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The Cost of High Employee Turnover in Injection Molding: Why Retention Matters
Starting in molding in 1993 and clocking in for nearly every job on the floor over the intervening decades, I’ve seen all sides of the hiring, training and retention process in the industry. Here are my thoughts on how to keep your most important asset — your people.
Read MoreHot Runners: Truths. Myths, Overlooked Areas: Part 2
Here’s a view from the trenches of a tooling manager who, over 30 years, has experienced the joys and pains of using virtually every type of hot runner on the market. Part 2.
Read MoreAttention Molders: Time to Get Serious About Sustainability
If you’re not looking at ways to make your injection molding operation more sustainable, perhaps you’d better get started.
Read MoreAtop the Plastics Pyramid
Allegheny Performance Plastics specializes in molding parts from high-temperature resins for demanding applications as part of its mission to take on jobs ‘no one else does.’
Read MoreHow to Configure Your Twin-Screw Extruder: Part 3
The melting mechanism in a twin-screw extruder is quite different from that of a single screw. Design of the melting section affects how the material is melted, as well as melt temperature and quality.
Read MoreRoll Cooling: Understand the Three Heat-Transfer Processes
Designing cooling rolls is complex, tedious and requires a lot of inputs. Getting it wrong may have a dramatic impact on productivity.
Read MoreFive Quick Steps Toward Better Blending
Rising costs of resins and additives, along with higher demands for quality and use of regrind, place a premium on proficient blending. Here are some steps to get you there.
Read MoreRevised Green Guides Could Mitigate Supply Concerns in Recycled Materials Market
A conversation with Andrea Bassetti, plastics recycling analyst at ICIS, about the green guides and potential impacts on recycled resin pricing.
Read MoreRepairing Threads for Injection Molding Machines
Do you know how to repair the threaded holes in your injection molding machine? C-Sert Manufacturing shares how easy it can be to make this fix.
Watch5 Big Themes in Additive Manufacturing at Formnext Forum: Austin
As manufacturing advances with additive, the advance increasingly emphasizes these five themes.
Read MorePS Prices Plunge, Others Appear to Be Bottoming Out
PS prices to see significant drop, with some potential for a modest downward path for others.
Read MoreHow to Achieve Simulation Success, Part 2: Material Characterization
Depending on whether or not your chosen material is in the simulation database — and sometimes even if it is — analysts will have some important choices to make and factors to be aware of. Learn them here.
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