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Nordson Building New Hub for Flat Die Business

Facility will include new production equipment and workflow systems that will ‘redefine the way dies are built’ for Nordson’s EDI and Premier product lines.

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UBE Doubles Assembly, Rebuild Capacity With Factory Expansion

The Japanese press maker specializing in large injection molding machines will utilize the newly built bay to support increased assembly, including lines from recently merged Mitsubishi injection 大象传媒. 

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Automotive

Unique 3D-Printed Shock Absorber

Recently showcased by Covestro, this part is printed in three materials using three different processes and boasts a high degree of functionality.

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Double IMD + IML Injection Molding To Be Demonstrated at Fakuma

Patented Kurz system, demonstrated by KraussMaffei, allows two independent single-image foils to decorate two mold cavities.

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best practices

Solving Issues with Gloss

Your problem may be related to tooling, material, processing, or combinations thereof. Here’s how to find the root cause.

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Extrusion

EXTRUSION: Melting 101

Learn the basics on how polymer melts in a single screw. Barrel temperature plays less of a role than you might think.

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