Testing
Portable 3D Laser Scanner Slashes Molder’s Inspection Time
EVCO reduced first-article inspection time from one week to as little as 4-6 hours.
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Add Automation to Your Lab
Robots are commonplace on the production floor, cutting costs and improving efficiencies for molders and other processors. Now, those same benefits can also be achieved in the lab.
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New ASTM Thickness Standard to Give Film-Quality a Boost
Non-contact standard can reportedly be carried out more quickly and precisely.
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Two Molders Investing in Medical Market
Currier Plastics and NPI/Medical invest in clean rooms; molding and blow molding machines; testing equipment and more.
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Prototyping Specialist Upgrades Services For Short-Run Production Molding
Proto Labs, a “digital manufacturing company” known for its rapid injection molding prototyping services, has expanded its injection molding capabilities to address the market for short-run “on-demand” manufacturing.
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Polymer Resources: Compounding's 'Small Big Guy'
This compounder combines a service-first, small-company mindset with the technical might of larger companies to carve a niche in engineering plastics.
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Polyolefin Discoloration: New Additive Solutions Solve Common Problems
There’s a growing demand for PE films with lower initial color and improved color stability, as well as better retention of physical properties. New stabilizer systems address these and similar concerns for molded PE and PP parts.
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The Need for Generalists: Part 4
Solving problems generally requires distinguishing good samples from bad ones. But that can become clumsy when one person runs the test while another analyzes the data.
Read MoreNDC Moving HQ to Ohio
California location to become the web process solutions tech center.
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Beaumont Tech Buys Material Characterization Business from Autodesk Moldflow
A trainer in mold analysis and supplier of simulation services acquires testing facilities used to obtain materials data needed for accurate simulation.
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