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K 2016 Preview: Injection Molding
Adapting injection molding to the concept of Industry 4.0 is gaining momentum. At this show you’ll see that the interconnected, integrated “factory of the future” is almost here.
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K 2016 Preview: Blow Molding
Looking for speed and energy efficiency? Take your pick of new all-electric, hybrid, and servo-hydraulic machines.
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What’s Brewing in Technology to Make Coffee Pods
With more than 9 billion of them sold last year alone, the prospect of selling high-output production systems to make single-serve coffee pods must be enough to make a machine builder鈥檚 mouth water.
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Why You Can’t Ignore (Even If You Try) Industry 4.0...
...(Or Why They鈥檙e Calling the Upcoming K Show 鈥淜 4.0鈥)
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Rockin’ Reunion For Alumni of World’s First, Biggest Thermoformer
In one room, several centuries of experience at the granddaddy of all thermoformers.
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Engel Previews K 2016 Introductions
Advances in mold cooling, machine condition monitoring, and in-mold decorating will be key exhibits in Dusseldorf.
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Wittmann’s 40th Anniversary Gala Unveils New Products
New machinery, robots, and auxiliaries demonstrate continued momentum of technical development—and preview some K 2016 exhibits.
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Add Dirt to Your Resin?
No, it鈥檚 not recommended, but some people do it anyway. Inadvertently, through carelessness or lack of training.
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Engel’s Liquid-Metal Technology Could Be a Hit
A technology leader in plastics, the Austrian firm鈥檚 collaboration with innovative metal molding firm Liquidmetal is drawing 鈥渙verwhelming interest.鈥
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China’s Appetite for Advanced Molding Technology
Do automation and advanced molding technologies still offer U.S. molders safe harbor against low-cost competition?
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Blow Molding Challenges Embraced at Metro Mold
“Others mold difficult parts. We mold the impossible.”
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Two-Shot Molding Helps Make Reshoring Cost-Effective
With help from labor-saving technology, a maker of children’s dinnerware finds a ‘Made in USA’ solution to quality & delivery issues.
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