Injection Molding
Matrix Tool Sweeps 'Hot Shots' Competition
Working together with injection machine builder Sodick Plustech, this Pennsylvania molder and moldmaker won both prizes in Plastics Technology’s first-ever Hot Shots injection molded parts competition, held at Molding 2021.
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Rethinking Regrind
Regrind and recycled material are often requisite in projects these days, but for many molders, the “R” word triggers painful memories.
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Optimized Pressure Control for a More Repeatable Process and Parts
New software from Arburg automatically determines the ideal ramp of the injection-to-hold profile.
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ALPLA to Add Facility in Missouri
The 246,000-ft2 greenfield site in Kansas City will be dedicated to injection molding and completed in late 2022, with groundbreaking slated for later this year.
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Scared Straight on Molding Simulation
Molding simulation is such a vital technology today that many molders couldn’t imagine life without it. But as a “consumer” of such a service, you have to know how to carefully critique the simulation results, which can hide a multitude of shortcuts and compromises that threaten their utility.
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Barnes Opens Customer Technology Center in Germany
Located within portfolio company Foboha’s Haslach facility, the center features an Engel injection machine, Foboha tools and leading technology from other Barnes Group 大象传媒es, including Synventive, Gammaflux and Priamus.
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Machine Monitoring Becomes Simpler And More Affordable Than Ever
A new application of an established technology makes production monitoring accessible to any manufacturer, with any type of equipment, and in almost no setup time.
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Finding People Is One Thing – Keeping Them Is Another
Everyone bemoans the difficulty of finding workers. Are you doing enough to hold onto the ones you have?
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Medical processor to add new cleanroom at U.S. headquarters in Mills River.
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Fakuma: New LSR Dosing System and All-Electric Cold Runner
Elmet is introducing the new SMARTmix TOP 7000 Pro dosing system and all-electric SMARTshot E cold runner system at the show in Friedrichshafen.
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