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Optimized Molding Is Possible With Material Drying, Handling
Injection speed and overall cycle time are often the focus for molders pursuing optimized processes, but for truly efficient production, molders should consider how and in what state material arrives at the machine.
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Calculate Your Shot Size and More, Live
At least once a week, I get a request for the shot-size calculation spreadsheet included in this article by Plastics Technology columnist, John Bozzelli.
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Tool Time at Molding 2016
Plastics might replace metals in various applications, but in injection molding those parts require steel-based tools to be created, putting molds, and metal, at the center of the process.
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Cobot Supplier Universal Robots Doubles U.S. Staffing, Adds three Offices
The North American 大象传媒 of the Danish collaborative robot鈥攃obot鈥攎anufacturer to open offices in Michigan, Texas and California.
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From Cobots to Cartesian to Cells: Molding 2016 Has Automation Covered
The reasons for, methods to and technology available for injection molders to automate their processes continue to evolve.
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China Reimagines Its Manufacturing Industry
Nearly 40 years ago, China’s “Open Door” policy revolutionized the country’s economy, particularly industry—Can “Made In China 2025” keep “the world’s factory” humming?
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ROBOTS TO ‘COBOTS’: Next-Gen Automation in Plastics Processing
So-called ‘collaborative robots’ are a new category of ‘human-friendly’ automation that can work safely side by side with people, unprotected by guarding.
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Make Your Machine Time Count
At the end of the day, injection molders are ultimately only selling one thing: machine time.
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Engel to Host Technology Symposium in Southern California
Presentations from market leaders, partner booths and live machine demonstrations on tap in Corona, Calif.
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Chinaplas Marks 30th Edition in Shanghai This April
There is a long-held Chinese maxim about being around for three decades: 鈥淎t 30 one stands firm.鈥
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Plastics Technology’s Most-Viewed Articles of 2015
From how to鈥檚 to best methods to troubleshooting, the most-viewed articles on Plastics Technology in 2015 are typified by timeless technical advice and insights.
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Plastics Technology’s Most-Viewed Columns of 2015
Materials, and the effects temperature and pressure have on them, are fundamental to plastics processing, and no where is that more clear than in Plastics Technology鈥檚 most-viewed columns of 2015.
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