May 2012 Issue
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Features
Featured articles from the latest issue of Plastics Technology
How to Spec’ Screws & Barrels For Running Corrosive Materials
Here’s a guide to specifying screws and barrels that will last under conditions that will chew up standard equipment.
Read MoreBiopolymers: Time to Take A Deep Breath
Are we looking at all of the implications associated with developing this new 'crop' of polymers?
Read MoreAchieve Process Transparency with In-Mold Cavity Sensors
In plastic injection molding, the primary objective is to manufacture dimensionally and structurally consistent parts, independent of the molding machine being used.
Read More‘RollTrusion’ Mates Rolled Metal & Extrusion
Crosshead extrusion is the typical means of coating plastics on relatively small substrates such as wire.
Read MoreNew Way to Characterize Moldability Of Resins & Part/Tool Designs
Experienced injection molders have long known that a resin’s melt flow index (MFI), measured under very low-shear conditions, provides very little information about how it will process under many orders of magnitude higher shear in an actual mold.
Read MorePrice Relief in Commodity Resins
Combination of slowed global demand, build-up in resin suppliers’ inventories, and projected drops in feedstock prices are expected to provide some price relief at least through the second quarter.
Read MoreNow You Can Refurbish Twin-Screw Elements
Two suppliers of twin-screw compounding extruders announced at NPE2012 that they are now offering screw-element refurbishing services.
Read MoreThrifty California Processor Dries PET with 'Waste' Heat
Southern California can be a challenging environment for manufacturers, not least because of concerns about the cost and availability of electrical power.
Read MoreNew Player, Familiar Name In Downstream Extrusion Equipment
Bessemer Series debuts at NPE2012.
Read MoreAll-Electric Blow Molding Is Reaching the Tipping Point
After years of talk, all-electric blow molding machines seem poised to make advances.
Read MoreAnother Big Backer for Biobased PEF Bottles
WEB EXCLUSIVE: Avantium in the Netherlands has signed its second major partnership for using its new catalytic process to convert plant sugars into furanic precursors for a new polyester bottle resin.
Read MoreChevron Phillips Announces PE Plant Location
WEB EXCLUSIVE: Chevron Phillips Chemical Co., The Woodlands, Tex., has chosen a site near its Sweeny facility in Old Ocean, Tex., for two new polyethylene plants to accompany a planned 3.3-billion-lb/yr ethane cracker at Cedar Bayou in Baytown, Tex.
Read MoreBayer to Buy Arkema’s PC Sheet Business
Bayer MaterialScience, Pittsburgh, will acquire the U.S. polycarbonate sheet business of Arkema Inc., Philadelphia.
Read MoreNew PET Stretch-Blow Machines & Applications Debut at NPE
Italian stretch-blow molding machinery builder Siapi (siapi.it) had a lot to talk about at NPE2012 last month in Orlando, Fla.
Read MoreMATERIALS AT NPE: All Market Sectors Benefit from Large Crop of New Materials
Higher-performance and easier processing PE film resins for packaging, a one-pass crosslinked PE for photovoltaic (PV) wire and cable, several higher-performing nylons and TPEs, “greener” plastics, and enhanced styrenic and PC resins are among the new materials that made their debut at the big show in Orlando, Fla., last month.
Read MoreTaiwan Machine Builders Aim for Higher-End Applications
Major Taiwanese injection and blow molding and extrusion machinery OEM s plan to broaden the appeal of their brands by providing higher-end technology solutions at prices competitive with European or Japanese machines.
Read MoreCooling Water: Minimize Demand by Reducing Heat Gains
In March, we introduced the subject of energy savings through cooling-water management.
Read MoreHigh-Flow Nylon Carries the Load in New Fork-Lift Truck
WEB EXCLUSIVE: New I-ton hand pallet truck (HPT) from Lifter S.r.l. of Italy (U.S. office in Marietta, Ga.) is the first pallet truck in the world made of nonmetallic material.
Read MoreWood-Plastics Composites Done Right
Mixing and extruding wood fiber in a plastic matrix is technically demanding. It requires careful attention to formulation, drying, and extrusion temperatures
Read MoreBetter, Not Bigger, Is How Copol Wins In CPP Film
Small player in a large market speaks in a loud voice.
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