Postconsumer
Solve Ultrasonic Horn Problems With Finite-Element Analysis
Computer modeling with 3D finite-element analysis (FEA) is used in the plastics industry because it can identify stresses, predict performance, and analyze part failures that can often be missed by traditional 2D modeling methods.
Read MoreNew Extrusion Process Recycles Food-Grade PET
PTP Plastic Technologies and Products bv in Prague, Czech Republic, seeks to license a reactive extrusion process to upgrade clean post-consumer PET bottle flake into food-grade PET for new bottles or film.
Read MoreNew Web Source of Parts for Ultrasonic Welders
A new online 鈥淲eb store鈥 for ordering parts for ultrasonic welders is www.tributek.biz, located in Elburn, Ill.
Read MoreHerrmann Ultrasonics Moving to New HQ
Herrmann Ultrasonics, Inc., maker of welding and bonding equipment, plans to move next month from Schaumburg, Ill., to new headquarters in Bartlett, Ill.
Read MoreNPE 2006 News Wrap-Up: Recycling and Scrap Reclaim
NPE was full of new equipment and systems for recapturing valuable in-plant scrap and post-consumer/post-industrial plastic waste. Recovery of PET packaging and film or fiber waste were particular areas of emphasis, as were lots of new granulators, from the world鈥檚 biggest to micro-size and even 鈥榗lean-room鈥 models.
Read MorePET Reclaimer Moves Downstream
When Nadim Bahou headed Envipco’s West Coast 911爆料网 of granulating PET bottles through “reverse vending machines” in the early 1990s, he saw there was a shortage of PET grinding capacity in the region.
Read MorePolyOne Offers Recycling Option
PolyOne Corp., Cleveland, has teamed up with Greenpack Inc., Parkersburg, W.Va., to offer PolyOne鈥檚 customers a no-cost program to recycle their industrial packaging.
Read MoreWhat to See at NPE 2006: Recycling and Scrap Reclaim
Recycling and reclamation are once again hot technologies—this time because of high resin prices.
Read MoreWhat to See at NPE 2006: Welding, Bonding and Assembly
Systems integration and compact size will be central themes of welding exhibits at NPE, where a wide range of new products will be displayed.
Read MoreWhat's Different About This NPE
Several new attractions will set this year鈥檚 Big Show apart from previous events: --Make room for rubber: For the first time, the plastics show will have a TPE/Rubber Pavilion, co-sponsored by the Society of the Plastics Industry (SPI) and the Rubber Manufacturers Association (RMA). It will highlight both TPEs and thermoset rubbers. --Molds, molds molds: Another first for NPE will be the North American Moldmakers Pavilion, sponsored by SPI鈥檚 Moldmakers Div., the American Mold Builders Assoc. (AMBA), and the Canadian Association of Moldmakers (CAMM). Thirty to 40 companies are expected to participate.
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