Injection Molding

Optimizing the Effective Life of Screws and Barrels

By adopting a few relatively simple practices, plastics processors can extend the life of the vital components of their plasticating unit. Here’s how to get started.  

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Tooling: The Lowdown on Guided Ejection Systems

  When, where, how and why to use them.  

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Processing Market Expands for Third Straight Month

New orders, production and employment sustain continuous industry expansion. With a reading of 52.9 in September, the index climbed each month in the third quarter.

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Protolabs Addresses How to Survive a Pandemic with Digital Manufacturing

Protolabs survey results examine product development and the supply chain.

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Mack Marks 100th Anniversary With Bonuses for Employees

Mack Group distributed $15 million in bonuses to employees to mark its 100th anniversary, allotting payouts based on years of employment and ranging from $5000 to $15,000.

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Engel Announces Virtual Structural Foam Molding Conference

Free, three-day foammelt conference shifts to a virtual format, providing info on all aspects of structural foam molding.

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MGS Breaks Ground on New Expansion

The 121,000-ft2 addition to its Germantown, Wisc. headquarters is estimated to be completed by September 2021.

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Despite COVID-19, ERP Software Keeps Molder Working—Even from Home

ERP platform’s remote access, real-time operations overview, and transparency into production output and customer demand help custom molder weather coronavirus.

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Cincinnati Process Technologies (CPT) Partners With Predictive Maintenance Sensor and Application Supplier

CPT has joined with IoT Diagnostics to bring a slate of Industry 4.0 technologies to the plastics market.

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Injection Molding: Self-Adjusting, Self-Learning Machine Vision System

Inspekto’s Autonomous Machine Vision (AMV) S70 independently determines the number of samples needed to learn a part’s features and automatically adjusts camera settings for the best possible image.

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