Plastic Injection Guide

2019-10-07 Plastic Injection Guide Comments Off on Fette GmbH Celebrates 100th Anniversary

The precision tool and machine manufacturer Fette GmbH celebrated its 100th anniversary in June with a varied programme of events. The motto for the anniversary programme was “Progress through P...

2019-10-07 Plastic Injection Guide Comments Off on Easymetal Launches New Website

Easymetal Prozesstechnik GmbH, the Austrian specialist in the treatment of process water for erosion technology, has recently extended its product range. And, to furnish information about all the new ...

2019-10-06 Plastic Injection Guide Comments Off on SolidCAM Establishes Japanese Subsidiary

The confirmed fastest-growing supplier of integrated CAM software solutions for the manufacturing industry, SolidCAM GmbH, has established a Japanese subsidiary. SolidCAM Japan K.K. is based in Tokyo ...

2019-10-06 Plastic Injection Guide Comments Off on EOS, Partners Form Research Centre

The US aerospace giant Boeing, German industrial group Evonik Industries, German aircraft and automotive supplier MCP HEK Tooling, and German laser-sintering system manufacturer EOS GmbH have joined w...

2019-10-06 Plastic Injection Guide Comments Off on NPE 2009 to Feature Plastics Design Contest

The first International Plastics Design Competition (IPDC) will be featured at NPE 2009 in Chicago next June. The awards contest will provide an opportunity for designers and manufacturers of componen...

2019-10-05 Plastic Injection Guide Comments Off on Strack Norma Focuses on Customer Service

Dieter Umhang is now coordinating internal distribution for Strack Norma GmbH & Co. KG, the specialist manufacturer of standard parts for injection moulding and die-casting tools and punching and ...

2019-10-05 Plastic Injection Guide Comments Off on New Presses, Robots And Low-Pressure Process

At its annual Technology Days conference and exhibition in Lossburg, Germany, Arburg GmbH + Co. KG introduced its largest all-electric injection machine yet, available with optional hydraulic accumula...

2019-10-05 Plastic Injection Guide Comments Off on Disk Pump Helps Compound Long-Fiber Thermoplastics

Already a familiar sight on European store shelves, the eye-catching appeal of "IML" is gaining traction among North American injection molders. The latest tooling and automation designs can...

2019-10-04 Plastic Injection Guide Comments Off on Stop ‘Runaway’ Resin In Blown Film

Do you have runaway resin? This is valuable plastic that “escapes” your system of production controls. It accomplishes this insidiously through small overages in film thickness and width. ...

2019-10-04 Plastic Injection Guide Comments Off on Defect Position Analysis: What It Is, Why You Need It

There are so many new technological options in mold design, moldmaking, and molding today that it boggles the mind: We can simulate melt flows to anticipate difficulties. Then we can pre-empt problems...

2019-10-04 Plastic Injection Guide Comments Off on Textile Recycler Saved by Carpets

This is a tale of globalization with a happy ending. One of the world’s two largest carpet recyclers got into the business by accident—or necessity—when its fiber reclaim business fe...

2019-10-03 Plastic Injection Guide Comments Off on Appliance Markets Sluggish in The Near Term

The U.S. appliance industry remains stuck in the throes of a two-year downturn that has seen domestic production fall 15% from its peak in 2006. But the good news is that the decline is decelerating, ...

2019-10-03 Plastic Injection Guide Comments Off on Feedstocks Push Resin Prices

Despite lackluster domestic demand, relentless increases in feedstock costs are forcing suppliers to push for higher resin prices. PVC demand is slack enough to put hikes in doubt. PE PRICES UP Polyet...

2019-10-03 Plastic Injection Guide Comments Off on Clear Road Ahead for TPOs, TPVs

Olefinic TPEs originally comprised only two classes of rubber-modified polypropylene, known as TPO and TPV. More recently, these have been supplemented by new types of olefinic elastomers that can be ...

2019-10-02 Plastic Injection Guide Comments Off on TPEs Move Up the Performance Scale

This first of two articles on directions in TPE development focuses on styrenic, copolyester, polyamide, and TP urethane elastomers. The following article covers olefinics—TPOs, TPVs, and POEs. ...

2019-10-02 Plastic Injection Guide Comments Off on Sheet metal coil lubrication systems automated

Automated sheet metal coil lubrication systems are designed for use on most coil processing applications using evaporable industrial lubricants on parts where degreasing is to be avoided. Shear-Form M...

2019-10-02 Plastic Injection Guide Comments Off on Glass filled nylon parts are vacuum cast

Rapid prototyping team has vacuum cast prototype 400mm diameter glass filled nylon radiator fans using a fast and economical process from MCP Tooling Technologies. A major automotive manufacturer̵...

2019-10-01 Plastic Injection Guide Comments Off on PUR Machinery Gains in Versatility & Economy

Polyurethane equipment at K 2007 in Dusseldorf showed incremental advances in cost-effectiveness and ability to handle a wide range of applications. New high-pressure mixing and metering machines are ...

2019-10-01 Plastic Injection Guide Comments Off on Thermal Cycling of Injection Molds Boosts Surface Quality

In the injection molding process, tool temperature is an important factor in achieving high-quality parts. It is generally believed that higher tool temperature often results in better surface quality...

2019-10-01 Plastic Injection Guide Comments Off on Dynamic Optimization of Extruder Barrel Temperatures

Determining the optimum barrel-temperature profile is one of the most important tasks in extrusion. A barrel-temperature profile (BTP) that works well on one extruder may not work on the same type of ...