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PTXPO On Display: LS Mtron’s Smart Solution
Get a preview of technology you’ll see live on the Plastics Technology Expo show floor March 18-20 in Rosemont, Illinois.
Sarah Barnett
Senior Digital Content Manager, Plastics Technology, MoldMaking Technology
Portable, Handheld CMM Enables Simplified Dimensional Measurement, 3D Scanning of Large Parts
Eastec 2025: Keyence’s WM-6000 provides full CMM and CAD capabilities, enabling 3D/GD&T measurements, contour profile checks, CAD comparison and reverse-engineering.
Read MorePTXPO Preview: Intouch Monitoring Previews Mobile App
The provider of real-time monitoring and MES technologies will showcase its production monitoring suite, including a preview of a new mobile app.
Read MoreProcess Monitoring or Production Monitoring — Why Not Both?
Molders looking to both monitor an injection molding process effectively and manage production can definitely do both with tools available today, but the question is how best to tackle these twin challenges.
Read MoreRadar Level Sensor Streamlines Bulk Material Inventory Management
NPE2024: The NCR-86 is designed to ensure rapid data updates, enhancing efficiency in inventory management.
Read MoreEigen Integrates Ampacet Color Monitoring into Machine Vision Solutions for Plastics
Injection molders, blow molders and extruders looking to avoid downtime and reduce scrap related to defect detection and color monitoring get a single solution for inline quality monitoring and management.
Read MoreIndustry 4.0 Without Fear: Modular MES Software Lets You ‘Start Simple’ and Add on Later
‘Don’t be afraid of MES.’ App-based platform can start with monitoring just downtime and cycle time on a few machines and add machines and functionality later.
Read MoreProduction Monitoring Automates Molder’s Planning, Operations
DCT saves 60 man-hours per week by shifting from paper records and discrete spreadsheets to a shared, automatic production monitoring platform.
Tony Deligio
Editor-in-Chief, Plastics Technology
Manufacturers’ Superpower: ‘X-Ray Vision’ into Your Processes
Meet a ‘new’ name (to North American processors) in MES software, which provides a simple, modular way to achieve visibility into your production operations.
Read MoreSoftware Tracks Energy Waste in Real Time
Affordable add-on to production monitoring software alerts uses when energy is being wasted.
Read MoreUse Cavity Pressure Measurement to Simplify GMP-Compliant Medical Molding
Cavity-pressure monitoring describes precisely what’s taking place inside the mold, providing a transparent view of the conditions under which a part is created and ensuring conformance with GMP and ISO 13485 in medical injection molding.
Read MoreHow Machine Monitoring Delivers Tangible Results
Much more has been said than done about reaping the benefits of data driven manufacturing among plastics processors. Good technology is essential, but change management is the most difficult part of the process. Here’s how to think about both.
Read MoreHow Production Monitoring Can Make You a Better Processor
Real-time information on all your production equipment not only boosts productivity and profitability, but it encourages proactive vs. reactive thinking and sharing of best practices. See how this approach benefited a blow molder with 19 plants.
Read MoreColor-Measurement for Extrusion, Molding
System helps processors control the cost of quality due to color variations, using real-time color data for QC analytics and color optimization.
Read MoreReal-Time Production Monitoring as Automation
As an injection molder, Windmill Plastics sought an economical production monitoring system that could help it keep tabs on its shop floor. It’s now selling the “very focused” digital supervisor it created, automating many formerly manual tasks.
Tony Deligio
Editor-in-Chief, Plastics Technology
AI Machine Monitoring Arrives from Google Cloud
A new “end-to-end packaged solution” connects shop-floor machine monitoring to the cloud, with AI analytics to turn data into actionable knowledge.
Read MoreNot Thrilled by All the ‘4.0’ Talk?
Are you (perhaps secretly) put off by expressions like Industry 4.0, Internet of Things, Big Data, Smart Factories, Digitalization and so forth? If so, you’re not alone. You might be friendlier to terms like operational Transparency and Visibility.
Read MoreCloud-Based Real-Time Injection Mold Monitoring System
Mold-Masters SmartMOLD combines inmold sensors with cloud-based software to provide real-time process data, maintenance tracking, document storage, reporting, alerts and more.
Read MoreMachine Monitoring System Now Offers ‘Escalating Alerts’ of Downtime & Alarms
Guidewheel’s FactoryOps machine monitoring platform has a new feature to ensure faster response to downtime or other alerts.
Read MoreFakuma: Tiny Sensors Target Hot Runners, Additive Manufacturing
Kistler says the 3-mm diameter 4004A pressure sensor for hot runner and additive manufacturing applications will be available for three measuring ranges in 2022.
Read MoreReal-Time Production Monitoring Service Made Standard
Husky Injection Molding Systems is making its Advantage+Elite proactive, predictive, transparent process monitoring platform a standard feature on all PET and closure systems.
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Five Strategies for Cutting Reshoring/ Nearshoring Costs via Data Automation
Leveraging real-time data via tools like ERP and MES is one form of automation plastics processors can apply to capitalize on reshoring and nearshoring trends.
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.
Read MoreEquitech Establishes Worldwide Extruder OEM Sales Program
Manufacturers of extruders, feeders, and other processing equipment can work with Equitech to integrated its technology into their control and process management systems.
Read MoreEquitech Buys Stake in CompSol USA
Acquisition specializes in manufacturing of opto-electronic devices.
Read MoreContinuous Machine, Process Monitoring
Provides critical and timely information for processors to improve overall line performance and plan scheduled maintenance activities.
Read MoreUpgraded Controller for Auxiliaries
Can be designed as a stand-alone or networked controller.
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