Read about injection molders who have shifted everything from quality control and scheduling to production and process ...

Apparent stabilization was driven by supply-and-demand dynamics, but the uncertainty of tariffs and the hurricane season are ...

Founded in 1877 in Mt. Gilead, Ohio, HPM — the Hydraulic Press Manufacturing Company — has a long history in machinery. In recent years, Yizumi says it has evolved the company’s product portfolio and ...

It was not Murphy’s Law or art that explained my problems with Machine A, it was physics (science). This was my “aha!” moment that highlighted the difference between machine variables and plastic ...

Film extrusion is divided into two subcategories: cast film (flat film) and blown film. In cast film extrusion, hot plastic is extruded through a flat, slit die onto a polished chill roll where it is ...

Pipe, Profile & Tubing Extrusion Novel Profile Cooling Technology Promises Big Output Boost Aimed at complex profiles such as PVC lineals, retrofittable system adds turbulent cooling to calibrator to ...

Polyethylene has been around as a commercial material for a little over 70 years. It was one of the early developments in synthetic thermoplastics. Given its long history, it could be assumed that we ...

The Connector Conundrum: 3D Printed Mold Tooling’s Role in Innovation ReelView Fishing faced an electronics obstacle in the development of its new technology for underwater video. Additive ...

Processing PET into bottles can take two steps. In the first step, PET is injection molded into a mini bottle complete with threads, called a preform. This preform is then reheated, stretched and ...

Going into the first month of second quarter, prices of at least three if not four of the five commodity resins had a likelihood of rolling over, despite price increase nominations for all. PP was an ...

Patented technology aimed specifically at processors of complex profiles such as PVC window lineals promises to boost output rates by 25-50% by increasing cooling in the calibrators. Its inventor, ...

Essentium announced the third in a series of findings from independent global research on the current and future use of industrial 3D printing. The survey found an increasing need for more education, ...