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More Milestones for EVCO Plastics
Custom injection molder is adding floorspace, machine capacity, and contract manufacturing capabilities at multiple plants in the U.S. and Mexico.
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Continuous Compression Molding Goes Multilayer
SACMI’s CCM system now can mold multilayer barrier containers such as coffee pods.
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Blow Molding: Online PET Preform Inspection Uses AI to ‘Self-Learn’
SACMI’s new Preform Vision System can be used inline with PET preform injection molding.
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Injection Molding: Magnetized Elevation Pads Simplify Support of Molds & Machinery
Rhino Feet from Molders Choice support up to 7000 lb and have a molded-in magnet to stick to ferrous surfaces.
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Injection Molding: Largest Wittmann Robot Yet Handles 100 kg
French molder uses its 3-m demolding stroke and large payload capacity to mold waste bins.
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Injection Molding: Check Ring Resists Corrosive Flame-Retardant Additives
Zeiger Industries’ new nonreturn valve lasts 85 times longer in molding test with nonhalogen flame retardant.
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New North American Office & New Presses for Bole Machinery
Bole America in Stow, Ohio, offers new models of two-platen and servohydraulic toggle presses.
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Induction Heating Offers Potential in Auto Lighting
Superior replication of complex mold textures helps optimize the light path in molded lenses.
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Paper IML Trims PP Tub to a Skeleton
Stiff paper in-mold label provides topload strength while allowing removal of 76% of the PP in injection molded food tubs.
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Injection Molding: Faster, Smarter, More Efficient Machines Tackle Sustainable Molding at K 2019
Blazing speed plus shrinking energy consumption supported the “green” theme at the big show. Smarter controls and growing connectivity were another key focus.
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Blow Molding: Something for Everyone at K Show
Packaging, industrial, continuous-extrusion, accumulator-head, injection-blow, stretch-blow, EPET, foam, sandwich co-injection—the blow molding news was wide ranging at K 2019.
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Bekum America Is Expanding
A 40% expansion in Michigan is expected to be completed later this year.
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