Products
Injection Molding: New Series Features Wider Platens
Yizumi-HPM’s new DP-N-WP wide-platen Series of two-platen servo hydraulic injection molding machines provide greater tie bar spacing and longer clamp strokes to support bigger mold heights and weights.
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Materials: Long-Fiber-Reinforced Engineered Compounds for Medical Equipment Components
Solvay’s Xencor LFT targeted to structural medical equipment parts such as gear systems.
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Recycling: New Developments in Recycled Content Labels
Avery Dennison and Sabic are working on a recycled polypropylene (rPP) label; UPM Raflatac announces new recycled content film labels.
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Materials: Medical-Grade Compounds and Concentrates for Laser Welding
Clariant supports a ‘Quality by Design’ approach to laser welding of medical devices.
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Additive Manufacturing: New Mid-Range 3D Printer
The new J826 from Stratasys is a lower cost option that broadens access to full-color, seven-material PolyJet 3D printing for enterprise shops and educational institutions.
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Materials: Colored Polysulfones for Healthcare Applications
Techmer PM and BASF have launched colored Ultrason grades.
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Materials: Modified PEBA and TPU Medical Compounds Resist Hydrolytic Degradation
Clariant’s new Mevopur medical compounds allow for high loadings of radiopaque metals.
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Materials: Advanced LSR System with Low-Temperature Cure
Elkem’s patented LSR Select boasts precision molding and productivity improvements.
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Materials: Low COF Acetal for Smooth Medical Device Actuation
DuPont’s Delrin SC696 provides smoother surfaces and good colorability.
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Materials: Innovative PC Copolymers for Medical Equipment Housings and More
SABIC’s LNP Elcres CRX PC copolymers resist stress cracking in devices exposed to aggressive healthcare disinfectants and look promising for consumer electronics, mass transportation and industrial applications.
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Testing: New Test & Inspection Systems for Tamper-Evident Caps
Pull-off tester, slitting inspection, and pinhole detection for beverage and other TE closures.
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Packaging: New Systems for Seaming, Heading, Capping Squeeze-Tube Packaging
Side-seam smaller tubes and apply shoulders and caps automatically at high speed.
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