July 2025 Issue
July 2025
Digital Edition
Features
Featured articles from the July 2025 issue of Plastics Technology
Why Are Cobots Popping Up in Injection Molding Processes?
Collaborative robots (cobots) can play a vital role in broadening a plastics processor’s automation portfolio.
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PT's Naitove Among 18 Headed to Plastics Hall of Fame
Longtime Plastics Technology editor to be enshrined with 17 other luminaries on October 7 in Düsseldorf, Germany.
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Plastics Processing Index Rebounds with 48.5 Reading in May
Plastics processors recover some ground after sharp April drop, but not enough to avoid contraction.
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One of Our Own
Plastics Technology’s own Matt Naitove to be inducted into the Plastics Hall of Fame.
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Purging Compounds & Process Efficiency: Why They Must Work in Tandem To Improve Your Bottom Line
More and more plastics processors are using commercial purging compounds to clean out their systems and help them switch from one product run to the next as efficiently as possible. But quality purging compounds aren’t cheap, nor are they a standalone solution.
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Worn Feed Casings Can Reduce Your Output
While barrels typically last for the service life of three screws, when the feed casing wears it can wreak havoc on production rates.
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Novel Profile Cooling Technology Promises Big Output Boost
Aimed at complex profiles such as PVC lineals, retrofittable system adds turbulent cooling to calibrator to boost output by 25-50%.
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Molder Emphasizes Energy Transparency To Achieve Energy Efficiency
German injection molder Filthaus turned to its neighbor in Meinerzhagen — Wittmann — to set up 30 individual measuring points for power consumption using the latter’s iMAGOxt cloud-based energy-management software.
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Through Thick and Thin: Reflecting on Injection Molding Thin and Thick Walls
Author considers time molding thin-wall food packaging and thicker-walled interior automotive trim, weighing the differences and similarities in process, molds and materials.
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Replacing PFAS, a Transition in Processing Lubricants
Chemical manufacturers, polymer compounders and converters are making moves toward PFAS-free.
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Polymer and Additive Suppliers Tease Their K Show Presentations at the EMG Pre K Event in Rotterdam
Producers stressed material solutions aligning with trends in carbon emissions reduction, electrification and chemical substitution.
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July 2025: Prices for Volume Resins Flat to Down Heading to Third Quarter
Apparent stabilization was driven by supply-and-demand dynamics, but the uncertainty of tariffs and the hurricane season are looming.
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