Injection Molding
Injection Molding: You Must Dry Hygroscopic Resins
The reason you dry certain plastics is to get the moisture out. But why does the moisture have to be taken out before processing?
Read MoreDo High-Temperature Resins Require a Specialty Screw?
Learn how applying a “reverse” temperature profile, where the barrel temperatures are higher in the rear and lower at the discharge end, can help keep high-temp resins moving in the barrel.
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K 2010- Injection Molding New All-Electrics & Hybrids Balance Performance & Economy
The world’s largest plastics show, coming up next month in Dusseldorf, Germany, provides ample evidence of the growing sway of electric drive technology in injection molding.
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On-Site: An ‘Empire’ Built on Scientific Molding
A U.S. custom injection molder that’s hiring?
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Processor Strategies - Cashmere Molding Inc.: ‘Compete Globally, Produce Locally’
What kind of a company increases sales by an average of 60% annually, including a 10% gain last year, in the depth of the Great Recession?
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Dryers Use Less Energy to Dry PET
Novatec Inc., Baltimore (novatec.com), is introducing two patented dryer control technologies intended to cut energy costs for processors of PET.
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Progressive Injection Molder Pioneers in Thermoforming IML
When you’re a successful injection molder with more than 40 years under your belt and more than 50 presses producing 1.8 billion containers and lids for food-packaging containers annually, what do you do when you feel the time is right to expand?
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Injection Molding PHA Bioplastics: Validating Moldability for Paper Mate Pens
As part of the commercialization process for Mirel PHA bioplastics, it became necessary to validate the injection molding process for a high-profile consumer products launch.
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Getting Into LSR: Part II--Chosing an Injection Machine
The criteria for selecting a liquid silicone rubber injection molding machine are very similar to selecting a machine for standard thermoplastic injection molding, with several key differences.
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