From materials drying, feeding, and blending to process heating/cooling, scrap reclaiming, testing, welding, and decorating—the K 2010 show this month in Dusseldorf, Germany, will have news in all categories of auxiliary equipment. ArticlePublished: 1/3/2011
Growing use of electric drives in blow molding machinery gathered steam at the K 2010 show, as suppliers rolled out new all-electric and hybrid models for extrusion blow, injection-blow, and stretch-blow production. ArticlePublished: 12/23/2010
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. ArticlePublished: 12/23/2010
Ability to monitor and modify the surface temperature of a heated sheet is critical to making high-quality thermoformed parts. ArticlePublished: 6/2/2010
Two makers of thermal-analysis instruments last year launched new differential scanning calorimeters that reportedly increase speed and accuracy. ArticlePublished: 6/1/2010
From polymer characterization to on-line bottle or preform inspection, coordinate measuring, and color sensing, new testing and measuring instruments at the NPE show in Chicago were easier to use and more compact, yet often packed higher performance... ArticlePublished: 10/1/2009
WEB EXCLUSIVE: Last month, CEAST USA moved its operations from Charlotte, N.C., to the headquarters of Instron in Norwood, Mass. ArticlePublished: 8/7/2009