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I wrote about the importance of extruder barrel alignment and how it should be done several years ago, but aligning the extruder barrel is not the whole solution. The downstream equipment must also be ...

Sink marks in injection molded plastic parts develop when material in the region of thick features such as ribs or bosses shrinks more than the material in the adjacent wall. The presence of such a ...

Polyethylene (PE) has been commercially available for 80 years. With all that time to gain experience, you might expect that we would have learned everything there is to know about this material ...

Shown here is the structure of the repeating unit that makes up the PE chain. These building blocks have a molecular weight of 28 g/mole. The properties of molecular weight and density provide for a ...

A common assumption about hot runners is that reducing the bearing contact surface between the nozzle tip and the cavity steel is desired to minimize heat transfer. In my experience, the opposite is ...

LOCATION: The closer the blender is to the processing machine, the more homogenous the mixture of materials. STATIC: With proper grounding of vacuum receivers and blenders, and using a good-quality ...

Michael Sansoucy has spent more than 30 years in the injection molding industry, holding positions in engineering, tooling, operations and sales. He holds a bachelor degree in mechanical engineering ...

A new line of matte masterbatches for PET from Ampacet Corp., Tarrytown, N.Y., reportedly deliver the cost-effective impact brand owners demand, producing a luxurious matte finish in one step without ...

In a release, Jason Long, VP of sales for Wittmann, related that many customers ask his company to quote dual vertical-arm robots for stack mold applications, but in most cases, Wittmann’s high-speed, ...

NOEX's WARP 125 radar system offers precise pipe measurement—wall thickness, diameter & ovality—with easy integration and rapid ROI for extrusion lines.