Plastics Processing

Additives Annual 2011

Posted: January 4, 2012
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Process- and product-enhancing additives are helping the industry bounce back from recession.

By Michael Tolinski

Noticeable in 2011 was the development of a number of productivity-enhancing and market-expanding additives for molders and converters recovering from the Great Recession. Suppliers have been releasing new processing aids that increase the quantity of parts or product produced per shift, with the potential for lowering total costs per part. Meanwhile, other new additives have been developed that toughen or color plastics in unique, application-specific ways. As described in the examples below, such continuing activity indicates that the technological nexus of compounders, processors, and additives suppliers remains strong in the industry.

 
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ExxonMobil Chemical to Demonstrate Technology Leadership for Innovative Applications at Chinaplas 2013

Posted: May 14, 2013
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ExxonMobil Chemical will demonstrate how its technology leadership can be used for innovative application solutions at its booth (10.2A41) and at OEM booths at Chinaplas 2013, The China Import and Export Fair Complex, Pazhou, Guangzhou, May 20-23.  ExxonMobil Chemical will showcase innovative solutions for flexible and rigid packaging, automotive and polymer compounding by combining its ca
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Competence Days at WITTMANN BATTENFELD – into the future with “Power”

Posted: May 6, 2013
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At the Competence Days, WITTMANN BATTENFELD did justice to its motto “Power for the Future”. This is what some 1,100 visitors, who found their way to Kottingbrunn, Lower Austria on April 24 and 25, were able to witness and experience first hand.
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Milacron Now Offering Enhanced Roboshot All-Electric Injection Molding Machine

Posted: April 23, 2013
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Milacron Plastics Technologies, a worldwide supplier of plastics-processing technologies, continues to offer the enhanced and top-selling Roboshot all-electric injection molding machine. New improvements to the machine offer customers unprecedented flexibility in their molding process.
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Plastic Injection Molding: Improved Part Quality and Considerable Cost Savings Result With Mixing Nozzles

Posted: April 22, 2013
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It is well known that static mixers – so called mixing nozzles help to avoid color streaks in injection molding. Less known is the fact that mixing nozzles can be used to solve many other quality problems, improve the process stability and reduce production costs. This article provides an overview about the opportunities and what is important:

Figure 1. Static mixer elements, filter, and nozzle assembly
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Enhanced System for Reclaiming Purgings Produces Bettter-Quality Regrind

Posted: April 19, 2013
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Maguire Products, Inc. has streamlined the operation of its unique system for transforming purgings into regrind, making possible an increase in throughput of 20% and production of finer and more uniform granulate with less dusting, the company announced.
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Henkel's Frekote® Mold Release Solutions Guide Eases Product Selection

Posted: April 16, 2013
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Henkel Corporation has introduced the new Frekote® Mold Release Solutions Guide, a comprehensive 20-page brochure showcasing the company's complete line of more than 60-mold release agents for all types of composite and rubber-molding operations. The literature facilitates product selection by organizing selector guides by substrate type and end use. 
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Gloucester Engineering to Feature Extrusion and Converting Machinery Solutions at Chinaplas 2013

Posted: April 12, 2013
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Gloucester Engineering Co. Inc. (“GEC”), a portfolio company of Blue Wolf Capital Fund II, L.P., will feature its lines of advanced engineered equipment for the plastic extrusion industry at its exhibit at Chinaplas 2013, which is being held May 20-23 at the China Import and Export Fair Complex in Guangzhou. 
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FIP/CIP Gasket Helps Eliminate Failures Caused by Adhesion Loss

Posted: April 11, 2013
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Dymax has introduced Ultra Light-Weld® GA-145, a UV/Visible light-curable Form-In-Place and Cure-In-Place gasket for fuel cell sealing applications.  This chemical- and moisture-resistant gasket is formulated to be tack free, yet soft and flexible, with low outgassing after cure.
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DME Company Invests Millions on Leading Edge Machining Technology

Posted: April 9, 2013
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DME Company, a provider of mold technologies to the plastics processing industry, is investing millions of dollars to maximize precision and quality for its products, with the recent purchase of three new machining systems and plans to buy six more new machines later this year.

The new machines include:
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