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PFAS-Free Processing Aid for Blown Film Extrusion
Lilli Manolis Sherman | Plastics Technology
Ampacet’s new processing aid said to perform as well as fluoro-based PPAs in blown film.
Kaiser Tool Expands Line of Toolholders for Swiss Screw Machines
Angela Osborne | Modern Machine Shop
These angled toolholders can position the insert at 30-, 45- or 60-degree angles for reliefs, undercuts and angled OD and face grooves.
Made in the USA - Season 2 Episode 1: A Return From China
Brent Donaldson | Modern Machine Shop
Entrepreneur Scott Colosimo found early success in China producing parts for his Cleveland-based motorcycle company in the mid-2000s. This is the story of how IP theft issues overwhelmed the business, prompting Colosimo and his team to start over from scratch — and move production back to the United States.
Paul Caprio Joins LS IMM USA
| Plastics Technology
Caprio, a longtime presence in North American injection molding machine sales, was named president of sales for the North American arm of the South Korean machine maker.
Orion Sharply Reduces Air Emissions with New technology
Lilli Manolis Sherman | Plastics Technology
This supplier of carbon black has utilized the new control technology at its Borger, Texas.
Ice 3D Printing of Sacrificial Structures as Small as Blood Vessels
Stephanie Hendrixson | Additive Manufacturing
Using water for sacrificial tooling, Carnegie Mellon researchers have created a microscale method for 3D printing intricate structures small enough to create vasculature in artificial tissue. The biomedical research potentially has implications for other microscale and microfluidics applications.
MMT Chats: Project Engineer Applies Lean Manufacturing Principles to Growing Sustainability Role
Christina Fuges | MoldMaking Technology
MoldMaking Technology Editorial Director Christina Fuges catches up with MMT’s 30-Under-30 Honoree Katherine Pistorius, who has added Regional Sustainability Coordinator alongside her Project Engineer duties, which demonstrates the many paths one can take in a manufacturing career. Here she shares how this opportunity unfolded for her and what the job entails today and in the future. This episode is brought to you by ISCAR with New Ideas for Machining Intelligently.
#regulations
Precios de materiales plásticos reciclados muestran estabilidad para 2023
Matt Stonecash | Plastics Technology México
Después de la caída del verano, la mayoría de los precios se estabilizaron en la segunda mitad de 2022, y se proyecta la misma tendencia hacia 2023 en Estados Unidos.
Vinyl Institute Announces Grant Program to Accelerate PVC Recycling
Matt Stonecash | Plastics Technology
Up to $3 million will be granted over three years to projects aimed at post-consumer recycling of PVC.
Troubleshooting Leaky Temperature-Control Units
| Plastics Technology
Learn the causes, symptoms and remedies for TCU leaks to keep these vital contributors to plastics processing up and running longer and more efficiently.
Braskem Signs Contract with Nexus Circular for Supply of Circular Feedstocks
Lilli Manolis Sherman | Plastics Technology
Nexus Circular’s new advanced recycling facility will supply Braskem with the sustainable feedstocks for 10 years.
Crece la importación de electroerosionadoras en México
Mauricio Pineda | Modern Machine Shop México
En el periodo enero-noviembre de 2022 el valor de las importaciones de electroerosionadoras aumentó 55.59 % con relación al mismo periodo de 2021.
Multi-Functional Coating Test Instruments Operate Like “Swiss Army Knives”
| Products Finishing
With greater flexibility than limited traditional equipment, modern analytical instruments can ensure reliable coating performance by measuring critical characteristics like friction, peel, wear, and scratch resistance.
Henry Ford Is Still Right When It Comes to Color
Gary S. Vasilash | Products Finishing
Who would have imagined that more than 100 years after his famous statement about any color as long as it’s black would still have relevance of a sort?
#economics
New Slide Design With Floating Insert Supports Mold Simplification
| MoldMaking Technology
CUMSA’s new slide concept is free to move horizontally and vertically, optimizing design, installation and maintenance simplicity for mold builders and molders.
PlasmaBound raises funding to accelerate bonding technology adaptation
Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld
Irish Startup earned €3.1 million in 2022 to brings its controlled polymer ablation (CPA) technology for composite materials to mass-market applications.
BYK expands additive production capacity with Shanghai facility
Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld
The Shanghai-integrated site, designed for an annual capacity of 4,750 tons, is the next step in BYK’s global productions strategy in the near and long term.
Key Initiatives for an Effective Content Strategy
| Gardner Web
Spending the time and resources to set goals and decide what you want to publish can help you better meet your customers’ needs and reach your business goals or KPIs.
The Native Lab launches composites course training membership plan
Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld
Courses that touch on the fundamentals of composite materials, design, analysis and more are available for individuals and companies alike through TNL’s online platform.
#workforcedevelopment
Transparent Bio-PET Packaging Used in Quail Egg Packaging
Lilli Manolis Sherman | Plastics Technology
good natured’s plant-based PET used by Spring Creek in its commitment to 100% recyclable packaging and shipping materials.
ITENE trabaja en el proyecto RecyPET para reciclaje avanzado empaques
Marcela Castro | Plastics Technology México
Con el proyecto RecyPET, el ITENE desarrollará procesos de despolimerización química y enzimática para residuos no reciclados o con limitaciones en el proceso.