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With the significant amount of dust that is generated by cutting, trimming and finishing plastics products, it’s a challenge to keep up with the housekeeping required to avoid combustible dust accumulation in overhead spaces. Then there is the...

The FTIR spectrometer ALPHA II combines outstanding quality with a small footprint and sets a benchmark in terms of user convenience. With the integrated panel PC and the touch-based operation, FTIR spectroscopy has never been easier. The ALPHA II...

Underestimation of Quality Control (QC) processes is one of the major factors leading to internal and external product failure, which have been reported to cause a loss of turnover between 10–30%. As a result, many different norms are put in place...

As technology advances with the rise of Industry 4.0, manufacturing automation is transforming the tool and die shop floor. Machines are being integrated with Big Data, the Internet of Things (IoT), Virtual Reality (VR) and Artificial Intelligence...

There are 10 parameters that design engineers must keep front of mind when designing parts for injection molding, but they are all predicated on one simple, low-cost method for ensuring perfect molded parts: It’s called partnering with your molder...

Electric vehicles will account for more than half of global light-duty vehicle sales by 2040, according to market watcher Bloomberg New Energy Finance. This trend toward electrification, not to mention the other key megatrend of autonomous...

The Flexible Packaging Association (Annapolis, MD) depicts in an information- and graphic-rich PDF the essentials of the FPA’s extensive 194-page report, “A Holistic View of the Role of Flexible Packaging in a Sustainable World.” By downloading...