June 2002 Issue
June 2002
Features
Featured articles from the latest issue of Plastics Technology
Convert PVC Pipe Dies to Make Fence Profiles
If you are a PVC pipe extruder who wants to get into the burgeoning market for fence profiles, you have several new options from American Maplan.
Read MoreNew Methods Expand Roles of Gas-Assist Molding
Two variations on gas-assist injection molding were presented in papers at the Molding 2002 Conference held in New Orleans in March.
Read MoreYour Business in Brief - June 2002
Wittmann BuysCapitol TemptrolWittmann Robot & Automation Systems, Inc., Torrington, Conn., has acquired Capitol Temptrol Inc. of Centerbrook, Conn., a maker of portable and central chillers and mold-temperature controllers.
Read MoreOur Machinery Database Is Live Online!
If you haven’t visited our website lately, it’s time for another look.
Read More"Electrically Active" Compounds Surge In Performance
Designing a thermoplastic compound to conduct an electrical charge is difficult and costly, since most polymers are naturally ill suited to the task.
Read MoreHigh-Temperature TPE Is Based on Silicone
Automotive engineers are becoming converts to thermoplastic elastomers as alternatives to thermoset rubbers, but they’ve found that TPEs can’t go everywhere rubber can—particularly under the hood.
Read MoreEPS Bead Molders Turn To Automation
Plantwide automation in EPS molding started among European block molders, who created ‘ghost’ plants with only a handful of workers where dozens had been employed before. Now, ‘hands-off’ automation has reached the U.S. and is making inroads in shape molding, too.
Read MoreGet to Know Lasers And Their Roles in Plastics
Plastics processing is one of the fastest growing application areas for laser technology.
Read MoreThey Hit the Market Running
Three years ago, when Martin Grohman and Michael Hurkes started Correct Building Products in Biddeford, Me., it wasn’t so much a start-up as a rocket launch.
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