INJECTION MOLDING: Train Online for ‘Scientific Troubleshooting’

At NPE2012, A. Routsis Associates, Inc., Dracut, Mass., introduced a new online series of four courses in “Scientific Troubleshooting.”
New Product Announcements Published: 7/31/2012

INJECTION MOLDING: Nitrogen Pressure Booster for Gas Assist

At the recent NPE2012 show in Orlando, Fla., Industrial gas supplier Linde North America, Murray Hill, N.J., showed off a new liquid-nitrogen pressure booster for gas-assist injection.
New Product Announcements Published: 7/31/2012

EXTRUSION: Film Gauge Measures Total and Barrier-Layer Thickness

New Model 8000 gauging system for multilayer blown film from NDC, Irwindale, Calif., can quickly determine both the profile shape and average thickness of both the total web and critical barrier layers.
New Product Announcements Published: 6/25/2012

AUXILIARIES: Cool & Dehumidify Your Plant—With Saltwater

As we head into the summer, many processors will be facing a season of not just heat but rising humidity, which can make for less comfortable working conditions on the plant floor.
New Product Announcements Published: 4/29/2012

AUXILIARIES: Hand-Held Plasma Treater

A new universal atmospheric plasma treater from Enercon Industries, Menomonee Falls, Wis., enables hand-held surface treatment of a wide variety of materials and applications.
New Product Announcements Published: 4/29/2012

AUXILIARIES: High-Pressure, High-Output Airlocks

New HP650 and HP850 airlocks from Mac Process Inc., Kansas City, Mo., can handle high-rate, high-pressure conveying applications such as pellet take-away at the discharge of compounding extruders.
New Product Announcements Published: 4/29/2012

TOOLING: Flexible Dry-Ice Mold Cleaner

Cold Jet, Loveland, Ohio, introduced the latest model in its SDI series of dry-ice mold-cleaning machines at NPE2012.
New Product Announcements Published: 4/29/2012

EXTRUSION: World’s Tiniest Blown Film Line

Labtech Engineering from Thailand (which has several U.S. distributors) displayed at NPE2012 what it says is the world’s smallest, fully functional blown film line, equipped with a horizontal extruder.
New Product Announcements Published: 4/29/2012

EXTRUSION: Compact Coex Line for Medical Tubing

A new coextrusion line from American Kuhne, Ashaway, R.I., features one 12-mm and two 16-mm microextruders mounted on a common base.
New Product Announcements Published: 4/29/2012

AUXILIARIES: Melt Indexer Is Accurate, Stable

On display this month at NPE2012 in Orlando is the new MP1200 extrusion plastometer from Tinius Olsen, Horsham, Pa.
New Product Announcements Published: 3/28/2012