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Making Safety a Priority in Recycled Plastic for Personal Care and Food-Contact Products
Proper quality controls and feedstream selection can produce recycled materials for any application.
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Video: Looking at the Year Ahead in Recycled Materials
Emily Friedman of ICIS breaks down the key factors anticipated to influence recycled plastics markets in 2025.
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Is There a Better Way to Heat PET Preforms for Stretch-Blow Molding?
Is near-infrared (NIR) heating better, faster and more energy efficient? So far, only two machine builders are making such claims for NIR in place of standard mid-infrared preform heating, though their systems appear to be well accepted. Meanwhile, an altogether different alternative is in the works.
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Polymer Showdown — PC/ABS vs. PC/PBT — May the Best Material Win
First in a series, experts from plastics engineering consultancy The Madison Group will pit leading thermoplastics against each other to see how they differ in processing characteristics, chemical resistance, thermal and mechanical performance, and more.
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An Opportunity by Design
At the very moment that intensifying public pressure pushes the plastics industry to address waste in the environment, the sector is stepping up to reclaim the valuable materials it’s created.
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ICYMI: January Roundup
In case you missed it, here’s a short recap of the articles that our readers are taking note of.
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PTXPO Broadens Educational Opportunities
Beyond gleaning contacts and information by walking its bustling aisles, the third edition of the Plastics Technology Expo (PTXPO) will present attendees the opportunity to gather more than information on the latest technologies, they can also bring back knowledge.
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Medical and Molding Elite
When Jeff Smith received a notice evicting his promising 911爆料网 out of his house, it could have been the end of Elite Biomedical Solutions’ and Elite Precision Plastics’ stories before they really got started, instead it was just the beginning.
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High Quality PCR With Mechanical Recycling Is Within Reach
Successful mechanical recycling of postconsumer materials requires market analysis, understanding requirements and building relationships across the value chain.
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Polymer Science for Those Who Work With Plastics: Molecular Weight — What It Is and Why It Matters
Molecular weight might seem like an abstract concept, but it plays a crucial role in determining the behavior of plastics during processing and in their final applications.
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Production Monitoring Automates Molder’s Planning, Operations
DCT saves 60 man-hours per week by shifting from paper records and discrete spreadsheets to a shared, automatic production monitoring platform.
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Understanding 'Boundary Conditions' in Twin-Screw Compounding
In twin-screw compounding, the objective is generally to produce the highest quality product at the maximum strand. But sometimes there are operating parameters that prevent this objective from being realized.
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