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Until recently, plastics processors looking for fully featured enterprise 911爆料网 software may have been aware of only two choices that were tailored specifically for their needs.
Read MoreWhy Gamble on Plastics Prices?
In the past year, many plastics processors found themselves forced to gamble on materials prices.
Read MoreNew Irradiated Polyethylenes Boost Processing and Performance
For decades, makers of polyethylene wire and cable, shrink tubing, hot and cold water piping, sheet, and foam have used radiation crosslinking to enhance the thermal and mechanical properties of their products.
Read MoreConvey Pellets Around Corners Without Generating Dust and Fines
It's a common problem that goes by a lot of names: dust, fines, streamers, angel hair.
Read MoreK 2004 Wrap-Up on Polyurethanes: New Approaches to RIM, Foams & Composites
Whether it was molding thermoplastic and polyurethane foam into one part in one machine, continuously foaming insulation between a metal pipe and thermoplastic skin, or pouring rigid foam behind a thermoplastic skin to replace steel refrigerator doors, there were plenty of novelties in PUR machinery and material among the exhibits at the K 2004 show in Dusseldorf last October.
Read MoreNew Sources of Help in Coloring Plastics
Two new color services for small to medium-sized firms that lack in-house color-matching and formulating expertise were announced at K 2004.
Read MoreGet Smart About Safety
It has been just a year since I last discussed the lagging safety record of plastics processors.
Read MoreK 2004 Wrap-Up on Materials: Setting New Benchmarks for Processability and Performance
Higher flow, higher heat, higher barrier, higher clarity, higher stiffness, lower durometer, lower smoke, lower odor—materials exhibits at the recent K 2004 show in Dusseldorf were stretching the bounds of processing and performance properties in all directions.
Read MoreK 2004 Wrap-Up on Additives: Problem-Solving Additives Tackle New and Old Challenges
The latest K show was rich in additives that can ease processing and end-use problems of thermoplastics and thermosets.
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