Canadian Manufacturing

AUGUST 22, 2023

a company in the plastic waste management sector, announced its approach to granting plastic a second life. PlasCred employs a patent-pending, three-step pyrolysis process: Heating : The plastic waste is heated, transforming it into a liquid state. CALGARY — PlasCred Circular Innovations Inc.,

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Min-Hui

JUNE 19, 2022

The injection moulding process mainly consists of 6 stages: mold closing – filling – holding pressure – cooling – mold opening –Demolding, and other 6 stages. These 6 stages directly determine the moulding quality of the product, and these six stages are a complete nonstop process.

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E&T

AUGUST 14, 2023

The products made from these chemical building blocks are intended to degrade or digest when they’re discarded, so they won’t contribute to the problem of plastic pollution. So the insects would not only be the source, but they would also then consume the discarded plastics.”

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Plastics News

JULY 13, 2023

The Mold-Rite Plastics plant was having issues with lost productive machine time and looking for a solution. That’s when SmartServices® from Conair came in. With SmartServices, everything is simplified.

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Plastics Today

OCTOBER 5, 2022

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, University of California, Santa Barbara, and Dow scientists crack a code that can reduce carbon emissions.

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Plastics Today

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

3D printing will not completely displace conventional production methods, but injection molders would be foolish to dismiss it out of hand.

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Plastics News

JANUARY 26, 2023

plastics processors says inflation, automation and economic questions are top of mind. "I A survey of U.S. I think we're struggling," says the head of the group behind the report.

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Plastics Today

JANUARY 2, 2024

Recent product introductions for injection molders and other plastics processors promise to save time and money.

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Plastics Today

JANUARY 23, 2023

Depending on the region and seniority, some operations/manufacturing managers commanded a salary of more than $100 an hour in 2022.

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Design World

MARCH 15, 2024

Improvements in additive manufacturing materials and processes make creating production-grade, functional wear parts possible while unlocking greater design flexibility. Historically, the choice between injection molding and additive manufacturing has been clearcut when it comes to producing functional plastic parts.

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Plastics Today

APRIL 13, 2024

Follow these steps to strengthen key business fundamentals and attract potential buyers.

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Plastics Today

MAY 15, 2023

Step-by-step instructions on establishing a robust, repeatable injection molding process.

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Plastics Today

DECEMBER 10, 2022

Forward-thinking plastics processors are applying artificial intelligence, advanced sensors, next-gen robotics, and data-driven decision making to create new thresholds of efficiency.

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Design World

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Hot runners have been a common manufacturing tool in the plastic injection molding industry for more than 30 years. Although hot runners have surfaced from time to time in zinc die casting over the last 20 years, metal casting processes proved to be much more challenging for… The post Hot runner systems for zinc die casting?

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Plastics Today

JULY 11, 2023

Implementing an enterprise resource planning (ERP) system in your molding or extrusion business should be one of the best investments you’ll ever make. But not just any ERP will do.

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Plastics Today

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

SensXPERT technology captures minute material and process deviations to simulate, predict, and analyze material behavior on individual machines.

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Gary Mintchell

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

Imagine cleaning up all the accumulated plastic that will never go anywhere. According to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, the volume of discarded plastic produced globally in 2019 was 353 million tons, which is more than double the 156 million tons produced in 2000, and of this, only 9% is recycled.

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Plastics Today

JULY 27, 2023

Plastic Distributors and Fabricators (PDF) manufactures high-precision, difficult-to-machine plastic components for the life sciences, semiconductor, aerospace, defense, and clean energy markets.

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Plastics Today

OCTOBER 12, 2022

From filtration systems and cavity pressure sensors to blenders, these products will keep your shop floor humming.

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Plastics Today

MAY 25, 2023

Shipments of injection molding and extrusion equipment increased by 1.6% compared with Q1 2022.

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Robotics Automation News

JULY 31, 2023

Discover the crucial role of material selection and process optimization in custom injection molding services. Explore the impact of plastic resins on injection molding and learn about key considerations to achieve optimal results.

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Canadian Manufacturing

OCTOBER 25, 2023

a Calgary-based company in the plastic waste management sector, has successfully commissioned its patent-pending Primus pilot plant. To maximize flexibility, the process [at the Primus plant] was designed to function with or without catalysts, ensuring optimal and consistent system parameters,” the release said.

