processor's edge

Productivity & Profitability ‘Turbo' Charged At Young, Growing Film Processor

Polymer Film & Bag adds extrusion capacity and new technology to make its two-year-old processing 大象传媒 more efficient.

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Hot Runners

Heat-Activated Purging Concentrate Cuts Molder's Scrap & Changeover Times

CH3 Solutions increased productivity on its multi-cavity hot runners with new Asaclean Plus Grade concentrate.

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sustainability

PSU Outperforms PC in Sanitary Biotech Sight Gauge

Manufacturer of single-use systems for biotech applications opts for PSU over PC for improved heat and chemical resistance.

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Postprocessing

Vacuum Technology Helps Thermoformer Hold Parts Precisely During Bonding

With Busch’s mobile claw vacuum pump, thermoformer Ernst Hombach found bonding parts extremely flexible, effective, and efficient.

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Thermoplastic Composite Sings in Next-Generation Loudspeaker Cones

Compression molder Dr. Kurt Mueller replaced a thermoset composite structure with a carbon-fiber reinforced SAN sheet.

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New PC Helps Molder Cuts Costs for Automotive Lighting Bezels.

Use of SABIC’s super high-flow PC allowed Brazilian molder to lower development costs and produce a thinner automotive front lighting bezel.  

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Resin Conveying

Molder Eliminates Line Blowouts with Deflection Elbow

Parker Chomerics eliminated chronic elbow failures since switching to Hammertek conveying elbow more than two-and-a-half years ago.

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dies

New Die-Cleaning System Boosts Efficiency for Film Processor

IPG’s investment in Schwing’s cleaning system impacts processor’s bottom line by getting dirty film dies back in production quickly.

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Custom Molder Enhances Disinfection Equipment With Novel Nozzle Design

Responding to the coronavirus pandemic, Protolabs' innovative nozzle protector successfully augments Foam-iT's flagship fog-mist disinfectant units.

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Film Processor Boosts Line Performance with Air-Ring Retrofit

Air-ring upgrade results in output gains up to 23% for leading film processor in Indonesia. Gauge uniformity also improved.

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