Products

Cart-Mounted Blending Systems Updated

Updates to Plastrac's cart-mounted blended systems which debuted at NPE2015 include a new touch-screen control. 

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NPE

Streamlined Design Makes Melt Flow Testing Easier and Quicker

Tinius Olsen's MP1200 melt indexer now streamlined with selectable weights.

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NPE

Compact, High-Performance Corona System Offers Multiple New Benefits

3DT's FlexiDyne Pro improves surface tension on numerous materials.

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Automation

Robotic Palletizing Cells Flex Their Muscles

Six-axis robotic case packers and palletizers from Flexicell.

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NPE

Linked-Valve Reimagines Stock Manifold Block Customization

Patent-pending system from Plastixs allow a single lever to simultaneously operate mold cooling supply and return lines. 

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NPE

Flexible, Expandable Blown Film Die

Modular design permits processors to run from 5 to 17 layers.

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Testing

Lower-Cost CT Scanner For Smaller Molding Shops

New, lower-cost computed tomography (CT) unit is aimed at small-to-medium-sized molding shops

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NPE

Portable Chillers Now Capture Energy Data

In addition to energy consumption, the Microgel digital controls allow processors to review temperatures, pressures and flow rates.

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NPE

Fully Automated Mold-Change Is Here

An integrated solution using Stäubli's technology in a smart-factory setting shows how Single Minute Exchange of Die can work.

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Connectors Designed With Optimized Flow Properties

All-metal push-in and threaded fittings offer high flow rates. 

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Really Big Machines Dominate Milacron Booth

The largest machine at this NPE—or any NPE to date—is Milacron’s new 2250-ton Cincinnati machine. Not to mention the massive platen of a 6600-tonner now under construction, also on view.

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Multicomponent

Automotive Composites With a Soft Touch

Auto interior component marries continuous-fiber composite with hard/soft overmolding.

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