June 2010 Issue
June 2010
Features
Featured articles from the latest issue of Plastics Technology
New Machines & Processes Unveiled By Wittmann Battenfeld
At an open house in Kottingbrunn, Austria, last month, Wittmann Battenfeld GmbH showed what it has been doing to make good on its pledge to reinvigorate the venerable Battenfeld name and its reputation for innovation.
Read MoreNew Approach to PET Drying To Debut This Fall at K 2010 Show
An Italian maker of auxiliary equipment has come up with a new system that combines several unusual concepts to make high-volume PET drying faster and more consistent with lower energy use.
Read MoreHow to Get Peak Performance & Efficiency Out of Your Extrusion Line, Part I
A lot of things must be in place to achieve what I like to call efficient extrusion.
Read MoreGetting Started in LSR: Understanding the Materials, Part I
Liquid silicone rubber (LSR) injection molding is a long established process but it is enjoying an upsurge in interest for medical, automotive, infant care, and general industrial applications.
Read MoreRefine, Redesign, Retool: Re-engineering as a Business Model
It’s an unusual business model: “We take existing products or manufacturing processes and try to make them better.
Read MoreExtrusion & Thermal Properties: Not Just for the Lab Guys
Do you really need to know how thermal properties of polymers affect extrusion?
Read MoreDetermining Maximum Mold Cycle Counts
The first production meeting with my new employer went something like this: “We want you to establish a preventive maintenance program that is based on cycle counts for all our molds.” Before I could launch into an explanation of how best to determine maximum cycle counts, I was hit with this: “So, how many cycles do you think our molds can safely run before we need to clean them?”Leaving my crystal ball at home and unable to get my x-ray vision working, there was no way to answer that question with any accuracy.
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