
Tony Deligio Editor-in-Chief
What Plastics Technology's Content Gate Means for Its Web Visitors
Plastics Technology has installed a “content gate” on its premium articles online. What does that mean and why should you care?
Read MoreEvery Link in the Chain
From accumulators to X-ray fluorescence analyzers, the 2024 Plastics Technology Handbook & Buyer’s Guide is the reference source for the plastics processing supply chain.
Read MoreArburg Open House Emphasizes Turnkey Capabilities
Held at the company’s U.S. headquarters in Rocky Hill, Connecticut, the event featured seven exhibits, including systems that were designed, sourced and built in the U.S.
Read MoreEjector Delay Unit for Two-Stage Demolding
Hasco’s Z1725/… ejector delay unit enables two-stage ejector demolding so sprue and part are cleanly separated through a coordinated ejector movement.
Read MoreGlobeius Acquires Plastixs
The Miami-based firm representing an array of plastics processing-related technologies has acquired the Massachusetts-headquartered supplier of manifolds, hoses, leak monitors, flow meters and more.
Read MoreNew Valve-Gate End Rings, Hot Runner Controls
Fakuma 2024: Specifically developed for technical applications, Oerlikon HRSflow debuts new valve gate end rings for its Tp and Vp nozzles, as well as new T-flow and V-flow HRS controls.
Read MoreAll-Electric Injection Molding Machine Line Expands
Fakuma 2024: Engel unveils new e-mac 500 with “High” clamping drive and encapsulated toggle-lever mechanism.
Read MoreLower Compressed Air Consumption, Compact Servo-Driven Rotary Axes and Easier Camera Integration
At Fakuma 2024, Wittmann automation displays show high performance and efficiency via less compressed air and energy consumption, compact integration, light-weight construction, easy operation and fast teach-in processes.
Read MoreSelf-Learning Control Algorithm for Temperature-Controlled Hot Runner Balancing
At Fakuma 2024, Kistler presents the new ComoNeo 7.0 process-monitoring system with the Multiflow 2.0 feature update for consistent temperature control in multicavity molds.
Read MoreCoinjection Technology Showcases Recycled Material Containment
At Fakuma, an all-electric PXZ Multinject machine sandwiches a black core made of mechanically recycled PC/ABS within an outer layer made of chemically recycled ABS.
Read MoreServo-Hydraulic Injection Molding Machine With an Electric Injection Unit Premieres
Fakuma 2024: Wittmann Battenfeld says the 2K SmartPower Combimould features a new electric injection unit option.
Read MoreApollo Funds to Acquire Barnes Group
Barnes, whose Molding Solutions portfolio includes Synventive, männer, Foboha, Thermoplay, Gammaflux and Priamus, is being sold for $3.6 billion to funds managed by Apollo Global Management.
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