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Easy Cures for Common Complaints About Hot-Oil Units
Molders of high-temperature materials frequently ask these six questions about hot-oil temperature-control units (TCUs):Is smoke dangerous?Why is the pump discharge pressure bouncing all over?Why has the oil degraded and is it damaging the pump seals?Why can’t I get the mold hot enough without running the temperature above the flashpoint?Does it mean I’m running the oil too hot if I am getting carbon on the Y-strainer?If the oil has turned color, should it be replaced?There are straightforward answers and solutions to all of the above.
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Eliminate Blemishes on Cosmetic Parts
Black specks, streaks, or poor color mixing are the most common problems that mar the appearance of cosmetic injection molded parts.
Read MoreNo. 50 - Computerized Color Matching
Even 40 years ago, color matching depended on the trained eye and memory of an experienced technician.
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Dye Sublimation Printing: Durable Color Decoration for 3D Parts
Dye sublimation, a dye-transfer process that got its start in the 1960s for use in textiles, has advanced in recent years to provide wear-resistant, full-color surface decoration of flat objects like mouse pads and tiles.
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Now It's Here: An Objective Test of Masterbatch Dispersion
There's a new grading system for color concentrates and additive masterbatches.
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Compounders: Now You Can Monitor Color Inside the Extruder!
If you're compounding colors, there's no need to keep running pellet samples to the lab for periodic quality checks.
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New Sources of Help in Coloring Plastics
Two new color services for small to medium-sized firms that lack in-house color-matching and formulating expertise were announced at K 2004.
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Colorant Makers Expand Services to Speed Customers' Product Development
Independent color-concentrate producers have been expanding the range of services they offer beyond simple color matching.
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Small Is Beautiful
Chris Kasmer, operations manager and co-founder of LTL Color Compounders Inc. in Morrisville, Pa., likes to point to a single green plastic button on the keyboard of his computer when he describes what LTL does: “We color that.” LTL stands for “less than truckload,” and his firm lives up to its name: An entire production run of a particular color may be no more than 50 lb.
Read MoreNPE 2000 News Wrap-Up: Blow Molding
The latest introductions in extrusion blow molding focused on faster color changeovers, higher bottle production, and integration with form-and-fill operations.
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