the previous version. Improved Asaclean E from Asaclean-Sun Plastech Inc., ...
2019-11-21 Plastic Injection Guide Comments Off on Custom Compounds With Carbon Nanotubes
A Japanese maker of injection presses has started a material compounding service to provide thermoplastics enhanced with carbon nanotubes. Voltiga CNT materials and compounding service were announced ...
