Injection Molding
Comprehensive Optical Inspection for PET Preforms
Delta Engineering teams with Intravis to inspect preform mouth, body, thread and color.
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Addman Acquires Harbec
The metalworking and metal and polymer additive manufacturing collective formed in 2020 has purchased the 45-yr-old injection molder and moldmaker.
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K 2022: ‘We’ve Been Waiting 40 Years!’
With sustainability top-of-mind in the plastics industry, this was a ground-breaking show for builders of recycling equipment. It also prompted new thinking in thinwall injection molding.
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Injection Machines Use Novel Two-Stage Molding System
EdeX servohydraulic presses from Taiwan are the first to employ the Inject-EX plasticating system from Md Plastics.
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Engel North America Launched Apprenticeship Program
Certified and registered within the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the program lasts four years with a combination of on-the-job experience and classroom-based instruction.
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Bockatech Pushes New Boundaries at K 2022
Three years after debuting at K 2019, Bockatech’s EcoCore technology is boasting faster cycle times and lighter containers with greater properties as it targets more verticals and broader brandowner adoption.
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Understanding the ‘Science’ of Color
And as with all sciences, there are fundamentals that must be considered to do color right. Here’s a helpful start.
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The Secret to Molding with PCR: Don’t Fear Variation – Embrace It!
“Embrace variation” – That contradicts all normal thinking about processing plastics. But the only thing that’s “normal” about recycled plastics is variability, and that requires a processing philosophy that assumes variation and is geared to deal with it.
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Mold Opaque White PET Bottles – Without Pigment
Trexel and Husky are cooperating on molding recyclable opaque white preforms for PET bottles, which provide a light barrier using foam instead of pigment.
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AI-Based Injection Molding Assistant Launched
LS Mtron’s new AI Molding Assistant and Smart Weight Control technologies can help molders reduce costs while achieving higher quality and productivity.
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