Matthew Naitove

Matthew Naitove Contributing Editor

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Automation

Automation Cuts Production Time For LED Lighting Units by 89%

Robot-assisted overmolding helps Swiss company compete with low-wage countries.

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Modular Drying Hopper Is Expandable And Convertible to a Crystallizer

Unlike typical welded construction, bolt-on sections provide flexibility and easier transport and installation.

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Automation

Now That’s “Collaborative”!

Pick-and-place product handling 鈥 simple assembly tasks 鈥 sure, or why not serving a cold beer?

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All Work & No Play at the K

I had sore feet at the end of every day鈥攁ll eight of them鈥攁t the K 2016 show. But there were chances to relax at numerous hospitality events.

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Wittmann Opens Simulated Clean-Room Demo Facility

White walls, sticky floor tape, and even a startlingly realistic manikin gowned in a 鈥渂unny suit鈥濃攁ll intended to simulate the look and feel of a clean room in one alcove of the U.S. headquarters plant of Wittmann Battenfeld, Inc. in Torrington, Conn.

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What Blow Molders Say About All-Electric Machines

They are well established in Europe, but molders in North America are just beginning to come around to all-electrics’ improved performance, maintenance, cleanliness, and—yes— energy efficiency. Here’s first-hand testimony, from the U.S. and abroad.

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Postprocessing

New Cure for the Headaches of In-Mold Labeling/Decorating

New IML/IMD method combines the best aspects of precut label stacks and labels on a roll with none of their drawbacks.

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‘Predictive Maintenance’ Is Key to Optimum Machine Utilization

I wrote here recently that this month’s K 2016 show in Dusseldorf (where I and the whole staff of Plastics Technology are headed next week) is evidence that the wave of “Industry 4.0” activity is building toward a crest.

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U.S. Molders Warming Up to All-Electric Blow Molding

When I set out to research a feature on 鈥淲hat Molders Think About All-Electric Blow Molding Machines,鈥 I thought it would be no big deal to get interviews with a handful of shops.

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Mold Maintenance

Two-Stage Injection Meets Molder’s Need for High Precision

Fixed screw and plunger with no check ring hold tolerances of millionths of an inch.

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