best practices
Add Automation to Your Lab
Robots are commonplace on the production floor, cutting costs and improving efficiencies for molders and other processors. Now, those same benefits can also be achieved in the lab.
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Tooling: Know the Basics of Sprue-Puller Design
Sprue-puller designs are quite varied, and there are no firm rules to follow. But here are some important cautions and caveats to keep in mind.
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Extrusion: The Challenges of Extruding Highly Filled Polymers
These materials require screw changes and modifications in upstream and downstream equipment and operating procedures.
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Injection Molding: No, Backpressure Does NOT Raise Melt Temperature
It’s a classic confusion between cause and effect. Melt temperature rises when screw speed is increased. Check out this data.
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Materials: Cycle Time: Science vs. Rules of Thumb—Part 5
Let’s examine the behavior of semi-crystalline materials that never reach their glass-transition temperature as they cool.
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Micromolder’s Business Rests On Four Key Technologies
The “four legs” that support Isometric Micro Molding are micro molds, micro injection molding, micro automation, and CT scanning.
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Medical Molder Cuts Resin Dust to Boost Quality & Output
As a result, part yields are boosted from only 3% to 60% or more.
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To Produce Quality Extrusions, Get Control Over Melt Temperature
Temperature zone settings are often misunderstood and improperly adjusted. This often contributes to poor film quality and lower production.
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How to Prevent Stress Whitening in PP Copolymers
A look at causes, detection, and prevention.
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Putting Industry 4.0 to Work in a Molding Plant 
Learn why—and how—innovative molders have begun to develop “smart factories,” using advanced equipment, IT, and communication technology to enable greater connectivity and productivity.
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