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Measuring Pellet Moisture In the Hopper, and in Real Time
Take the guesswork out of drying with new technology.
Read MoreStill Not Safe Enough
Plastics processing is getting safer but still has a long way to go.
Read MoreParts Handling Is No Sweat With New Automated packing Systems
Two makers of parts-removal robots recently introduced examples of labor-saving equipment.
Read MoreGet in the 'Zone'
Have you ever wished you had a secretary to page through each issue of PLASTICS TECHNOLOGY and earmark just the articles related to your job? Well, here's a "virtual" alternative. It's on our website (www.ptonline.com), and we call it the "Zones." It's part of our website's new look that's designed to deliver the information you want more directly.
Read MoreNew Software Makes 3D CAD Easier To Learn, Use and Afford
You can now can leapfrog the previous obstacles of cost, complexity, and a long learning curve.
Read MoreKeep Machines Running in Top Form With New Software ‘Wizards'
Help has arrived for overworked plant managers, process technicians, and maintenance personnel. It comes in the form of three new Windows-based "Smart Manufacturing" software modules from Hunkar Laboratories, Inc. in Cincinnati. Hunkar's Smart Manufacturing philosophy is based on the principle of pre-emptive problem solving, which translates into "Fix it before it's broke."
Read MoreIt Makes Too Much Sense
Exciting innovations take years, or even decades, to make it into commercial production. Some never manage to get off the ground.
Read MoreThermoforming Attacks!
My contact with thermoforming dates back to the fall of 1975, when I wrote my first feature on the subject. What I heard from processors back then was that thermoforming was just beginning to change from “black art” to science.
Read MoreShuttle Mold Ups Output of PET Preforms
PET preform molders can achieve a big jump in productivity without having to invest in special machines with rotating platens.
Read MoreWhere to Buy It on the Web
If you’re not yet acquainted with “e-commerce” or “e-´óÏó´«Ã½,” the separately bound supplement mailed with this issue will give you an idea of what you’re missing.
Read MoreWhat's Hot in Hot Runners
Closer cavity spacing, in-press serviceability, improved valve gates, smarter controls, quick-ship standard manifolds, and Internet e-commerce were leading themes in hot runners at the big show in Chicago.
Read MoreTest Your Knowledge
Try your hand at these brain-teasers, which were distilled from the fascinating 230-page SPI Plastics Industry Economic Report 2000, recently published by the Society of the Plastics Industry, Washington, D.C. Answers to the following 10 questions appear at the bottom of the page.
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