PET Processing

best practices

Ten Tips to Slash Cycles in PET Preform Molding

Here are some tricks of the trade to make your preform processing more productive, even if you don’t have the latest souped-up press.

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Multiscrew

Are You a ‘World-Class’ Processor?

Participate in Plastics Technology’s industry-wide benchmarking survey and you might find out.

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Packaging

Developing Tomorrow’s Containers: Inside Amcor’s R&D Center

How award-winning package design, full-service laboratory facilities, and game-changing process development support a world-class injection and blow molder.

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INJECTION MOLDING AT NPE: Molding Exhibits Show Off Cell Integration with Multiple Processes & Operations

If you’re interested in lightweight composites, IML, LSR, multi-shot, inmold assembly, barrier coinjection, micromolding, variotherm molding, foams, energy-saving presses, robots, hot runners, and tooling—they’re all here in force.

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PET Processing

A Challenger Tackles Coinjection For Barrier PET Preforms

Barrier PET containers for beverages, sauces, and other sensitive products become more cost-effective through more efficient use of expensive barrier resins.

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Multicomponent

More Details on Husky’s Barrier Coinjection Debut

New challenger promises big savings through more uniform barrier-resin distribution.

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processing tips

How to Dry PET for Container Applications

PET is extremely hygroscopic, highly moisture sensitive, and one of the toughest challenges to dry. Here are the basic principles of doing it right for rigid packaging applications

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Taiwan Takes Its Place Among Machinery Elite

Overshadowed in geographic size and economic output by its neighbor to the east, Taiwan punches above its plastics weight class and is looking to become more self sufficient in its machinery offerings.

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Thermoforming

Granulate or Shred: Which Makes Sense for You?

That is the size-reduction question confronting many processors today. Look here for some guidance.

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