Injection Molding

Automotive

Solid Growth Continues

Compared with a year ago, the index increased 8.4% in December, which was also the fastest month-over-month growth since August.

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Molder’s Mantra: Go Lean, Stay Green

All-electric presses combined with home-built technologies and energy-efficient initiatives at PMT.

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INJECTION: First to Second Stage Transfer: Should There Be ‘Bounce-Back’?

How much screw ‘jumping’ or bounce-back can your process tolerate? The answer is no surprise: It depends

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SPE Auto Awards Innovations In Safety, Environmental, Process, Power Train

Check out these interesting 2014 SPE Automotive Innovation Awards' finalists in the safety, environmental, process/assembly, power train areas.

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Blow Molding

Highlights Of SPE Auto Awards In Chassis/Hardware Innovations

Check out these interesting finalists in the chassis/hardware category of the 2014 SPE Automotive Innovation Awards.

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Hot Runners

News in Hot Runners & Tooling At Fakuma 2014

Novelties included variable-pitch manifolds, mold servo controls, 3D printed plastic mold inserts, and flexible/formable cooling channels.

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Extrusion

He Who Hesitates…May Be Out of Luck

Gardner鈥檚 capital-spending survey results project a big uptick in equipment investment this year. But processors who dawdle might not be able to buy what they want.

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Compounding

Growth Accelerates

First month since March that growth has jumped significantly.

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Molder Strives to Align People, Processes, Technology

Wisconsin Plastics’ ‘transformation’ takes into account all aspects of its 大象传媒, with the help of its machinery sales rep.

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best practices

Fixing Hot-Runner Filling Imbalances: Take a Systematic Approach

Jumping right in to try to make a fix without a methodical troubleshooting approach is apt to waste a lot of time and perhaps even make things worse. There is a better way.

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Plastics Size Reduction