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Design World

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

Recovering crude oil from plastic: British company Mura Technology (Mura) is pursuing this goal with the HydroPRS process to advance the circular economy of plastics – a concern also shared by motion plastics specialist igus. Since 2020, igus has been supporting Mura’s project as an investor.

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Plastics Today

JANUARY 31, 2024

These exhibitors are breaking the mold in plastics processing equipment and materials at the advanced manufacturing event in Anaheim, CA.

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Mold Making Technology

APRIL 16, 2024

Automating the moldmaking process enables moldmakers to do more. NPE2024: The Plastics Show is returning this year to the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Florida. This half-day immersive workshop is hosted by Additive Manufacturing Media in collaboration with sister brands Plastics Technology and MoldMaking Technology.

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Manufacturer's Monthly

DECEMBER 19, 2023

A new $50 million facility capable of recycling the equivalent of up to one billion 600ml PET plastic beverage bottles a year has commenced operations in Melbourne, coinciding with the start of Victoria’s Container Deposit Scheme. Cleanaway provides used PET plastic to be recycled through its collection and sorting network.

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Mold Making Technology

APRIL 19, 2024

Source | MiVue MiVue , a division of the ACS Group, is showing expanded capabilities for its plant monitoring software for plastics processors, enabling real-time condition monitoring of critical manufacturing assets. Users receive text and email alerts to keep processes running smoothly.

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E&T

AUGUST 9, 2023

The method could be effective in recycling plastics from milk cartons, food containers and plastic bags, say researchers at the Virginia Tech College of Science. Due to this chemical similarities, the research team set out to develop a process to convert polyethylene into fatty acids, which could then be used to produce soap.

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Plastics Today

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Move could be first step toward restriction or ban of polyvinyl chloride, a key ingredient in PVC, and other chemicals used to process and manufacture plastics.

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Manufacturer's Monthly

JANUARY 29, 2024

The Additive Manufacturing Zone, showcasing various techniques within Additive Manufacturing include Stereolithography, Selective Laser Sintering, Material Extrusion, Sheet lamination, Binder jetting, Cold Spray processing, Material jetting, Directed-Energy-Deposition, and many more of the most advanced technologies within this sector.

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Canadian Manufacturing

DECEMBER 8, 2022

Legacy Plastic is made from post-consumer processed recycled plastic recovered during ocean, shoreline, and marine equipment cleanups and transformed into new products. Legacy Plastic is made from 100 per cent post-consumer processed recycled plastic recovered during ocean, shoreline, and marine equipment cleanups.

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Manufacturer's Monthly

JULY 17, 2023

NSW businesses are being encouraged to apply for a grant under a new $60 million national program to transform plastic waste into valuable products. NSW generates around 800,000 tonnes of plastic waste every year, but only 10 per cent is currently recycled. “By

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Min-Hui

MARCH 17, 2024

Coloring plastics involves creating colors that are pleasing, meet color card deviation requirements, are economical, and do not change color during processing and use, based on the three primary colors of red, yellow, and blue. Coloring is a comprehensive consideration based on factors such as … How are plastics colored?

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Mold Making Technology

APRIL 9, 2024

This lightweighting reduces the use of plastics and can reduce the amount of plastics that potentially end up in landfills. Crafts Technology provides completed core pins including polishing, as well as custom CraftAlloy hot runner tips, gate bushings and tip bushings for automotive, glass-filled and abrasive plastics.

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Canadian Manufacturing

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

CALGARY — PlasCred Circular Innovations, a company in the plastic waste upcycling sector, has officially registered with Verra, the standard-setter for certifying greenhouse gas reductions and sustainable development benefits.

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Robotics Business Review

MARCH 7, 2024

Nearly 70 million tons of recycling are processed annually in the U.S. This is already an immense undertaking, but we can recover so much more material by building accessible automation processes and then scaling it across our country’s recycling infrastructure,” Areeb Malik, co-founder of Glacier, said in a release.

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Mold Making Technology

APRIL 24, 2024

implementation strategies have been revealed through more than 50 interviews with early adopters, many of which are in the plastics industry. technologies in their production processes. It’s no surprise to those familiar with manufacturing in the Midwest that plastics manufacturers have benefited from this program.

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