At NPE2012, Macro Engineering and Technology, Mississauga, Ont., launched new technology to extrude foamed films in what it describes as an “environmentally friendly process” that uses inert gas as the foaming agent. ArticlePublished: 4/29/2012
Two suppliers of twin-screw compounding extruders announced at NPE2012 that they are now offering screw-element refurbishing services. ArticlePublished: 4/29/2012
Experienced injection molders have long known that a resin’s melt flow index (MFI), measured under very low-shear conditions, provides very little information about how it will process under many orders of magnitude higher shear in an actual m... ArticlePublished: 4/29/2012
Higher-performance and easier processing PE film resins for packaging, a one-pass crosslinked PE for photovoltaic (PV) wire and cable, several higher-performing nylons and TPEs, “greener” plastics, and enhanced styrenic and PC resins are... ArticlePublished: 4/28/2012
Italian stretch-blow molding machinery builder Siapi (siapi.it) had a lot to talk about at NPE2012 last month in Orlando, Fla. ArticlePublished: 4/28/2012
Baltimore-based Novatec Inc. rolled out the Bessemer Series of cooling tanks, pullers and cutters at NPE2012 last month in Orlando, Fla. ArticlePublished: 4/16/2012