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Foamed PET Bottles for Beer
2/22/2011Plastics Technology
Now the foam isn’t just on top of the beer, it’s all around it.
INJECTION MOLDING: Automation and Integration Added the ‘Wow’ at K Show12/23/2010Plastics Technology
There were new presses of all stripes aplenty at K 2010, but the “wow” factor was supplied by automated work cells and integrated manu-facturing systems performing multiple operations before, during, and after molding.
Dryers Use Less Energy to Dry PET12/13/2010Plastics Technology
Novatec Inc., Baltimore (novatec.com), is introducing two patented dryer control technologies intended to cut energy costs for processors of PET.
NPE News Wrap-up: Resin Dryers10/1/2010Plastics Technology
At least 16 companies introduced new dryers at the big show in Chicago. The new models span a range of drying technologies, but most sport features that save space and cost and make the dryers simpler and more reliable.
Injection Molding at NPE 20036/7/2010Plastics Technology
Show goers will see an electric injection machine in nearly every press maker’s booth this year, and electric/hydraulic hybrids in several.
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PET Processing - Injection Molding
PET bottles are a huge market for the material. Processing PET into bottles can take two steps depending on the application or bottle. In the first step, PET is injection molded into a "mini bottle," complete with threads, called a preform. This preform is then reheated, stretched and blown into its final shape. While there is technology available that combines these two processes in a single step, for larger-throughput applications preform and bottle making are generally made in distinct steps, often by different processors.
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Product Announcements
- ADDITIVES: Release Agent, Lubricant for PET
- Chem-Trend LP 5/31/2011
- BLOW MOLDING: Foamed PET Bottles for Beer
- Plastic Technologies, Inc. (PTI) 2/5/2011
