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Compounders Molders Get Control Of Their Materials
The combination of an injection molding press and a twin-screw compounding extruder represents a new paradigm for processors: They create their own materials as they mold them. The molder must now take responsibility for the raw materials as well as the molded parts.
Dynamic Optimization of Extruder Barrel TemperaturesDetermining the optimum barrel-temperature profile is one of the most important tasks in extrusion. A barrel-temperature profile (BTP) that works well on one extruder may not work on the same type of extruder right next to it.
Resin Prices: May 2008
Weak Demand Dampens Price Hikes
Commodity resin producers keep pushing for price increases, but their success is limited by weak market demand and soft prices of many monomers. PET prices may rise, however, along with those of engineering resins and thermosets.
New Product Announcements | May 2008
Injection Molding
Faster Closure Molding Demonstrated at Chinaplas - Husky Injection Molding
Hybrid Robots Handle Up to 22 lb - Star Automation, Inc.
Extrusion
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Advances in Extrusion Conference
Hosted by Plastics Technology
December 9 - 10, 2008
New Orleans
First-of-its-kind event covers key extrusion topics and topical break-out sessions.
