Injection Molding
Tech-Plas to purchase eight Toshiba machines
Tech-Plas will begin using the all-electric ECSX machines later this year to custom mold small parts for the electronics, medical, pharmaceutical and furniture industries.
Read MoreMission Point Energy talks the benefit of cogeneration systems for processors
For a customer in northern Mexico, Mission Point will install six modular systems that will generate 720 kW of electricity to produce 1,200 tons of chilled water capacity for use in its injection molding and assembly processes.
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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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Study Finds Jam Bars Redundant: U.S. and European IM Suppliers Move Closer Towards Harmonization
Ruled redundant, could jam bars be going the way of plungers on new injection molding machines sold into the U.S.?
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First Contraction Since December 2013
A temporary pause after 15 straight months of expansion?
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When Robots Make Sense For Part Packaging
Here are nine issues to take into account before automating your end-of-the-line part-packaging process.
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TOOLING: Clearing Up the Mysteries Of Mold Texture
It’s a subject not widely understood by molders and it affects more than just part appearance.
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Are You a ‘World-Class’ Processor?
Participate in Plastics Technology鈥檚 industry-wide benchmarking survey and you might find out.
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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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AT NPE: Faster, More Compact Electric Press
Also a vertical electric machine and two hydraulic models.
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