Know-How
Should You Profile Injection Velocity?
If you can get by with one velocity, use only one, because fill time is easier to reproduce, and it is easier to set up the process.
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When It Comes to Nylon, Don’t Do the Math
Chemistry is seldom as simple as it looks. Polymer chemistry takes the complexity up a notch. Nylon chemistry is about much more than doing the math.
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Monday Morning Start-Up Of Accumulator Head Machines
A good way to achieve plantwide consistency on restarts is to establish a blow molding checklist based on the items discussed here, as different operators may be performing these steps at various times.
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What’s the Deal With High-Speed Extruders?
If we are talking about extruder screw speed, how about 1800 rpm? That鈥檚 how fast some extruders are running today.
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Understanding Polymer Flow: Interpreting the Viscosity Curve
Take the time to do the viscosity curve on new molds. You will learn more in that hour than many learn in years about the process for this tool.
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Biopolymers: Time to Take A Deep Breath
Are we looking at all of the implications associated with developing this new 'crop' of polymers?
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The Value of 20 Bits of Data
With these 20 bits of data, toolrooms can drastically lower the cost of keeping molds running and improve mold reliability and tooling life while reducing breakdowns and molding better parts.
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Water, Oil, Air, or None?
There is no one 'best' barrel cooling medium, but there seems to be a shift in the industry toward air cooling.
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