October 2013 Issue
September 2013
Features
Featured articles from the latest issue of Plastics Technology
Medical Molder Expands into Full-Service Product Development
In July, Mack Molding acquired Synectic Engineering, Inc., Milford, Conn., a company focused 100% on medical product development.
Read MoreReclaim System Pays Off for Foam Film Processor
A recent move to reclaim in-house production scrap paid off in six months for one processor of foamed film.
Read MoreMelt Flow Rate Testing—Part 3
There is a well-established relationship between something called the weight-average molecular weight of a polymer and a parameter known as the zero-shear viscosity.
Read MoreIneos & Sasol Joint Venture for U.S. HDPE Plant
Ineos Olefins & Polymers, Houston, and South African-based energy and chemical company Sasol are forming a joint venture for a world-scale HDPE plant.
Read MorePull Yourself to More Accurate, Repeatable Medical Tubing
The puller is the heart of the tubing extrusion process. While material throughput rate is generated by the extruder, and the tubing is initially formed in the die, it’s the puller that develops the ID/OD and wall thickness.
Read MoreTransparent PC Used in Fully-Integrated LED Light Engine
A medium-viscosity, easy releasing grade of Makrolon PC from Bayer MaterialScience, Pittsburgh, is used for the lens of a new LED light engine for lighting fixtures.
Read MoreDon’t Forget the Cold Slug Well
Its primary function—as the name suggests—is to act as a trap, or “well,” for the cold slug.
Read MorePrices Flat or Slightly Lower
Prices of PE, PP, PS, and PVC remained steady through last month, although price initiatives were on the table for all but PP.
Read MoreFKuR Distributes Braskem’s ‘Green’ PE in U.S. & Canada
Germany’s FKuR Plastics Corp. (U.S. office in Cedar Park, Texas), a compounder of bioplastics for flexible packaging, is now a distributor in the U.S. and Canada of biobased polyethylene from Brazil’s Braskem
Read MoreExtruder Upgrades Pay Off Big for Sheet Processor
A $65,000 upgraded paid for itself in less than a month.
Read MoreContinuous-Glass/Thermoplastic Wins Award in Composite Pressure Pipe
Celstran continuous-fiber reinforced thermoplastic composite (CFR-TP) from Ticona, Florence, Ky., is used in the new Fiberflex-11 pressure pipe from Composite Fluid Transfer of Kilgore, Texas.
Read MoreRPET Prices Stable
Recycled PET prices are perhaps a penny above where they were in June and seem to be going nowhere.
Read MoreNew Approach to Micro Molding to Debut at K Show This Month
It has clamping and injection systems unlike any other machine on the market.
Read More‘ECO-ECONOMICS ’: Harbec Plastics Proves It Pays to Be ‘Green’
Bechtold has spent 15 years in an ongoing quest to prove that manufacturing in a sustainable manner is not opposed to profitability. On the contrary, he says his experience shows that sustainability is an economic opportunity that manufacturers can’t afford to miss.
Read MoreAnti-Stat Coater Integrated in Pull-Roll Frame
Sheet systems supplier Processing Technologies International (PTi), Aurora, Ill., has developed a new, patented system that integrates an anti-static coater into the frame of the pull-roll unit of its G Series roll stand.
Read MoreImprove the Performance Of Your Gravimetric Feeder
Start with seeing how well the material feeds 'volumetrically.' But there are a host of other considerations as well.
Read MoreOptimize Cooling Water Supply To Reduce Distribution Costs
Reducing distribution costs for cooling and chilled water is often one of the easiest and quickest methods of reducing energy use in water cooling, yet most plants have never investigated this area.
Read MoreUniloy Milacron Opens Blow Molding Lab, Unifies Global Market Strategy
Uniloy Milacron, Tecumseh, Mich., has launched two new initiatives.
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