Matthew Naitove

Matthew Naitove Contributing Editor

A New Name & New Dimension in Mold- Temperature Control

Controlling both water temperature and flow rate promises dramatic savings in energy and cycle time.

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Blow Molding

Compression Blow Forming: Promising New Process

‘Game-changing’ technology is overcoming initial growing pains with a new generation of machines.

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Last Chance to Benchmark Your Hourly Rates

Get your data in now for the Dec. 2014 Hourly Rates Survey, or we'll have to cancel that 6-month update.

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Developing Tomorrow’s Containers: Inside Amcor’s R&D Center

How award-winning package design, full-service laboratory facilities, and game-changing process development support a world-class injection and blow molder.

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New ‘Dry’ Process Puts Circuitry on Plastics

Laser ablation and plasma etching team up to apply thicker conductive layers without a ‘wet’ plating process.

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Blow Molding

At NPE: New Blow Molders from Italy

Tiebarless suction blow molding and an all-electric shuttle machine.

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Hot Runners

At NPE: Precise Valve-Gate Programming

Electric drive programs valve-pin movements.

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Molds & Tooling

At NPE: 3D Printed Molds

UV photopolymer produces short-run cavity inserts.

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AT NPE: Faster, More Compact Electric Press

Also a vertical electric machine and two hydraulic models.

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Automation

At NPE: New ‘Ultra-Fast’ Robots

High speed at an affordable price.

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Process Cooling