SCF Delivery System supports large molding applications.

SCF Delivery System supports large molding applications.

Designed for foaming of large injection molding applications >2,500–12,500 g, MuCellÂ-® T-400 Series Super Critical Fluid Dosing and Delivery System is capable of delivering 50 g of nitrogen in 45 second cycle and is intended for molding machines with screw sizes greater than 90 mm. System produces gas on demand only, minimizing energy consumption and maximizing booster pump life. Equipped...

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Injection Molding Still a Steadfast Manufacturing Process

Injection Molding Still a Steadfast Manufacturing Process

The custom injection molding process is now more than 150 years old. It remains one of the most dependable manufacturing processes still in use today. The plastics we know of today owe their origins to the late 19th century European and American chemists who experimented with many kinds of rubber and residue from various chemical mixtures. From the early 20th century scores of new plastic...

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Premiere: Reduced Opening Stroke for IML Applications Thanks to Patented Solution from Beck Automation at the NPE 2015

Premiere: Reduced Opening Stroke for IML Applications Thanks to Patented Solution from Beck Automation at the NPE 2015

Typical USA: High productivity thanks to 4-cavity mold IML technology in a nutshell Oberengstringen (CH)Â- – IML has arrived in North America. IML, introduced in Europe more than 25 years ago, is currently gaining in significance in North America. Reason enough for Beck Automation to take up this trend. Beck Automation will be presenting the highly dynamic IML system B4 on the stand of the...

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Color Consistency for Injection Molded Parts Poses a Challenge

Color Consistency for Injection Molded Parts Poses a Challenge

This becomes apparent when it comes to mating parts in any assembly where colors need to match 100 percent.Â-  Pre-colored plastic is used in the injection molding process so the molded part emerges in the specified color and finish.Â-  There is no need for painting, plating or other finishing steps. The color becomes an integral part of the component, and the color is not just on the...

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Improved Injection Molded Solutions for Embedded Electronics

Improved Injection Molded Solutions for Embedded Electronics

With the turn of the Century over molding embedded electronics has evolved from a niche into a market of its own within the expanding cable assembly industry. With printed circuit board assemblies becoming compact and cost effective when it comes to input/output (I/O) connections. Continued advancement in PCBA technology combined with an over molded package design, provide significant advantages...

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Teknor Apex and Arkema Team up to Make Housewrap Film Compounds with Renewable Content and Wide Choice of Film Permeabilities

Teknor Apex and Arkema Team up to Make Housewrap Film Compounds with Renewable Content and Wide Choice of Film Permeabilities

Teknor Apex Produces Multiple Compounds of Its TerraloyÂ-® Bioplastic with Arkema’s PebaxÂ-® Elastomer, Making Possible a Range of Breathable Films for Housewrap PAWTUCKET, RI, U.S.A.,Â- – Teknor Apex Company and Arkema Inc. have entered into a strategic alliance that will broaden the range of breathable films by combining Arkema’s PebaxÂ-® thermoplastic elastomer (TPE) with...

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Pigmented Plastic fuses color into injection molded products.

Used for decorating PE and PP plastic products, Polyfuze is composed of pigmented plastic that withstands all wear testing and is 100% permanent. Multi-colored technologyÂ- can be applied using traditional hot stamp machinery and fuses or welds into PE/PP plastic product as permanent part of product itself. Able to be recycled with PE/PP plastic products, polymer-based graphics solution can...

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Versatile TPES for Personal Electronic Devices Provide Wide Range of Properties for Comfort, Durability, and On-The-Go Style

Versatile TPES for Personal Electronic Devices Provide Wide Range of Properties for Comfort, Durability, and On-The-Go Style

Teknor Apex Offers a Series of MonpreneÂ-® TPEs for Colorful and Touch-Friendly Earbuds, Cords, Grips, Cases, Wristbands, and Other Consumer Electronic Components PAWTUCKET, RI, U.S.A.Â- – A versatile series of TPEs developed by Teknor Apex Company for consumer electronics provides the enhanced functionality, pleasing tactile properties, vivid color, and durability that are particularly...

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ELEKTRON Builds on Milacron's Broad Array of All-Electric Injection Molding Machines

ELEKTRON Builds on Milacron's Broad Array of All-Electric Injection Molding Machines

Batavia, Ohio – For those plastics processors seeking a mid-size all-electric injection molding machine, look no further – Milacron announces the arrival of the new ELEKTRON, the latest addition to the company's broad all-electric offer. The ELEKTRON will make its debut on display and in operation at Milacron’s 2013 Open House, April 24-25 in Batavia. The ELEKTRON is a versatile mid-size...

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KASO Plastics, Inc. Acquires Vanguard Fenestration Business from VPL Enterprises, Ltd.

KASO Plastics (www.kaso.com), Inc., a long-time Vancouver, Washington plastic injection molder, announces the acquisition of the Vanguard line of molded window products from VPL Enterprises Ltd. ofÂ-  Langley, British Columbia, Canada.Â-  The proprietary product line developed by VPL is one that no longer fits their business plan and was acquired by KASO through the acquisition of...

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