AIMPLAS, a plastics technological center in Valencia, Spain, has developed a methodology that enables the biodegradability of ...

Aimed at complex profiles such as PVC lineals, retrofittable system adds turbulent cooling to calibrator to boost output by ...

Founded in 1877 in Mt. Gilead, Ohio, HPM — the Hydraulic Press Manufacturing Company — has a long history in machinery. In recent years, Yizumi says it has evolved the company’s product portfolio and ...

Xaloy has launched TriMetalX, an extruder barrel that the company says offers more durability and performance for processing highly corrosive resins. TriMetalX barrels are built via a proprietary ...

Read about injection molders who have shifted everything from quality control and scheduling to production and process ...

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Polyethylene has been around as a commercial material for a little over 70 years. It was one of the early developments in synthetic thermoplastics. Given its long history, it could be assumed that we ...

It was not Murphy’s Law or art that explained my problems with Machine A, it was physics (science). This was my “aha!” moment that highlighted the difference between machine variables and plastic ...

Melt flow rate testing can be characterized as the Rodney Dangerfield of material test methods—it gets no respect. People from all parts of the industry downplay the value of the test or denigrate its ...

On the processing side, you a have a few options that can affect gloss with cavity water temperatures, pack/hold pressures, fill speeds, and material temperatures. In most cases these do not have a ...

The plastics processing market first heard rumblings of terms like Industry 4.0, the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT), Big Data and the Connected Factory about five to six years ago. For many in ...