Free Guidance on Molding Resins
By: Jim Callari
Mobile Specs app and website provide processing parameters on thousands of resins … at no cost.
#Elastomers
Switch to Centralized Vacuum Supply Saves Molder Energy, Boosts Production
By: Jim Callari
Less maintenance means more time for processing, thanks to elimination of vacuum pumps at each press.
#planttour #bestpractices
Accredo’s Credo: Designed for Sustainability, Built for Success
By: Jim Callari
In fewer than 10 years, Accredo Packaging has developed innovative packaging solutions—including the first-ever all-PE barrier standup pouch—while maintaining its commitment to being ‘green.’
#planttour #bestpractices #sustainability
Step Up and Support Manufacturing Day
By: Jim Callari
Host an event and start to change the misconceptions still lingering about manufacturing—and plastics.
Clock’s Ticking: Register Now for Extrusion 2018 Conference and Save
By: Jim Callari
Early-bird discount of $100 for full conference ends Aug. 16.
Resin-Drying Icon Sears Dies at 78
By: Jim Callari
40-year industry veteran was founder and president of Dri-Air Industries.
#dies
Growing Compounder Targets Tolling
By: Jim Callari
Illinois-based compounder BPC boosts capacity with high-output twin-screw to target more toll-compounding business.
#planttour
NPE Wrap-Up: News in Primary Machinery, Part 1
By: Jim Callari
Rounding up details from the Big Show not previously reported in all our other coverage, here’s more news in injection and blow molding, extrusion and compounding. Next month, we’ll conclude with recycling/scrap reclaim, robots, tooling, auxiliary equipment, materials and additives.
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Do You Process Pipe/Profile/Tubing? Then Check out the Extrusion 2018 Conference
By: Jim Callari
Technology experts to address a wide range of topics—from simulation to feeding to die design to sizing to downstream consideration—next month in Cleveland.
#dies
Get Free Guidance on Molding Resins
By: Jim Callari
Mobile Specs app and website provide processing parameters on thousands of resins … at no cost.
#Elastomers
Do You Process Sheet? Then Check out the Extrusion 2018 Conference
By: Jim Callari
Leading sheet-extrusion experts present processing tips, die design guidelines, troubleshooting, info on running heat-sensitive polymers, advances in controls and more.
#dies
Dual-Strand Profile Line Gives Extruder Twice the Output
By: Jim Callari
Steady growth in product demand and a full manufacturing floor required profile extruder Intralox to get creative when it needed to upgrade its equipment.