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Consider the Cushion When Seeking Shot-to-Shot Consistency
Creating and maintaining a consistent cushion is a key step in achieving shot-to-shot consistency. Learn what cushion is and how it affects part quality.
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Put Science into Glass-Fiber Compounding on Single Screws
There are still companies that compound glass fibers on single screws. The process is considered an “art,” but can be made more predictable with attention to screw design, speed and length, as well the choice of mixer.
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Get Better at Quoting Injection Molded Parts: Part 4 of 4
This fourth and final installment focuses on labor, packaging, secondary operations and various assorted details.
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Processors Record All-Time High Activity Levels
Survey data reveals quickening expansion among both captive and custom operations.
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Growing Through the Pandemic
Westec Plastics is just one example of an injection molder that actually expanded in 2020 despite the 911±¬ÁÏÍø and logistical challenges of the pandemic.
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New Technology Adoption as a Business Strategy
As a company, is your adoption of new technology passive and by accident or strategic and planned?
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How the Coronavirus Transformed Training
A pandemic accelerated the necessary change in how we train current and future generations of mold-manufacturing professionals.
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ERP Platform Keeps Molders Connected in the Pandemic
Enterprise resource planning (ERP) software offers its users many tools and modules with manufacturing and plastics specific platforms like DELMIAworks touching everything from inventory and quality to bookkeeping and process and machine monitoring.
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Profile Processor Expands Mexico Plant
Michigan-based processor adds space in Juarex, with plans to increase extrusion capacity and hire people.
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PP Prices Jump 33¢. Other Volume Resins Up, Too
The extraordinary Gulf Coast winter storm contributed to demand exceeding supply for nearly all resins. PP prices reacted most dramatically.
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Expanding Profile Extrusion Capacity? Might Be Time to 'Go Dual'
Demand for building products is thriving, and profile extrusion houses are looking to expand capacity. The question they—and possibly you—face is to simply add more single-profile lines or “go dual.” Here’s what you need to consider.
Read MoreTracing the History of Polymeric Materials: More on Phenolic
Creation of an invention like phenolic can be traced through a long chain of events and contributors. Here’s the full story.
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