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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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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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From accumulators to X-ray fluorescence analyzers, the 2024 Plastics Technology Handbook & Buyer’s Guide is the reference source for the plastics processing supply chain.
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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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Arburg Open House Emphasizes Turnkey Capabilities
Held at the company’s U.S. headquarters in Rocky Hill, Connecticut, the event featured seven exhibits, including systems that were designed, sourced and built in the U.S.
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A Systematic Approach to Process Development
The path to a no-baby-sitting injection molding process is paved with data and can be found by following certain steps.
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Open Automation Enables Flexibility in Chemical Recycling
Software-defined equipment control systems can be duplicated, transferred and scaled with ease.
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What You Need to Know About Leader Pins and Bushings
There’s a lot more to these humble but essential mold components than you might suspect. Following the author’s tips could save much time, money and frustration.
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Plastics Processing Contraction Slows Slightly
While the market is still sluggish, future 大象传媒 outlook rose significantly from last month.
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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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Part 2 Medical Tubing: Use Simulation to Troubleshoot, Optimize Processing & Dies
Simulation can determine whether a die has regions of low shear rate and shear stress on the metal surface where the polymer would ultimately degrade, and can help processors design dies better suited for their projects.
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Fighting Dust and Noise in Regrind Operations
Mayhew Basque Plastics implemented lower speed granulators to deal with challenging materials.
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