New Welding Systems Introduced At NPE 2000 Sonics & Materials will introduce new welding systems at NPE (Booth E-14411), including a servo-controlled hot plate welder, a hand-held ultrasonic welder and three new spin welders. Hot plate welder is servo-motor actuated (rather than pneumatically...

Interchangeable Mold Plates Are Shipped Within 24 Hr Of Order PCS Co. will introduce a new family of interchangeable mold plates at NPE (Booth N-7562). The company says that a molder can reduce downtime by quickly changing the plates that make up a mold base for maintenance or when damaged. Instead...

Sprue-Picker/Parts Handler Is DesignedFor Presses Up to 350 Tons The EA-Mini 2001 SLI pneumatic sprue picker and parts handler from Geiger Handling features a high-speed positioning system, which includes self-regulating hydraulic shock absorbers on the Y axis. This is said to allow for take-out...

Lighted by 1000W Mercury halogen lamps high overhead, MSE's molding room is built for efficient processing and optimum production flow. Each press is in a cell supported by four-component gravimetric blenders; some have robots. A visitor toured Mid-South Electronics (MSE) on July 5, 1999. He was...

M any of the latest trends in manufacturing technologies of interest to thermoset injection molders were discussed at the Thermosets 2000 SPE Retec, which convened March 22 to 24 in Chicago, IL. Molders, attendees, and speakers alike told IMM at that time that business is as good in thermosets as...