PT ZONE: Decorating, Printing, Finishing
News in Auxiliaries & Tooling at Fakuma ShowLate last month, Friedrichshafen, Germany, hosted Fakuma 2011, the largest European plastics show of the year, growing to be second in size and importance to the K show in Dusseldorf. More (+)
Now LDS Electronic Circuitry Is ColorableLaser direct structuring (LDS) is a powerful technology for adding electrical circuit paths to plastics electronic products such as mobile phone and notebook antennas or molded interconnect devices (MIDs). But up to now, LDS-ready plastics were limited to black. More (+)
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Simco Changes Name After 75 Years
5/31/2011Plastics Technology
Simco-Ion, an ITW Company, is the new name of static-control equipment provider Simco Industrial, Hatfield, Pa.
Film Insert Molding Adds Antennas to Cell Phones4/29/2011Plastics Technology
WEB EXCLUSIVE: One of two recent developments in polycarbonate films allows cost-effective integration of antennas into cell phones via printed electronics and film insert molding (FIM), also known as in-mold decorating (IMD). Bayer MateriaScience AG in Germany (U.S. office in Pittsburgh) has applied for a patent on a method of using printed electronics on PC films, which are then back-molded into cell-phone housings.
THERMOFORMING: New Roll-Fed Systems Boost Output & Flexibility12/23/2010Plastics Technology
Continuous in-line packaging systems headed up the K 2010 thermoforming news as suppliers launched a range of roll-fed systems with greater capacity, more flexibility, and improved automation.
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.
Hybrid Printers & Inkjets Made News at NPE12/1/2009Plastics Technology
Processors looking for something new at the NPE 2009 show in Chicago found “hybrid” multi-process printers, high-quality inkjets, and other advances in printing on plastic parts.
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Decorating, Printing, Finishing
Post-processing operations such as decorating, printing and finishing turn semi-finished parts into finished goods. Decorating options include hot stamping, pad printing, screen printing, heat transfers, in-mold decorating.
Product Announcements
- AUXILIARIES: DIgital UV Ink Tester
- Pad Print Machinery of Vermont Inc. 2/1/2012
- AUXILIARIES: New Barrier Coatings for Containers
- 3/23/2011
- Cool While Conveying with Modular System
- 7/1/2010
- Slide Gate Seals Better, Cleaner
- 6/1/2010
- Two New Static Ionizers
- JDV Products Inc. 7/1/2009
