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Advanced chemistry developed by Teknor Apex Company has yielded a new series of thermoplastic elastomers (TPEs) for over-molding that exhibit excellent adhesion to engineering plastic substrates while meeting the stringent requirements for…

Modern Plastics India – Interview Questions (Feb/March 2020) Answered by Dinesh Budapanahalli, Vice President -Service & Sales Hot Runners Yves Rebert, Rigid Packaging General Manager Central & West Asia …

For demoulding moulded parts with a complex geometry, mouldmakers prefer to use split moulds. These allow undercuts on plastic parts to be demoulded. The splits act like slides and are matched to the full size of the mould. The…

i-mold has developed a line of compact rotary cooling units that facilitate the cost-efficient integration of rotating cores into injection molds. The device's main components are a stator designed for twist-lock installation which also…

Introduced in early 2020, FLEXflow Evo is an advancement of the FLEXflow technology for servo-electrically driven valve gate systems from HRSflow, which had revolutionized sequential injection molding. With actuators directly fixed on the…

Moulds and tools are becoming increasingly complex. Performance limits repeatedly need to be broken and new ideas and innovations are called for in order to develop new solutions. As an internationally leading supplier of standard…

Use of modern joining methods is often an essential part of the manufacture of complex components, including those made from highly contrasting materials. These processes enable the utmost precision, purity and accuracy of the…

Biomedical engineer and an early additive technology proponent, Brian McLaughlin is passionate about the potential of electron beam melting (EBM) for orthopedics implants. His company Amplify Additive has quickly become a leader in the…

The Success 5, the newest and smallest in Sepro Group’s range of economical, general-purpose Cartesian robots for plastics injection molding, delivers precise, 3-axis servo performance in simple pick-and-place and stacking applications.…