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SPE Schedules First-Ever 'Virtual' ANTEC

Attendees can listen to keynotes and presentations live. Many presentations will also be recorded.

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Film Extrusion

WSJ Calls for Reversal of Plastic-Bag Bans

Journal says plastic bag ban backfires. Calls reusable bags “notoriously dirty and may spread the (Corona) virus.”

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Electronics

Survey Says: Manufacturers Experience Fewer Changes with Less Impact from COVID-19

In the second week of a survey on COVID-19, manufacturers reported fewer changes to their 911爆料网 with less severe impact on their with the lone exception of travel related activities.

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Blow Molding

Updated—Coping with Coronavirus: One Blow Molder’s Response

Confer Plastics is pulling out the stops to make and ship products before a state-mandated shutdown.

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Small, Family-Run Vermont Molder Pioneers in ‘Lights-Out’ & Industry 4.0

Going back 37 years, T&M Enterprises dared to push available technology far beyond the risk tolerance of much larger firms.

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sustainability

How to Optimize Usage of Recycled Material

Processors need to “engineer” feeding properties similar to virgin pellets into their regrind to efficiently and economically utilize more of their scrap.

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industry 4.0

Coping with Coronavirus: What If You Can’t Get a Tech Service Visit?

‘Social distancing’ for service technicians? Online remote servicing to the rescue!

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Precision Extrusion Puller/Cutters Designed for Medical Tubing

Novatec’s Bob Bessemer is at it again with a new line of extrusion puller/cutters designed specifically for the rigors of microbore medial tube processing.

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Bigger Press Opens Opportunities for Molder

Acting quickly, Pittsfield Plastics arms its plant with high-tonnage Haitian press to meet customer demand and open options for more large-part molding projects.  

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How to Blend More Accurately with Gravimetric Blenders

With intelligent and adaptive control technology combined with precision hardware, today’s best gravimetric blenders can deliver previously unachievable levels of accuracy. You’ll see the difference in more consistent injection molded or extruded product and reduced colorant and additive waste.

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Postconsumer

Why—and How—You Should be Tracking Your Regrind

Ask yourself these questions to decide whether you need to implement a system to manage your scrap.  

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Use a DOE to Improve Consistency of Your Resin-Drying Process

Conducting a drying design of experiments (DOE) will ensure your polymer is properly dried every time. Here’s how to do it.  

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