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Molding Simulation Added to Injection Machine Controls

Arburg and Wittmann Battenfeld are integrating filling simulation to aid in machine setup.

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Electronics

Injection Molding: Korean Servohydraulic Presses with European Controls

Woojin Plaimm introduces HD-A5 series with web-enabled B&R controls.

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Packaging

Injection Molding: High-Speed All-Electric Press Line

Designed for packaging with cycle times of 3 to 10 sec.

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What Thermal Imaging Can Do for Your Molding Process

It can aid in process development, production monitoring, and troubleshooting. Here’s one molder’s primer on the subject.

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Time to Step Up

Join the “conversation” about the value to society of the plastics industry.

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Plastics Processing Bounces Back from Brief Lull

September Index climbs 5.5% from prior month.

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Molds & Tooling

Conformal Cooling Helps Get Heat Out and Cycle Time Down

Conformally cooled sprue bushings help automotive molder reduce cycle times and injection pressures for a high-volume component.

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Identifying and Correcting Splay

Splay adjustments can be a simple fix, or can require several hours of babysitting a press and head scratching. Learn to find the root cause.

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Automotive

UBE Doubles Assembly, Rebuild Capacity With Factory Expansion

The Japanese press maker specializing in large injection molding machines will utilize the newly built bay to support increased assembly, including lines from recently merged Mitsubishi injection ´óÏó´«Ã½. 

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