Compounding

Liquid colors allow super-fast color changes in compounding of recycled resin

October 14, 2019

K Show

Recycling

Automotive and Mobility, Compounding, Injection Molding

Stephen Moore

Rowasol cooperates with KraussMaffei Extrusion, OPM Mechatronic and ColVisTec at K 2019 to demonstrate the system.

Extrusion 2019 recap: Here’s what you missed

October 08, 2019

Extrusion: Pipe & Profile

Auxiliaries, Compounding, Extrusion: Film & Sheet

Allan Griff

The annual “extrusionista” get-together, held near Chicago this year, explored a range of topics from optimizing barrel temperatures and purging operations to precisely controlling thickness and cut length in pipe and profile extrusions.

Hope springs eternal as another Manufacturing Day rolls around

September 30, 2019

Injection Molding

Thermoforming, Blow Molding, Compounding, Extrusion: Film & Sheet, Extrusion: Pipe & Profile

Clare Goldsberry

A recent survey on public perception of manufacturing reveals a lack of confidence in its future. All the more reason for plastics processors, mold makers and machinery manufacturers to open their doors on Oct. 4 and provide a reality check on the industry.

Single-pellet, electrically-conductive PBT grade offers excellent EMI shielding performance in fuel exposure environments

September 29, 2019

Materials

Automotive and Mobility, Compounding

Stephen Moore

Delivers superior UL 94 5VA and V0 flammability rating; ideally suited for fuel exposure environments with flammability risk; chemically resistant to auto fluids and fuels.

LyondellBasell adds PP compounding capacity at Knapsack, Germany

September 24, 2019

Compounding

Automotive and Mobility, Materials

Stephen Moore

Creates world’s largest polypropylene compounding facility

Feedscrew design improves performance of single-screw extruders

September 14, 2019

Extrusion: Pipe & Profile

Blow Molding, Compounding, Extrusion: Film & Sheet

PlasticsToday Staff

The newest addition to the DS-Blend feedscrew line from Davis-Standard (Pawcatuck, CT) features a patent-pending design that improves the performance of single-screw extruders by providing distributive and dissipative melt mixing.

PolyOne additives enable PET bottles to mimic frosted and etched glass

September 10, 2019

Packaging

Sustainability, Recycling, Compounding, Materials

Rick Lingle

Six things to things to know about the Smartbatch Frost Collection that’s available globally for bottled water, beauty and personal care packaging and that works with rPET, too.

Black pigment extends service life of plastic components

August 05, 2019

K Show

Materials

Sustainability, Automotive and Mobility, Building & Construction, Compounding

Stephen Moore

Up to 20 percent better reflectivity; reduces urban heat generation

K 2019 plans a show of sustainability

July 17, 2019

K Show

Sustainability

Packaging, Recycling, Automotive and Mobility, Blow Molding, Compounding, Consumer Products, Extrusion: Film & Sheet, Extrusion: Pipe & Profile, Injection Molding, Materials

Norbert Sparrow

Sustainability has become an indelible part of the plastics conversation. The topic was omnipresent at the K 2019 Preview event in Düsseldorf, Germany, earlier this month, where several K exhibitors went to great lengths to show how they are helping to mold a sustainable future.