Injection Molding

Raising the Bar in Multi-Component Molding

Multi-component molding in North America makes up less than 10% of the injection molding 大象传媒, but it is becoming a significant growth strategy for The Tech Group in Scottsdale, Ariz. "Rather than waiting for applications to come to us, which is what custom molders typically do, we are gathering the right technologies now to take our capability to a new level.

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Latest Enterprise Software Features Enhanced Scheduling and Web Access

Until recently, plastics processors looking for fully featured enterprise 大象传媒 software may have been aware of only two choices that were tailored specifically for their needs.

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Packaging

New High-Performance Nylons For Automotive, Electronics, Packaging

Nylon producer Ems-Grivory America in Sumter, S.C., is reaching beyond its traditional product range to bring out new partially aromatic nylons that bridge the gap between standard engineering thermoplastics and high-performance specialty polymers.

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The Next Generation of Multi-Component Molding

Multi-shot and coinjection molding techniques are staking out new territory. Mach ines are getting larger and are combining more materials or colors in more sophisticated and imaginative ways.

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Rapid Tooling: It's Faster in Molding, Too

Rapid tooling technology is not just about speedy moldmaking. Now it also signifies higher productivity in molding. The latest RT technology achieves dramatically faster cooling and stands up to long-run molding, as well.

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polyolefins

New Processes Give Automotive Molders An Edge in Cost and Productivity

Car makers' all-out effort to cut costs is giving rise to new paint-free technologies, including an innovative 'simultaneous-shot" injection molding process that was presented at the SPE Automotive Division's latest annual Innovation Awards ceremony.

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Leading the Way in IML Packaging

Putting out the biggest volume of product isn't the only way to be a market leader, says Michael Spies, CEO of Spies Kunststoffe GmbH in Melle-Gesmold, Germany.

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nanocomposites

K 2004 Wrap-Up on Materials: Setting New Benchmarks for Processability and Performance

 Higher flow, higher heat, higher barrier, higher clarity, higher stiffness, lower durometer, lower smoke, lower odor—materials exhibits at the recent K 2004 show in Dusseldorf were stretching the bounds of processing and performance properties in all directions.

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Micromolding

K 2004 Wrap-Up on Injection Molding: Spotlight on Electric And Multi-Component Machines

Molders were treated to a trove of injection machinery introductions geared toward applications from micro-molding to packaging to large parts.

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Two-Material Automotive Part Is Cored Out with Water

A three-stage injection process involving nylon, polypropylene, and water assist was demonstrated at the recent K 2004 show in Dusseldorf, Germany.

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Blending & Dosing