Testing

NPE

Pipe, Tube Measurement/Control Solutions for Industry 4.0

Non-contact length and speed gauge measures a product’s wall thickness and concentricity, offering high-speed tolerance checking and multi-layer measurements. 

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Testing

'Engage, Innovate, Evolve': Future-Oriented Culture at Octex Group

Using science, technology, and talent to give high-tech customers unprecedented speed to market.

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Sheet Extrusion

New ASTM Standard on Thickness Measuring to Boost Film Quality

Non-contact measurement standard should also expedite the testing process.

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Portable 3D Laser Scanner Slashes Molder’s Inspection Time

EVCO reduced first-article inspection time from one week to as little as 4-6 hours.

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Testing

Add Automation to Your Lab

Robots are commonplace on the production floor, cutting costs and improving efficiencies for molders and other processors. Now, those same benefits can also be achieved in the lab.

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Testing

New ASTM Thickness Standard to Give Film-Quality a Boost

Non-contact standard can reportedly be carried out more quickly and precisely.

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Two Molders Investing in Medical Market

Currier Plastics and NPI/Medical invest in clean rooms; molding and blow molding machines; testing equipment and more.

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Testing

Prototyping Specialist Upgrades Services For Short-Run Production Molding

Proto Labs, a “digital manufacturing company” known for its rapid injection molding prototyping services, has expanded its injection molding capabilities to address the market for short-run “on-demand” manufacturing. 

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best practices

Polymer Resources: Compounding's 'Small Big Guy'

This compounder combines a service-first, small-company mindset with the technical might of larger companies to carve a niche in engineering plastics.

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color

Polyolefin Discoloration: New Additive Solutions Solve Common Problems

There’s a growing demand for PE films with lower initial color and improved color stability, as well as better retention of physical properties. New stabilizer systems address these and similar concerns for molded PE and PP parts.

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Blending Revolution
Inspect 100% of your plastics inline.
We Love Powders NPE
Special steels for reinforced plastics
HAIDLMAIR NPE2024
Guill - World Leader in Extrusion Tooling
chemical foaming agents for molding and extrusion
NPE2024: The Plastics Show
Konica Minolta Spectrophotometer CM-36dG