THERMOFORMING: Plug-Assist Tools & Techniques

CMT Materials Inc., Attleboro, Mass., will debut technologies that thermoformers can use to reduce sheet thickness when forming heavy-gauge materials at the NPE 2012 show in Orlando.
New Product Announcements Published: 12/28/2011

First Flexible PPA Replaces Metal Tubing Under the Hood

WEB EXCLUSIVE: Rilsan HT, a polyphthalamide (PPA) high-temperature thermoplastic, exhibits a flexibility previously unknown in this material family.
New Product Announcements Published: 8/1/2010

New Mold Components for Releasing Undercuts

Two new series of mold components for undercut parts were introduced at the fi rst PDx/Amerimold show this spring in Cincinnati, sponsored by Moldmaking Technology and Time Compression magazines.
New Product Announcements Published: 8/1/2010

Long-Glass PP Sheet for Thermoforming

WEB EXCLUSIVE: Ensinger’s Penn Fibre Div., Bensalem, Pa., has just launched thermoformable long-glass reinforced PP sheet.
New Product Announcements Published: 8/1/2010

Conical Twin-Screw for Wood-Plastic Newcomers

Aimed at wood-plastic composites, the fi berexK72 conical twin-screw extruder series from Battenfeld-Cincinnati in Germany (represented in North America by American Maplan, McPherson, Kan.), offers an output range from 200 to 600 lb/hr, making it po...
New Product Announcements Published: 8/1/2010

Electric Hybrid with Accumulator

Negri Bossi, Inc., New Castle, Del., has expanded its new Janus Series electric/hydraulic hybrid line with additional models that offer higher performance.
New Product Announcements Published: 8/1/2010

Chinese TPEs Arrive

Alliance Polymers and Services LLC, Romulus, Mich., a year-old distributor of thermoplastic elastomers, has introduced an initial slate of at least 20 SEBS-based Maxelast TPE compounds produced by Polymax Elastomer Technology Co., Ltd. in Nantong, C...
New Product Announcements Published: 8/1/2010

Chinese TPEs Available Here

WEB EXCLUSIVE: Alliance Polymers and Services LLC, Romulus, Mich., a year-old distributor of thermoplastic elastomers, has introduced an initial slate of at least 20 SEBS-based Maxelast TPE compounds produced by Polymax Elastomer Technology Co., Ltd...
New Product Announcements Published: 7/1/2010

Electric Valve Gate and Sequencer

The first product of the recently announced alliance between DME Co., Madison Heights, Mich., and P.E.T.S., Auburn Hills, Mich., is an electric valve-gate system aimed at medical and high-volume consumer markets.
New Product Announcements Published: 7/1/2010

Compact Hot-Runner Multi-Nozzle Modules

New compact modules containing multiple hot-runner nozzles are available from Hasco America Inc., Fletcher, N.C.
New Product Announcements Published: 7/1/2010