Manufacturer's Monthly

AUGUST 25, 2024

From QUT’s School of Mechanical, Medical and Process Engineering, Suresh is an early career researcher in the School’s Biomechanics and Spine Research Group and Centre for Biomedical Technologies. Braces are traditionally made by thermoforming a plastic sheet over a plaster-cast of a patient’s body,” said Suresh.

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Plastics News

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

2023 could be the year when the reality of extended producer responsibility for plastics packaging in the U.S. Regulators will be considering things like surcharges on companies to fund cleanup of legacy plastic pollution or tougher rules on less recyclable materials, such as expanded polystyrene. But does anyone think the U.S.'s

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Manufacturer's Monthly

OCTOBER 2, 2023

The combination of fast production and short cycle times, and lower costs make these solutions ideal for a variety of applications including: · Sand casting · Tooling, including thermoforming, vacuum forming, sheet metal forming, composite tooling, etc. Higher throughput is inherent in the pellet extrusion process. Why pellets?

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i4.0 today

JUNE 19, 2023

3D Systems (NYSE:DDD) today announced that its polymer pellet-extrusion additive manufacturing (AM) system is being used by Duo Form, a leader in thermoforming for wide-ranging industries, to advance its production processes.

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Canadian Manufacturing

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

QUÉBEC — The Bureau de normalisation du Québec (BNQ) now offers to companies in the plastic industry a certification based on the Canadian standard CAN/BNQ 3840-100 Recycled Plastic Content Products. The vast majority of plastic packaging and products used by consumers and businesses in Canada is never recycled.

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Mold Making Technology

JANUARY 27, 2023

Photo Credit: Plastics Technology For those of you planning on attending this year’s Plastics Technology Expo (PTXPO) March 28-30 in Rosemont, Illinois, time is running out to to enter sister publication Plastics Technology ’s Hot Shot’s Injection Molded Parts Competition. Submit your part by Friday, Feb.

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Manufacturing Tomorrow

MARCH 24, 2023

4107 in the Extrusion & Thermoforming Pavilion, visitors will have the opportunity to experience Bausano's most advanced technology firsthand, thanks to the display of a Nextmover range Twin Screw Extruder, equipped with the unique patented Multidrive transmission system. In particular, at the stand No.

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Mold Making Technology

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

Photo Credit: MMT Plastics Technology Expo (PTXPO) is a trade show created to connect the entire North American plastics market under one roof in the hub of plastics manufacturing, featuring a robust, pavilioned exhibit hall, free education and demonstrations, and countless networking opportunities.

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Mold Making Technology

MARCH 26, 2024

The Manufacturing Center at Penn State Erie, The Behrend College is an open lab housing sophisticated equipment for students to gain hands-on experience in plastics engineering. A: Most of my time is dedicated to teaching courses in the plastics program, and I advise students both academically and in their career paths.

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Canadian Manufacturing

MARCH 13, 2024

Langley will be producing a full range of thermoformed rPET products, ensuring the company continues to meet the growing needs of its customers,” he says. As enhanced regulations and customer needs around single use plastics shift, this move also ensures the company continues to grow competitively to meet market demand.

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Mold Making Technology

JANUARY 30, 2024

Source: (top left) Boucherie, (top right) TK Mold & Engineering, (bottom left) Emuge-Franken, (bottom right) Plastic Ingenuity The top ten most-viewed articles in January were not only a testament to what our readers took an interest in—they reflect what is trending in our small but mighty world of moldmaking. Dapra Corp.,

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Mold Making Technology

APRIL 24, 2024

Source | KraussMaffei KraussMaffei comes to NPE2024 with the motto “Make plastic green — with high quality and efficiency.” ” This is exemplified through injection molding, extrusion, reaction process machinery, automation and additive manufacturing focusing on the circular economy and reducing the CO 2 footprint.

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i4.0 today

JULY 26, 2024

One route being taken to deliver less mass in the electronics is to integrate the component-level designs into the plastic parts used in other areas of the vehicle i.e. re-purposing plastic mouldings. In2tec Ltd. Full wiring systems delivering comms and power on flat formed surfaces is our end goal” states Hudman.

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Plastics News

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

-based Berry said the Berry Global Tooling Services unit will make injection , blow , compression and thermoforming molds for use by its own plastics processing operations.

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Mold Making Technology

MARCH 27, 2024

Both schools might be overshadowed by these larger better-known institutions, but they also both boast outsized plastics curricula and training programs, including sizable labs for hands-on studies that attract the interest of large national and multinational manufacturing firms seeking to hire ready-on-day-one plastics professionals.

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Mold Making Technology

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Plastics Technology Expo (PTXPO) is a trade show created to connect the entire North American plastics market under one roof, featuring a robust, pavilioned exhibit hall, free education and demonstrations and countless networking opportunities. Integrated CAD/CAM solutions for plastic injection molds and sheet metal stamping dies.

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Mold Making Technology

APRIL 9, 2023

This month’s focus is on AM products, processes and equipment. 3D-printed mold slide for plastic injection molding. This functionality is said to be exceptionally productive for directed energy deposition (DED) processes for additive/hybrid manufacturing in a multi-axis machining or robot delivery system setup.

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Manufacturer's Monthly

MAY 11, 2025

Using lightweight plastic mirrors to focus sunlight on a specific target to create the necessary heat needed for industrial processes, the University of South Australia (UniSA) has joined forces with Impacts Renewable Energy Pty Ltd and Charles Sturt University (CSU) on the clean energy project.

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Canadian Manufacturing

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

Details on the financial assistance are as follows: Plastitel specializes in contract thermoforming of strategic plastics for the medical, transportation and water treatment industries, with expertise in complex moulding processes such as twin‍-‍sheet moulding. (Plastitel) and Laval conomique.

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