Moldmaking in Mexico: A New Frontier
Advancing beyond repairs and maintenance, there is a growing Mexican moldmaking segment, giving local supply and support to the country’s burgeoning automotive sector, among others.

MachineSense Presents at Microsoft Conference
Predictive-maintenance firm presents at software giant’s machine learning and data science conference.

Nitrogen Drying for Specialty Resins
Dryer introduces an inert gas or nitrogen to inhibit the oxidative degradation of polymers.

NPE2018 New Technology Focus: Drying
Industry 4.0 meets resin-drying at NPE2018.

Technology Takes Aim At Drying Specialized Resins
Novatec develops new at-the-press drying solutions for molders tackling highly tailored nylons and other specialty materials.

MachineSense, Siemens Partner on Power Quality Technology
MachineSense Power Analyzer is the first vertically integrated IIoT solution in Siemens’ MindSphere Platform that offers power quality monitoring, energy management, predictive and preventative maintenance and machine utilization as a MindSphere Application. 

Microsoft Taps MachineSense for Startup ‘Accelerator’ Program
Initiative will invest more than $500 million over the next two years to help these startups with go-to market strategies, technology and community building.

For Novatec and Machine Sense, the Focus Is the Factory of Today
Interconnectivity alone will not raise the bar on productivity…and profitability, says Bessemer.

NPE2018 New Technology Focus: Process Cooling
Key themes in chillers at NPE2018 are efficiency, connectivity and transparency.

Dryer Has Digital Twin
Virtual X-ray or MRI of the machine looks under the sheet metal to determine actual status of components.

Auxiliaries at NPE2018: Packing More Functions in Less Space
Auxiliary equipment suppliers are building more and more technology into their products, packing more physical and virtual functions into the same or smaller footprints.

Dryers Have Digital 'Twin'
Electronic twin of a physical machine measures and follows every behavior of the physical machine and every key component.

NPE Trend Watch: Predictive Maintenance
New technology allows processors to address equipment and component hiccups before they start to foul up manufacturing.

Unique Machine Combines Dryer, TCU in Single Footprint
Novel, space-saving device co-developed by Novatec and Advantage Engineering offers a single control designed to reduce setup mistakes.

Technology Takes Aim At Drying Specialized Resins
Novatec develops new at-the-press drying solutions for molders tackling highly tailored nylons and other specialty materials.

Decoding ‘Industry 4.0’
The biggest splash at NPE will come from the wave of technological innovation and futuristic enthusiasm known variously as Industry 4.0 or the Smart Factory or the Internet of Things.

The Primary Importance of Secondary Equipment
Resin drying, resin conveying and process heating and cooling are as vital to the injection molding process as the press and tool, and they get their due at Molding 2017.