Heating & Cooling
How Urgent Plastic Services Lives Up To Its Name
If you need prototype or short-run parts fast, Urgent Plastic Services can make the mold and the parts in as little as two to four weeks instead of the 10- to 12-week average for other firms.
Read MoreFrom NPE 2000: What's Hot in Hot Runners
Closer cavity spacing, in-press serviceability, improved valve gates, smarter controls, quick-ship standard manifolds, and Internet e-commerce were leading themes in hot runners at the big show in Chicago.Hot-runner components were one of the largest categories of injection molding products exhibited at the triennial NPE show in June.
Read MoreNPE 2000 News Wrap-Up: Extrusion
At this year’s NPE, new processes to put wood flour into plastic were virtually everywhere—several even start with undried flour.
Read MoreNPE Newsfinder: Heating and Cooling
Band-heater developments at the show are focused on high-temperature applications such as “thixomolding” and on prolonging heater life by minimizing leaks.
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NPE News Wrap-up - Water & Oil Temperature Control
If you’re the sort of manager that can’t resist checking up on your plant after you go home for the night, now you can click on your web browser and read out mold temperatures right there on your PC.
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NPE 2003 News Wrap-Up: Hot-Runner Temperature Controls
Sophisticated hot-runner temperature controls introduced at the NPE show in Chicago store set-up data right on the mold, detect (and even fix) thermocouple wiring mistakes, and employ easier-to-use icon-based displays.
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Barrel Heating Gets Faster, More Efficient
A new way to heat and cool the barrels of plastics processing machines was launched at NPE 2003 by Insul-Vest Inc.
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Innovative Central Cooling System Adjusts Water Temperature At Each Press
A year after installing an unusual new process-cooling system, Venture Packaging molds 10% more containers on 25% fewer presses with 46% fewer workers and 50% less scrap.
Read MoreIn Auxiliary Equipment--Small Is Big
Auxiliary equipment is shrinking to catch up with a growing market for small precision parts. Dryers, loaders, blenders, grinders, and chillers have all dropped in size for accuracy and fast product changeovers.
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