February 2007 Issue
February 2007
Features
Featured articles from the latest issue of Plastics Technology
Your Business In Brief - February 2007
Possible GE Sale Has Industry WonderingThere are more questions than answers surrounding recent reports in the Wall Street Journal and New York Times that General Electric Co. is in the early stages of placing its plastics business on the auction block.
Read MoreLow-Scrap Thermoforming Competes In Medical Orthotics Manufacturing
An example of how thermoforming is expanding into more and more sophisticated and high-tech applications is the case of orthopedic devices to improve posture, function, and mobility.
Read MoreProcess Improvement Tools Starred at Fall Rotomolding Show
A new approach to faster cycles focuses on resin modification rather than mold or machine technology.
Read MoreExtruding Biopolymers: Packaging Reaps Cost Benefit of Going 'Green'
Plastics made from renewable carbon chains, not fossil carbon from oil or gas, are suddenly a solid commercial reality. The draw isn’t just “green” marketing, but the “green” of stable prices not linked to petrochemicals.
Read MoreYour Busines Outlook - February 2007
According to data reported by the Federal Reserve Board, U.S. production of medical equipment and supplies expanded a solid 6% in 2006 compared with the previous year.
Read MoreEliminate Dust, Fines and Longs For Better Regrind Quality
Considering the high cost of resin and heightened concerns for product quality, it is surprising that so little attention is given to the impact of regrind quality on plastics processing.
Read More'As Good as New' Chain Extender Restores Reclaimed Resins
A new additive can re-link polymer chains in reclaimed PET, nylon, and polycarbonate to revive degraded properties.
Read MorePP & PS Prices May Rise
Polypropylene and polystyrene prices were moving upward in the last month, though polyethylene was relatively flat and PVC was still soft.
Read MoreThe Real World
It’s not what you see at trade shows, all spit-shined and surrounded by acres of fresh carpet.
Read MoreGet Control Of Flow in the Mold
A novel technology allows injection molders to alter the flow pattern inside the cavity and balance the filling of multiple cavities by means of an external mold adjustment while the tool remains in the press. In this exclusive article, the system's inventor explains how it works.
Read MoreUltrasonic Imaging Finds Voids, Cracks and Bonding Defects
As material costs climb, acoustic micro-imaging (AMI) is increasingly being used for non-destructive inspection and quality control of microelectronic components and assemblies, adhesive and welded bonds, solid part walls, and other applications where bond integrity, cracking, or voids are an issue.
Read MoreHow Efficient Is Your Mold Maintenance?
Mold performance and mold-maintenance efficiency are two very different but closely connected goals of today’s mold-repair shop.
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