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Molder Opts for Machine Flexibility for Complex Jobs
AE Plast opted for tiebarless multimaterial Engel victory machines as it took on complex parts for the appliance and power tool market, including a 3K housing for Dremel’s rotary tool.
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Custom Injection Molder Plugs into All Electric Machines
Formerly a showroom for early-aughts-era Van Dorn hydraulics, the newest additions to Drummond Industries’ transforming fleet are all-electric Niigata injection molding machines.
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Injection Molder Changes Up Color Changes
An injection molder of trash cans, pallets, totes and other plus-size components, Rehrig Pacific’s machine fleet is composed of larger tonnage presses whose size makes material changes at the feed throat a potentially dizzying exercise.
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Medical Manufacturer Innovates with Additive Manufacturing and Extrusion Technology Hubs
Spectrum Plastics Group offers customers two technology hubs — one for extrusion, the other for additive manufacturing — to help bring ground-breaking products to market faster.
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Online X-Ray Inspection Boosts Extrusion Quality
Höhle uses Sikora’s x-ray measuring systems for inline quality control of extruded microducts.
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Thermoformer Maximizes Productivity with 3D Printing
Productive Plastics has created an extensive collection of 3D printed manufacturing aids that sharply reduce lead times.
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New CRM Streamlines Quoting for Automotive Molder
Eliminating the need to contact each supplier for every individual quote, a new CRM for automotive supplier Axiom Group tracks past quotes as well as industry history to generate fast, reliable RFQs and more.
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Novel ‘Clamtainer’ Extends Thermoformer's Reach in Packaging
Uniquely secure latching expands applications for Jamestown Plastics’ patented clamshell package design.
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As Currier Grows in Medical Consumables, Blow Molding Is Its ‘Foot in the Door’
Currier Plastics has added substantial capacity recently in both injection and blow molding for medical/pharmaceutical products, including several machines to occupy a new, large clean room.
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Warpage Waylaid Via Simulation
Designed to form a component that would hold headlights in place, the mold was intended to produce a front-end automobile bracket. Instead of parts however, the tool’s real output was problems.
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