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

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

Melt flow rate testing, like any method of evaluating material characteristics, is helpful when it is used for its intended purpose. Two areas where it is not useful are related to processing. One of ...

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

The Connector Conundrum: 3D Printed Mold Tooling’s Role in Innovation ReelView Fishing faced an electronics obstacle in the development of its new technology for underwater video. Additive ...

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 ...

Film extrusion is divided into two subcategories: cast film (flat film) and blown film. In cast film extrusion, hot plastic is extruded through a flat, slit die onto a polished chill roll where it is ...

Processing PET into bottles can take two steps. In the first step, PET is injection molded into a mini bottle complete with threads, called a preform. This preform is then reheated, stretched and ...

Plastics Technology covers technical and business Information for Plastics Processors in Injection Molding, Extrusion, Blow Molding, Plastic Additives, Compounding, Plastic Materials, and Resin ...

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 ...

Pipe, Profile & Tubing Extrusion Novel Profile Cooling Technology Promises Big Output Boost Aimed at complex profiles such as PVC lineals, retrofittable system adds turbulent cooling to calibrator to ...

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 ...