November 2024 Issue

November 2024

Digital Edition

Making Gains in the Drain Game

AWD blends extrusion and thermoforming technologies with plenty of home-brewed equipment and processes to keep water away from where it isn’t supposed to be.

Features

Featured articles from the November 2024 issue of Plastics Technology

sustainability 6 Nov 2024

Direct Solar Heating for Rotational Molding Enables Feedback Control and Rapid Deployment

Light Manufacturing offers rotomolding factory in a box, with no utilities needed.

economics 25 Oct 2024

Plastics Processing Contraction Slows Slightly

While the market is still sluggish, future business outlook rose significantly from last month.

Film Extrusion 18 Nov 2024

Leading Cast Film Processor Adding Blown Film Capacity

Malpack adds two multilayer blown film lines for agricultural, stretch hood and shrink films.

Extrusion 15 Nov 2024

What's Restricting My Output Rate?

In a single-screw extruder, it could be an improperly designed barrier flighted entry section. Here’s why.

Extrusion 27 Nov 2024

New Screw Boosts Mixing, Enhances Polymer Properties

Device mixes at the ‘molecular level,’ inventor says, to boost mechanicals and in some cases make pre-drying redundant.

Film Extrusion 13 Nov 2024

Materials Suppliers Team on PFAS-Free Solutions

Baerlocher PFAS-fee process aid passes muster in resin manufacturer’s testing on production-sized blown film line.

editorial 4 Nov 2024

What Plastics Technology's Content Gate Means for Its Web Visitors

Plastics Technology has installed a “content gate” on its premium articles online. What does that mean and why should you care?

Injection Know How 11 Nov 2024

Important Factors and Approaches to Estimating Residence Time in Injection Molding

Residence time can have a dramatic impact on part quality and production efficiency but determining its value can be tricky. Use these methods and formulas to accurately measure residence time and enable it to inform everything from scheduling jobs to optimizing a process.