Auxiliary equipment takes in a broad range of functions, from materials preparation to post-mold finishing.

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.

A variable-chemistry atmospheric plasma treater is designed for hard-to-treat surfaces and especially extruded profiles such as wire, cable, tubing, sheet, and boards.

WEB EXCLUSIVE A variable-chemistry atmospheric plasma treater is designed for difficult-to-treat surfaces and specifically 3D extruded profiles such as wire, cable, tubing, sheet, and boards.

A new surface treater combines atmospheric plasma and CO2 cleaning to improve adhesion to plastics.

A new plasma treating system has two treater heads that reportedly add fl exibility while costing one-third less than two separate treaters.

Enercon Industries Corp., Menomonee Falls, Wis., introduced the tangential plasma treater a year ago and has two dozen installed.

NPE will show higher outputs of practically everything, as advances in grooved feeds, servo drives, screw torque, mixing screws, dies, and downstream cooling, cutting, and handling make everything run faster.

The Chicago show presented a whole new way to decorate. There were also plenty of improvements in ink-jet and pad printing, hot stamping, laser marking, and surface treating.