Plastics Processing

Dymax Corporation’s new Model 475 valve dispensing systems utilize a pneumatic, normally closed diaphragm valve to accurately dispense low- to high-viscosity fluids.
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American Kuhne is pleased to announce an exciting new extruder technology. The Backdraft™ extruder is designed with a reverse air cooling system – ideal for blown film processing as well as benefitting other plastic processing applications.
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The HallStar Company announced today that it has acquired the TP-series product line of specialty plasticizers from The Dow Chemical Company.
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Teijin Chemicals, Ltd., the Teijin Group’s resin and plastic processing business arm, has announced that it has developed Panlite® AM-9937F, a material that combines unprecedented dimensional precision and an ultra-smooth surface for automotive applications.
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Milacron recently expanded its line of TP Series Parallel Twin Screw Extruders to include the TP75, a machine with a smaller, 75mm screw diameter.

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DME Molding Supplies, the maintenance, repair and operations products division of DME Company, has expanded its comprehensive line of MRO products to include two new Smartflow^® cooling products: Duoflow™ Manifolds and Delta-Q™ Flow Regulators.

The new Smartflow offerings reinforce DME’s commitment to providing the industry’s broadest product range and best value.
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Rhodia Engineering Plastics, a member of the Solvay group, now offers the automotive industry a new heat performance Technyl^® range specifically engineered for both injection and blow molded parts for turbo-charged engines.
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With approximately 70 gigawatts (GW) of cumulative global installations, PV systems represent the third most important renewable energy source – after hydroelectric and wind power – in terms of capacity.  As demand for solar power rises, SABIC is helping to drive the feasibility and integration of this increasingly preferred energy source by launching today the first polycarbonate (PC) bui
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On 19 June 2012 at its Innovation Moulding Technologies Update (IMTU), RocTool presented a world first by demonstrating that it is now possible 1) to obtain an ultra-thin hybrid thermoplastic composite/plastic part with no surface defects from a single mould and with a shorter cycle time, using “Hybrid” technology and 2) to mould thermoset parts with a shorter cycle time and eliminate the post-
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Foster Delivery Science, a business unit of Foster Corporation that specializes in contract development and manufacturing of implant and drug delivery polymers, now offers custom radiopaque PEEK compounds for use in long term orthopedic implants.
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