July 2010 Issue
July 2010
Features
Featured articles from the latest issue of Plastics Technology
Additives: Three Trends to Track
Additives that render plastic compounds antistatic or electrically and/or thermally conductive are in hot demand.
Read MoreLessons to Learn
In the nine months since we revamped Plastics Technology, we have written articles on about a dozen plastics processors, each of which, in one way or another, has managed to stay afloat—or even prosper—during what’s been the toughest economic period in recent history.
Read MoreIndustry & Technology News: July 2010
PET Bottles Keep Shedding WeightSustainability, plus simple economics, keep driving PET bottle makers to ingenious feats of lightweighting.
Read MoreOld-School Thinking, New-Wave Technology Drive This Processor Into a ‘New Age’
It was the Fall of 2008.
Read MoreHere’s Another Way to Bet on Plastics Prices
WEB EXCLUSIVE: In May, the New York Mercantile Exchange (NYMEX) launched two new plastics resin futures contracts.
Read MoreNew Presses, Robots & Process Tech To Debut at K 2010 Fair
The exhibit of Engel Austria at October’s K 2010 fair in Dusseldorf, Germany, will host a wide range of product introductions, ranging from new machines for caps/closures and micromolding to a new model of small electric press, a new generation of beam robots, and developing process technologies for polyurethane skin coating, machine-integrated mold-temperature control, multi-shot optical molding, and all-plastic “hybrid” composites.
Read MoreThe Basics of Machine Evaluation, Part II
Last month we started defining some basic tests to ensure your injection molding machine is working properly.
Read MoreTests Show Direct-Drive Extruders Are Quieter, More Energy Efficient
Green machines may be coming to extrusion.
Read MoreYour Extruder's Best Friend
That's the melt pump, and its main purpose is to precisely control output to the die.
Read MoreRecycled Resin Pricing: Finally...Some Price Relief
Recycled plastics prices were up in the second quarter, but are now starting to come back down.
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