NPE
VIDEO: NPE2018’s Materials & Additives Trends in Focus
Plastics Technology Senior Editor Lilli Manolis Sherman discusses advances and trends on display in resins and additives at NPE2018 with Executive Editor Jim Callari.
WatchNegri Bossi Puts a New Spin on Microcellular Foam Molding
Negri Bossi’s FMC technology injects nitrogen gas through the center of the screw to foam LSR or thermoplastics—or both at the same time.
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Blow Molding: New Testing & Handling Units at NPE
New blow molding auxiliaries for handling PET bottles, leak testing, and bottle inspection.
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Injection Molding: Customizeable Process-Monitoring System
Kistler’s new ComoNeo injection molding monitoring and control system offers users a choice of several optional functions.
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Injection Molding: New Models of Economical Robots
Wittmann Battenfeld expands its Primus robot line with smaller and larger models.
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W. Amsler Moving Its Operations
PET stretch-blow molding equipment maker W. Amsler Equipment is moving to a larger facility.
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VIDEO: NPE2018 Impressions from the Show Floor
Plastics Technology’s editors discuss the latest trends in plastics processing at NPE2018 from the show floor.
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News Highlights from NPE2018
Developments in Industry 4.0, multi-layer preform molding, automation, LSR processing, and PP were among the major newsbreakers at May’s show. And one film processor finalized purchases of 13 new lines.
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‘Artistic’ Robot At NPE
Star Automation programmed a servo robot to paint Japanese calligraphy at NPE2018 after carefully loading the brush with ink and rinsing the brush between demonstrations.
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Keeping the Robots Busy
Two molding machines, two linear robots, and a seven-axis collaborative robot produced a shaker cup at NPE2018.
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