Medical

Molds & Tooling

Novel Molds & Machinery for Medical Molding

The combined MD&M East and Plastec East shows in N.Y.C. in June presented intriguing developments for medical injection molders.

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Medical

Internal Air Pressure vs. Vacuum Sizing for Ovality Issues?

To achieve more consistent ovality in an application like medical tubing extrusion, consider vacuum sizing. 

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Medical

Wood on Plastics: Medical Outlook: All or Nothing?

Medical market filled with opportunities...and risks.

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Testing

Automation & Waste Reduction: A Medical Molder's Efficiency

Vision Technical Molding in Manchester, Conn., doesn’t believe in standing still.

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Packaging

Processing Biopolymers for Rigid Sheet & Thermoforming

Newly available cast sheet and thermoforming grades of Mirel biobased polymers open up a new range of applications in containers and other formed parts where renewable content and biodegradability are desired.

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plant tour

On Site: Tailoring Medical Solutions… Sometimes in 50-lb Lots

Smaller volumes teams with higher quality and value as keys to the success of this growing medical compounder.

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Micro Molder & Mold Maker Succeeds by Specializing

 How small is small? How small is micro? How about parts weighing as little as 0.00012 g and measuring no more than 0.038 in. (1 mm) long?

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Medical

What to Look for in a Modular, Reconfigurable Conveyor System

As conveyors have become a necessity on the plant floor, conveyor manufacturers have attempted to respond to end-users’ needs for flexibility by creating truly modular, reconfigurable systems.

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Four Keys to Consistent Tubing

Because of their use in critical applications, processors of medical tubing have little or no room for error.

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On Site: Growth Through Innovation in Medical Tubing

By focusing on high-tech, quick-turnaround, turnkey solutions, Putnam Plastics has grown into a leader in the field of medical extrusion.

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Plastics Size Reduction