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Tooling: Rotary Cooling Device for Demolding Rotating Cores

Compact rotary cooling units provide a cost-efficient means to integrate rotating cores into molds, while providing greater cooling for faster cycles.

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industry 4.0

Automation: Cobot Adds Interface for Easier Integration With Injection Molding Machines

Universal Robots has developed an Injection Molding Machine Interface (IMMI) supported by EUROMAP 67 and SPI AN-146 communication protocols, simplifying cobot/machine integration.

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Elastomers

Materials: Medical TPEs Boast Excellent Adhesion to Engineering Plastics

Teknor Apex’s next-generation Medalist MD-3000 Series said to offer productivity advantages over silicones. 

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Injection Molding: Better Flow Simulation with Fiber Reinforcements

Long and short fibers align during flow in the mold, and this, in turn, influences the flow pattern. New math helps Moldex3D simulate this phenomenon.

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Cooling: TCU Packs More Output Into Same Footprint With Stacked Design

Delta T Systems (Richfield, Wisc.) extended its Eco Series temperature control unit (TCU) with a new stacked model featuring a common water supply and common electrical supply inside the cabinet to save even more space.

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Automation

Automation: Kit Turns Cobots into Autonomous Bin Pickers

Universal Robots says ActiNav allows its cobots to autonomously extract parts from a bin and place them with precision and orientation.

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Testing

Testing: 'First' Tailor-Made Process for Small-Scale Thermoplastics Sample Preparation

MeltPrep offers free sample preparation of thermoplastic formulations with the launch of its VCM process.

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Materials: TPEs for Skin and Mouth Contact Safety and Comfort

Kraiburg TPE adds new compounds for the dental and oral hygiene market.

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Testing

Testing: 3D Laser Scanner for Large-Scale Parts and Industrial Environments

Exact Metrology’s new Leica RTC360 Scanner offering is a portable coordinate measuring machine with 3D reality capture.

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Compounding

Mixing: Triple-Shaft Mixer with Powder Induction Manifold

Dual-post triple-shaft design has been upgraded with new feature to streamline the processing of substantial powder phases.  

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Testing

Extrusion: Inspection System for Corrugated Pipe

New system can detect flaws in pipe areas deemed undetectable previously.

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Construction

Extrusion: Measure Optical Distortion in Sheet in Real Time

Osprey 9 CW enables real-time, continuous inspection and measurement of continuous product, identifying and quantifying all types of optical distortion over the entire web of PC and acrylic sheet before cutting.

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