Softer Formable Olefin Foams for Auto Interiors

WEB EXCLUSIVE: Thermoformable, closed-cell, crosslinked polyolefin foams that are up to 70% softer than previous versions are now available from Toray Plastics (America), Inc., PEF Div., Front Royal, Va.
New Product Announcements Published: 2/1/2010

Dedicated Heater Platen Boosts Output, Quality

WEB EXCLUSIVE: GN Thermoforming Equipment, Chester, N.S., has developed a tool-specific heater platen that is said to offer output rate increases up to 30% while improving product clarity and speeding tool changeovers.
New Product Announcements Published: 1/1/2010

Cast Acrylic Sheet Comes with Biocide

WEB EXCLUSIVE: Lucite L clear cast acrylic sheet from Lucite International, Memphis, Tenn., is now available with built-in antimicrobial protection for medical applications such as dispensers for facial tissue, gloves, and paper towels.
New Product Announcements Published: 12/1/2009

Faster Position Sensors for High-Speed Molding

WEB EXCLUSIVE: Injection molding, thermoforming, and other machines that require high-speed position sensing can benefit from a new faster update option for magnetostrictive Temposonics linear position sensors from MTS Systems Corp.’s Sensors ...
New Product Announcements Published: 10/1/2009

Acrylic Sheets Now In Multi-Color Laminates

WEB EXCLUSIVE Laminated combinations of acrylic sheets in different colors, or clear and colored, are new available from Acrilex, Inc., Jersey City, N.J.
New Product Announcements Published: 7/1/2009

Adding Muscle to an ‘Economy’ Machine

The upgraded Ecoformer KMV 53E in-line vacuum former from Kiefel GmbH in Germany (U.S. office in Hampton, N.H.), has considerably higher forming pressure and slightly larger forming area than its predecessor, model KMV 50.
New Product Announcements Published: 7/1/2009

Larger 3- or 4-Station PET Former

The new FFG 920-ADV machine from Amut SpA in Italy (North American office in Woodbridge, Ont.) is the largest so far in Amut’s FFG series of in-line formers, which use “plug-and-play” tooling for complete tool changes in under 30 m...
New Product Announcements Published: 7/1/2009

New Sheets of TPO and Recycled PETG

WEB EXCLUSIVE Spartech Corp., St.
New Product Announcements Published: 7/1/2009

Medical Tray Has ‘Safe Edges’

Plastic Ingenuity in Cross Plains, Wis., which operates five thermoforming plants and builds its own machines, has patented pressure-forming tools that round the edges of medical trays.
New Product Announcements Published: 4/1/2009

New Looks in Acrylic Sheet

WEB EXCLUSIVE Two new aesthetic effects in formable acrylic sheet were introduced by Acrilex, Inc., Jersey City, N.J.
New Product Announcements Published: 4/1/2009