Webinars

Impact Your Operations for Profitability and Sustainability: The Power of Dry Ice in Plastics

Join Kevin Must and Steve Wilson as they touch on the power of dry ice in plastics.

How Plastics Processors Train Generative AI to Boost Labor Productivity

Learn how to deploy AI technical assistants to your teams, what works and what doesn't, and how to use AI to build an organization that never loses tribal knowledge and fosters interteam collaboration.

How to Reduce Tooling Time From Weeks to Days Using 3D-Printed Mold Inserts

3D-printed polymeric mold inserts can provide fast prototyping tools for the injection molding process — robust enough to survive from 25 to over 100 shots in single-cavity tooling.

From Concept to Production: Optimizing Plastic Color for Success

During this webinar, Tony Bolynn will guide you through the life cycle of a plastic color—from the initial design phase to quality control.

How to Leverage Innovative Beverage Closures and Manufacturing Solutions to Meet the Market’s Focus on Sustainability

As the lightweighting trend continues to play out globally, premium brands are increasingly opting for small diameter neck finishes and closures once commonly associated with budget brands.

The Future of Mobility: Trends and Potentials for Injection Molding

Autonomous driving is rapidly increasing the demand for functional integration and high-end plastic components in the automotive industry.

Boost Product Quality and Design With Servo Ultrasonic Welding Technique

With the advent of servo-driven ultrasonic welding technology, enhancing product quality and maintaining consistency has become remarkably effortless.

Equipment Access Stair Design for Safety and Ergonomics

Providing workers and operators with safe access to equipment can be challenging. Space constraints for stairs and the need to work around extrusion and molding machines can provide additional obstacles.

Increased Efficiency in Your Molding Process Through Data Transmission, Collection and Traceability

Take a step back from the idea of the manufacturing facility of the future and discuss what you can do today to improve your process.

Go Beyond Blending: Improving Efficiency and Lowering Costs with Innovative Dosing Solutions

With over 30 years of experience and its own in-house designing and manufacturing, Movacolor will present modular dosing solutions for the plastics and related industries.

Polyurethane Class A Overmolding of Injection Molded Parts

Explore the in-situ polyurethane (PU) overmolding of injection-molded and composite parts, allowing for direct out-of-mold class "A" surfaces.

Gravimetric Extrusion Control for Pipe and Tubing Production

Learn about gravimetric control of an extruder and production line speed to ensure optimal quality and cost savings are achieved in your product run.

Navigating the Bio-Revolution: Harnessing Bioresins and Beyond for Eco-Friendly Injection Molding with Optimized Hot Runner Technology

Bioresins are at the foundation of a transformative shift, enabling leading molders to navigate consumer trends, legislation and sustainability goals.

Top Ways Running Two Molds Simultaneously Can Impact Your Molding Efficiency

Learn how to boost productivity and your opportunities with twice the mold output on a single machine.

Implementation: In-Plant Recycling of Extruded and Molded Scrap for Improved Sustainability

Delve into how to enhance sustainability with the practical application of in-plant recycling methods for scrap from extrusions and molds.

Strategies and Technologies for Molding Tight-Tolerance Medical Parts

This presentation explores an integrated approach to injection molding, in considering factors like material selection, screw design, machine type and design, part and runner design, mold manufacturing and more.

Material Selection Techniques to Grow and Improve Profitability

Selecting the best polymer for an application can be a daunting task. In this presentation, General Polymers will provide selection guidelines to help narrow down the vast polymer options.

Process Requirements: In-Plant Recycling of Extruded and Molded Scrap for Improved Sustainability

Learn how to optimize production waste management, analyze extrusion/molding scrap, determine processing needs and explore online reclaim options for continuous production waste.

Ensuring Cross-Industry Success: Diversity of Management in Moldmaking

It’s not easy to find a moldmaking partner who can manage diverse industry needs.

Economics: In-Plant Recycling of Extruded and Molded Scrap for Improved Sustainability

Explore the economic aspects of in-plant recycling of extruded and molded scrap, emphasizing improved sustainability in manufacturing processes.

An In-Depth Look at Color Change Performance

Learn about new hot runner technology for optimizing color change procedures and the impact it can have on your production costs, time and output.

Get a Start on Industry 4.0 with an MES Built for Plastics Processors

Learn why capabilities like statistical process control (SPC) and statistical quality control (SQC) analytics make an advanced manufacturing execution system (MES) critical for plastics producers.

Unlock the Secret to a Pain-Free Machine Selection

Selecting the right injection molding machine for your production can be daunting but it's crucial for achieving high-quality parts and cost-effective results.

Mold Maintenance 4.0: Dry Ice Blasting in a Smart Factory

Industry 4.0 is weaving its way into our often-outdated maintenance practices, namely: mold maintenance. Why?

Smart Factories: The Future of Plastics Production with Industry 4.0 Connectivity

The ability to achieve complete connectivity—along with the need to stay in touch—has driven innovation to a point that now allows nearly all equipment to speak to each other.

Remote Troubleshooting, Reduced Downtime and Increased Productivity

Remote troubleshooting through the internet is a powerful and essential tool when done correctly.

Utilizing Simulation for Aggressive Quoting

In this presentation, SIGMASOFT® will evaluate how simulation software can be utilized—not just for issues on current parts or molds, but also up front to quote more accurately and aggressively.

De-Warp: Virtual Compensation of Warpage for 3D Measurements

See how software can eliminate fixturing costs using built-in FEA simulation functionality.

Three Types of Railcar Unloading Systems for Efficiency and Economy

Attendees will learn about the three primary types of railcar unloading systems and the applications for each type.