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Construction

Costa Rican Startup Makes Cement Blocks with Recycled Ocean-Bound Plastic

This new aggregate—consisting of 80% waste plastic and 20% organic additive—is designed to mix with cement.

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Additives

Graphene Nanotubes Augment the PVC Plastisol Industry

The plastisol market is among the various industries benefiting from new opportunities being created with graphene nanotubes. 

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Packaging

Italian Partnership to Pursue Technology for Production of Biopolymers from CO2

Multi-utility provider Hera teams up with biopolymer producer Bio-on to support new company’s challenge to revolutionize the production of PHAs.

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best practices

The Top 10 Most-Viewed Plastics Technology Articles of 2018

Sinks, flash, gels, weld lines—many of the most-viewed articles at PTOnline.com in 2018 offered processors advice on how to deal with some of plastics most nettlesome problems.

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Medical

Novatec Appoints Bob Bessemer VP Extrusion Technology

Downstream extrusion expert will direct firm’s efforts to enter medical tubing market. 

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best practices

Plastics Technology’s Most-Viewed Columns of 2018

Here are the expert columns that visitors to PT’s site viewed the most in 2018, covering mold and melt temperatures; shot sizes; barrel capacity; material properties and more.

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Plastics Technology’s Top 10 Most-Viewed Blogs of 2018

Nylon 66 supply issues, 3D printing, injection fill time tips, NPE2018 news and more—here are the 10 most-viewed blogs at PTOnline.com in 2018.

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Medical

Full Plate of New Technologies on the Table at EVCO Plastics

A new low-pressure molding process, 3D printing of production parts and prototype tooling, collaborative robots, and process monitoring with automatic QC are all on the menu.

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sustainability

Why Blow Molders Are Switching to EPET

High clarity, easy incorporation of handles, and recycling resin code No. 1 are the principal drivers for converting to EPET resins for extrusion blow molding.

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Downstream System ‘Rewrites the Rules’ for Medical Tubing Extrusion

Extrusion downstream expert Bob Bessemer joins Novatec to enter medical tubing market with innovative line of tanks and puller/cutters.

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best practices

Process Capability and the ‘Hesitation Effect’

Understanding the concepts of pack and hold and applying them during process development is critical for molders to achieve consistent part quality.

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Part 1: Heat Deflection Temperature vs. Dynamic Mechanical Analysis

Does the industry need a better way of reporting the temperature-dependent behavior of plastics? With DMA, it already has one. But it’s been glacially slow to catch on.

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