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NPE

Auxiliaries at NPE: News in Materials Handling, Cooling, Granulating, Welding, Testing, Decorating

Auxiliary equipment takes in a broad range of functions, from materials preparation to post-mold finishing.

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Achieve Process Transparency with In-Mold Cavity Sensors

In plastic injection molding, the primary objective is to manufacture dimensionally and structurally consistent parts, independent of the molding machine being used.

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How Gravimetric Control Systems Pay Off in Blow Molding

Gravimetric control systems offer blow molders improvements in processing efficiencies above and beyond their ability to regulate resin usage.

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Sheet Extrusion

Extrusion & Compounding at NPE: More Output, More Flexibility, Less Energy

There won't be many blown-film lines running, but there is still much in the way of innovation going on in extrusion and compounding.

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Micromolding

Injection Molding: Speed, Automation & Integration

Hot buttons at the show will be multi-component molding, in-mold labeling/decorating (IML/IMD), in-mold assembly, medical molding, liquid silicone rubber (LSR), micro-molding, and high-speed packaging.

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Vision Inspection Integrated with Press Control

Machine-operator access to 100% quality inspection of micro-part dimensions is available with the new PowerVision option from Wittmann Battenfeld, Torrington, Conn.

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Heating & Cooling at NPE 2003

Smaller, more efficient, and environmentally friendly are the themes for new heating/cooling products at NPE.

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Extrusion

New Pressure Transducer For Food & Medical Extrusion

Processors of extruded products for food or medical applications have a new option in pressure transducers that gives improved performance at competitive cost.

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Refine, Redesign, Retool: Re-engineering as a Business Model

It’s an unusual ´óÏó´«Ã½ model: “We take existing products or manufacturing processes and try to make them better.

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ERP Software: New Ways to Find Your Data, Lower-Cost Entry for Small Plants

The past year has seen several product upgrades and new features in the EnterpriseIQ enterprise resource planning (ERP) software system from IQMS, Paso Robles, Calif.

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