Cooling of long, thin cores, fillets, slides, ejectors, or other hard-to-reach spots in injection molds can present difficult challenges. ArticlePublished: 12/28/2012
In the last three articles (March, May, Sept. 2012), we introduced the problem of wasted energy in cooling-water systems and presented two types of solutions—minimizing “parasitic” heat gains and raising water temperatures to minim... ArticlePublished: 12/28/2012
Many plants use chilled-water temperatures that are far lower than are actually needed by the process. This has a direct effect on the cost of chilled water. ArticlePublished: 8/27/2012
Southern California can be a challenging environment for manufacturers, not least because of concerns about the cost and availability of electrical power. ArticlePublished: 4/29/2012
Hot-runner supplier Mold-Masters Ltd., Georgetown, Ont., has obtained rights to exclusive global use of Ritemp evaporative cooling technology for hot-runner molds. ArticlePublished: 3/27/2012
Automation in plastics processing can involve sophisticated, high-tech manufacturing cells specialized for a particular application (see NPE feature this month ). Or it can involve much simpler, off-the-shelf solutions that offer the user flexibilit... ArticlePublished: 12/27/2011