December 2023 Issue
December 2023
Digital Edition
2024 Handbook & Buyers' Guide
Digital Edition
Features
Featured articles from the December 2023 issue of Plastics Technology
Six Years in the Waiting, PLASTICS Igniting a ‘Spark’ at NPE
New features of NPE2024 aim to “bring the whole plastics ecosystem together to innovate, collaborate and share findings.”
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Is Your Water System Setup Helping or Hurting Your Molding Plant Productivity?
The plant water system is a critical component of an injection molding facility. A poorly designed or maintained water-cooling system can have a serious impact on production efficiency and cause many maintenance issues. Here’s what you need to know — and ask — to prevent those problems.
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Prices Flat for PE, PVC, Up for PP and PS, Down for PET
A mixed bag, though prices likely to be down if not flat for all this month.
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Avoiding Common Cosmetic Defects in Molded Parts
Identify familiar flaws and then work to eliminate them with these mold and part design tips, and process considerations.
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Cobot Creates 'Cell Manufacturing Dream' for Thermoformer
Kal Plastics deploys Universal Robot trimming cobot for a fraction of the cost and lead time of a CNC machine, cuts trimming time nearly in half and reduces late shipments to under 1% — all while improving employee safety and growth opportunities.
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Additive Fusion Technology Optimizes Composite Structures for Demanding Applications
9T Labs continues to enhance the efficiency of its technology, which produces composite parts with intentionally oriented fibers.
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The Fantasy and Reality of Raw Material Shelf Life: Part 1
Is a two-year-old hygroscopic resin kept in its original packaging still useful? Let’s try to answer that question and clear up some misconceptions.
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Contraction in Processing Slows in October
The Gardner Business Index for plastics processing activity jumped a bit in October, though it still contracted as it has since July 2022.
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How to Select the Right Tooling for Pipe Extrusion
In pipe extrusion, selecting or building a complementary set of tooling often poses challenges due to a range of qualitative factors. Here’s some guidance to help you out.
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Ingenuity Is Part of This Former’s Name, and in Its DNA
Plastic Ingenuity started in a garage in 1972 and through a commitment to developing best-in-class products stands today as one of the largest custom thermoformers in the world.
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Stop Shopping for a 'Jack of All Trades' Extruder
Some processors try to find “fits all” extruders to cover all processing possibilities. But you’d have to grossly overpower it to achieve this, and that’s expensive up front and will result in inefficiencies over time.
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Filtration System Helps Film Processor Manage Recycled Material Mandates
Global film processor RKW teams with Nordson to enable it to process blown film with high recycled content.
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