PT ZONE: NPE2012

Foaming Developments Aplenty in Extrusion
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. More (+)
‘RollTrusion’ Mates Rolled Metal & Extrusion
Crosshead extrusion is the typical means of coating plastics on relatively small substrates such as wire. More (+)

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Now You Can Refurbish Twin-Screw Elements
4/29/2012Plastics Technology

Two suppliers of twin-screw compounding extruders announced at NPE2012 that they are now offering screw-element refurbishing services.

New Way to Characterize Moldability Of Resins & Part/Tool Designs
4/29/2012Plastics Technology

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 mold.

MATERIALS AT NPE: All Market Sectors Benefit from Large Crop of New Materials
4/28/2012Plastics Technology

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 among the new materials that made their debut at the big show in Orlando, Fla., last month.

New PET Stretch-Blow Machines & Applications Debut at NPE
4/28/2012Plastics Technology

Italian stretch-blow molding machinery builder Siapi (siapi.it) had a lot to talk about at NPE2012 last month in Orlando, Fla.

All-Electric Blow Molding Is Reaching the Tipping Point
4/26/2012Plastics Technology

After years of talk, all-electric blow molding machines seem poised to make advances.

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OVERVIEW:
NPE2012

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NPE (the International Plastics Exposition) is the tri-annual event organized by the Society of the Plastics Industry. NPE2012 was held April 1-5 in Orlando, Fla. In this zone is news about important technological developments and new product launches, divided by process category or equipment type, that suppliers introduced at the show. Also here you can read about the big show themes that served as the underpinning of these product introductions.

 

 


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