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Betting on Biopolymers
A new injection molding ´óÏó´«Ã½ is focused 100% on compostable, plant-based polymers.
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PETG Foam-Core Sheet Cushions Thermoformed Medical Packaging
New option is lighter, cleaner, tougher than HIPS at a comparable price.
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Tooling at NPE: Valve Gates & Multi-Tips Top the News
There’s no letup in development of sophisticated hot-runner nozzles and controls. Here’s news in these and other tooling products at the show.
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On-Site: A Big Molder’s Technical Engineering Plus a Small Company’s Customer Service
That’s the formula for rapid growth at a new/old firm serving medical, military, and aviation markets.
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Here's Another Process for Foam Blow Molding
After two years of behind-the-scenes development, a new process for lightweight bottles emerges into the open.
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Wittmann Battenfeld Previews New Tech For Composites & Cell Integration
Open house in Austria offered a vision of a future with controls linking injection machines to a wide range of auxiliaries. Wittmann also signaled its debut in composite organosheet overmolding—with an added twist.
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INJECTION MOLDING AT NPE: Presses, Robots & Cell Automation
Everything molders need to compete in markets from automotive to medical was on display in Orlando. Besides a huge number of new machine models, there was emphasis on cell integration and automation.
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CT Scanning Gives Precision Molder X-Ray Vision of Part Quality
It beats other techniques for measuring critical part dimensions, and it provides unique visibility inside parts, nondestructively. One molder’s experience illustrates the benefits.
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A New Name & New Dimension in Mold- Temperature Control
Controlling both water temperature and flow rate promises dramatic savings in energy and cycle time.
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Compression Blow Forming: Promising New Process
‘Game-changing’ technology is overcoming initial growing pains with a new generation of machines.
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Last Chance to Benchmark Your Hourly Rates
Get your data in now for the Dec. 2014 Hourly Rates Survey, or we'll have to cancel that 6-month update.
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Developing Tomorrow’s Containers: Inside Amcor’s R&D Center
How award-winning package design, full-service laboratory facilities, and game-changing process development support a world-class injection and blow molder.
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