INJECTION MOLDING: New Way to Protect Molds & Press Platens

Sometimes costly and seemingly intractable problems can have simple and inexpensive solutions.
New Product Announcements Published: 3/28/2012

INJECTION MOLDING: Higher Performance Mold Evacuation

CAE Services Corp., Batavia, Ill., has introduced Mold-Vac 20,000, the highest performance model in its line of mold-evacuation systems for injection molding.
New Product Announcements Published: 12/28/2011

INJECTION MOLDING: New Source of Turnkey Microcellular Molding Systems

Engel Austria (U.S. office in York, Pa.) has become the latest injection press supplier to offer complete turnkey molding systems for the MuCell microcellular foam process patented by Trexel Inc., Wilmington, Mass.
New Product Announcements Published: 12/28/2011

MATERIALS: New LSRs for Automotive & Electronics

At the recent Fakuma 2011 show in Germany, Momentive Performance Materials Inc., Albany, N.Y., introduced three new LSR systems.
New Product Announcements Published: 11/22/2011

INJECTION MOLDING: Smaller Two-Platen Press for High-Volume Packaging

The German parent of KraussMaffei Corp., Florence, Ky., has come out with the smallest model in its MX hydraulic two-platen series, aimed at high-productivity molding of caps and closures with high-cavitation and stack molds.
New Product Announcements Published: 11/22/2011

INJECTION MOLDING: Automated Mold Changer Integrated with Press Controls

Engel Machinery Inc., York, Pa., is offering its first automatic mold-changing system with a controller utilizing the company’s CC 200 press control.
New Product Announcements Published: 11/22/2011

MATERIALS: New LSRs for Automotive & Electronics

WEB EXCLUSIVE: At the recent Fakuma 2011 show in Germany, Momentive Performance Materials Inc., Albany, N.Y., introduced three new LSR systems.
New Product Announcements Published: 10/31/2011

INJECTION MOLDING: Servo Pump on Smaller Machine

So far, Boy Machines Inc., Exton, Pa., has offered its latest drive technology on machines from 35 to 90 metric tons.
New Product Announcements Published: 10/25/2011

MATERIALS: Biocompatible LSR for Radiation Sterilization

WEB EXCLUSIVE: Injection molding biocompatible silicone valves whose slits won’t close up or “heal” during radiation sterilization is possible with new Silpuran 6610/40 LSR from Wacker Chemical, Adrian, Mich.
New Product Announcements Published: 10/4/2011

MATERIALS: New LSR for Optimum Fire Protection

At this month’s Fakuma show in Germany, Wacker Chemie AG (parent of Wacker Chemical Corp., Adrian, Mich.) will introduce two new liquid silicone rubber grades that achieve UL 94V-0 flammability rating without abrasive fillers.
New Product Announcements Published: 9/30/2011