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Film Extrusion: Towers of Power & Sustainability
At K 2019, developments in blown film highlighted recyclable film structures for new applications and technology aimed at making product changes more efficient.
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Additive Manufacturing Continues Its Push Toward Production Floor
Suppliers unveil new material grades at K 2019 as 3D printing applications advance.
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Injection Molding: Faster, Smarter, More Efficient Machines Tackle Sustainable Molding at K 2019
Blazing speed plus shrinking energy consumption supported the “green” theme at the big show. Smarter controls and growing connectivity were another key focus.
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Recycling & Scrap Reclaim: Machinery Technology Advances as 'Circular Economy' Takes Hold
The circular economy and recycling were the top themes at K 2019, and machine builders responded with new systems to improve equipment performance and material quality.
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Blow Molding: Something for Everyone at K Show
Packaging, industrial, continuous-extrusion, accumulator-head, injection-blow, stretch-blow, EPET, foam, sandwich co-injection—the blow molding news was wide ranging at K 2019.
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Most Popular Videos of 2019
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Simulation Is Making Injection Machines Smarter
Engel’s simlink will refine offline simulation with results from actual molding and use Engel’s machine data to constrain simulation within the actual machine’s capabilities.
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Blow Molding: Digital Inkjet Printing onto PET Bottles
Printing directly on bottles can substitute for labels and in some cases can take place inside the blow molder.
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Injection Molding: New Electric Presses Are Industry 4.0-Ready
Nissei’s upcoming NEX-V Series will have OPC-UA protocol standard in its new controller, ready to integrate with auxiliaries.
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Injection Molding: Artificial Intelligence Predicts Part Quality
AI software “learns” via DOE the influence of process variables on part quality and applies that “learning” to make good/bad part determination in production.
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