Injection Molding
TOOLING AT NPE: Hot Runners & Coinjection Grab Spotlight
Tooling innovations at NPE focused primarily on multi-cavity closure and medical applications, though there was also a substantial emphasis on large automotive and appliance parts.
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This Molder Wants Only the Tough Jobs
Need someone to injection mold fluoropolymers, highly filled PEE K, Torlon, or Ultem in complex shapes, tight tolerances, multiple cavities, and high volumes? 鈥淲e love doing this,鈥 says Tom Mendel, president of Performance Plastics Ltd. (PPL) in Cincinnati. 鈥淲e鈥檙e not for everybody.
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Rogan Corp. Is an Old Hand At Exploring New Frontiers in Plastics
the 78-year history of the Rogan Corp. is full of twists and turns. But one consistent theme stands out鈥攁n adventurous and inventive spirit that has put Rogan on the leading edge of a number of important trends in plastics鈥攁nd even on the frontiers of space exploration.
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Brand-New Test Method Relates Material, Mold & Machine
It's the first material characterization method developed specifically for evaluating the injection moldability of a plastic melt.
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First Commercial Use of ‘Dolphin’ Molding Process
italian molder deploys multi-component, hard/soft molding technology developed by Engel.
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NPE: New Machines Exhibit Sophisticated Molding Demos
More speed, more power, more precision, and more automated functions accomplished in and out of the mold. That’s exactly what injection machinery suppliers were offering at NPE2012.
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Tier 1 Automotive Molder Uses Team Approach to Mold Simulation
SRG Global calls in outside assistance to solve a tricky technical problem.
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Understanding Polymer Flow: Interpreting the Viscosity Curve
Take the time to do the viscosity curve on new molds. You will learn more in that hour than many learn in years about the process for this tool.
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New Way to Characterize Moldability Of Resins & Part/Tool Designs
Experienced injection molders have long known that a resin’s melt flow index (MFI), measured under very low-shear conditions, provides very little information about how it will process under many orders of magnitude higher shear in an actual mold.
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Achieve Process Transparency with In-Mold Cavity Sensors
In plastic injection molding, the primary objective is to manufacture dimensionally and structurally consistent parts, independent of the molding machine being used.
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