December 2020 ISSUE
Betting Big on Recycled PET
Distributor of virgin PET resins PolyQuest is also a growing manufacturer of recycled PET resins.
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RecyclingBetting Big on Recycled PET
Distributor of virgin PET resins PolyQuest is also a growing manufacturer of recycled PET resins.
Sheet
PPEs Are Here to Stay: Is Your Sheet Line Ready?
Follow these tips to evaluate your sheet extrusion lines to find out if you can expand into this market.
Injection Molding
How to Automate High-Precision ‘Micro’ Insert Molding
What does it take to automate a horizontal injection molding cell to handle micro-sized inserts and molded parts? General-purpose top-entry robots and tooling may not be up to the job.
Extrusion
Troubleshooting Pressure Fluctuations in Piston-Type Melt Filters
Piston filtration offers many advantages over other systems. While pressure fluctuations could be regarded as their weakness, there are many ways to avoid them, both from the mechanical and the process side. Small adjustment can make a huge difference in the overall performance and efficiency of the system.
Jim Callari: Gearing Up for the Old Normal
Researchers Combine Mechanical and Chemical Recycling
Real-Time NIR Testing Can Slash QC Costs Up to 90%
Have You Considered the Sustainability Benefits of Liquid Color?
Jim Frankland: General-Purpose Screws on the Comeback?
Jim Fattori: Get Better at Quoting Injection Molded Parts: Part 1
Michael Sepe: Tracing the History of Polymeric Materials--Part 2
Suhas Kulkarni: The Importance of Gauging Residence-Time Distribution—Part 2
Plastics Processing Index: Top Packaging Innovation Award Goes to Henkel in Collaboration with Plastic Bank
Plastics Processing Index: Elix Polymers and Repsol Forge Circular Economy Styrenic Partnership
Plastics Processing Index: Plastics Processing Index Hits Two-Year High
Resin Prices: Commodity Resin Prices End the Year Mixed
Processors Edge: Custom Molder Enhances Disinfection Equipment With Novel Nozzle Design
