Automotive

NPE

New Electric & Hybrid Injection Machines, and a ‘Sneak Peek’ at More to Come

Absolute Haitian unveils new Jenius Series, plus enhanced versions of the Mars, Venus and Zeres lines. 

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nanocomposites

Ferromagnetic Nanoparticles Lead Quest for Reversible Adhesives

  Promising research on reversible multi-material adhesive bonds could prove game changing in auto industry.  

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NPE

Injection Molding: At NPE, U.S. Debut of Arburg’s Largest Machine Yet in a Brand-New Design

Besides a brand-new machine design, Arburg will present cells molding automotive composites, medical, LSR, and packaging applications, as well as Industry 4.0 multiprocess integration and Freeformer 3D printing.

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Injection Molding: LSR Auto Cavity Balancing, New Decorating Process & High-Speed Cap Molding at Engel’s NPE Exhibit

Engel’s 9 machine cells at NPE2018 cover medical, packaging, automotive, telectronics, and technical injection molding.

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Multicomponent

Chinaplas Debut for Unusual Approach To Injection Molding Thick Lenses

Engel molds thick, complex automotive lens in three layers on two injection molding machines.

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Automotive Molder Finds More Floorspace with “L”-Mount Robots

Midwest Molding finds room to expand capacity with space-saving robot mounting arrangement.

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Packaging

Wittmann Battenfeld Shows Two New Machines in Work Cells for Medical, Packaging, and Automotive

The U.S. market is getting its first look at Wittmann Battenfeld’s high-speed, all-electric EcoPower Xpress for packaging, and its MicroPower two-shot micromolder.

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Automotive

Accumulator-Head Blow Molder for 2D or 3D Molding

Accumulator-head machine is suited to both standard and suction blow molding, and is equipped for Industry 4.0.

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Medical

Processing Index Finishes 2017 Strongly

December’s reading of 55.5 was second highest of 2017.

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Automotive

New Engineering Materials for Challenging Automotive Applications

Nylons, PPA, and PPS for high heat and chemical resistance and/or high strength with light weight.

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