November 2008 Issue
November 2008
Features
Featured articles from the latest issue of Plastics Technology
They’re Multiplying Everywhere!
Preoccupied as you may have been lately by high resin prices, a stagnating economy, overseas competitors, hurricane disruptions, and the credit crunch, not to mention the chaos on Wall Street, you may not have noticed something new and different sprouting up all around you, so to speak.
Read MoreColloidal Silica Processing Aid Slashes Molding Cycle Times
Ultra-fine synthetic silica particles have been shown in laboratory and commercial field trials to reduce injection molding cycle times by 20% to 30% in polypropylene, filled and unfilled nylon, PBT, and ABS.
Read MoreWhat Toolroom Maintenance Supervisors Need to Know-Part II
September’s “Mold Shop” column presented an overview of a mold maintenance supervisor’s need-to-know priorities.
Read MoreVacuum Venting Keeps Molds Running Longer
In tough economic times, facing hungry competition here and abroad, molders cannot afford to ignore preventable problems that slow cycles, cost machine downtime and mold maintenance, and waste material on reject parts.
Read MoreUnbalanced? No Shortage of Ways to Fix Uneven Filling of Multi-Cavity Molds
The accepted ground rule for balancing melt flow in multi-cavity injection molds is to achieve equal flow distance from the injection point to each cavity.
Read MoreHourly Rate Survey - November 2008
Custom injection molders raised machine-hour rates sharply in the first half of 2008, despite a substantial drop in their capacity utilization and a gloomy outlook for business conditions.
Read MoreMarket Outlook - November 2008
Despite current economic worries, Mastio & Company’s most recent Injection Molding Markets Study forecasts moderate growth for injection molded consumer products in the next two years.
Read MoreYour Business Pricing Update - November 2008
All commodity resin prices are down and still falling, thanks to weak global demand and soft feedstock prices.
Read MoreYour Business In Brief - November 2008
First Biobased PP Developed in BrazilAlready the first to develop bio-sourced LLDPE and HDPE, Brazil’s Braskem (U.S. office in Wilmington, Del.), has produced the first samples of polypropylene from 100% renewable raw material.
Read MoreEconomic Outlook - November 2008
After enjoying 6% growth in 2007, large-parts blow molders have struggled in 2008.
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