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There’s a great future in plastics. A new kind of plastic can, when exposed to the right chemicals, break down into the same basic building blocks that it came from and be rebuilt again and again. The recyclable material is more durable than previous attempts to create reusable plastics, researchers report.
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Science Daily
The world fell in love with plastics because they're cheap, convenient, lightweight and long-lasting. For these same reasons, plastics are now trashing the Earth. But Colorado State University chemists have announced in the journal Science another major step toward waste-free, sustainable materials that could one day compete with conventional plastics.
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Phys.org
It's no coincidence then that when Sheng Shen talks about his work with polymer nanofibers he compares it to a spider spinning its web. Shen and his team have developed a polymer nanofiber that is strong, lightweight, thermally conductive, electrically insulating and bio-compatible. They accomplished all of this in a single polymer fiber strand measuring less than 100 nanometers. According to Shen, the potential impact of this development is tremendous. The characteristics of his polymer nanofiber give it application in aerospace and automotive systems, civil and structural engineering, medical devices and robotics.
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The Expert Consulting
Scientists at University of Waterloo have devised a new method to produce cheap, flexible and sustainable plastic semiconductors. The team at the University developed a way to make conjugated polymers, plastics that conduct electricity like metals, using a simple dehydration reaction the only byproduct of which is water. The team has successfully applied this reaction to create poly(hetero)arenes, one of the most studied classes of conjugated polymers which have been used to make lightweight, low- cost electronics such as solar cells, LED displays, and chemical and biochemical sensors.
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The Engineer
Known as Thermorph, the method relies on a natural phenomenon called ‘warpage’ that sometimes occurs when printing thermoplastic. Generally a nuisance, the Carnegie team has adopted warpage to its advantage. It used software algorithms developed in-house to precisely control an off-the-shelf FDM (fused deposition modelling) printer, combining the plastic with rubber-like materials and depositing them in such a way as to encourage warpage. The objects emerge from the 3D printer as flat, hard plastic. When the plastic is placed in water hot enough to turn it soft— but not hot enough to melt it — the folding process is triggered.
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Step-by-Step, with the MECO OFS Type-1, fully-split, air-free shaft seal for vacuum, low pressure, and abrasive applications. Tolerating runout and thermal growth at moderate speeds and designed in a wide variety of materials, allowing service in diverse processes. And we can train your maintenance staff on seal MRO.
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Plastics Technology
Agilyx is in an innovative area of recycling: extracting value from waste plastic streams. The company has expanded to develop the first full-circle chemical recycling of polystyrene.
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Quartz
For Nelson Boateng, the plastics business is all he has known since he started working at a factory when he was 13. In 2015, fearing that a plastics ban was imminent, Boateng’s company, Nelplast, which makes plastic shopping bags, was pushed to think of a way to keep the business alive. Using knowledge learned informally from engineers he had worked with, he came up with a production process that mixes sand with shredded plastic and red oxide to make one-square foot pavement blocks.
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A new method of recycling PET plastic is being trialed by global consumer goods company Unilever, with the aim of eventually recycling all waste PET back into high grade food packaging. Unilever has teamed up with Indorama Ventures, the world’s largest producer of PET resin, and Dutch startup Ioniqa, which has developed a new recycling technique for PET bottles which it says will produce a much higher quality output.
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Plastics News
New statistics from SPE and MBS show just how much salaries are on the rise. The latest survey indicates the average base salary increased by 4.32 percent in 2017. Average total compensation increased by 6.03 percent. These figures are the second-highest reported in the past decade, according to the report. Only numbers in 2014 were more.
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Nanowerk
Engineered nanomaterials hold great promise for medicine, electronics, water treatment, and other fields. But when the materials are designed without critical information about environmental impacts at the start of the process, their long-term effects could undermine those advances. A Yale-led team of researchers hopes to change that.
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Plasmatreat North America
Plasma pretreatment is the key enabler technology for microfine cleaning, surface activation and plasma coating of nearly all kinds of materials – from plastics, metals and glass to cardboard, textiles and composites. More and more conventional industrial pretreatment methods are being replaced by plasma technology in order to make processes more effective and environmentally friendly.
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Medical Plastics News
Companies seeking MedAccred Accreditation can now gain industry recognition for cable and harness, heat treating, plastics injection moulding, printed circuit board assembly, sterilisation and welding, as well as plastics extrusion. Audits for plastics extrusion covers tubing/profile, sheet, film, blown film, over-jacketing, co-extrusion and ram extrusion. The audit criteria have been developed by leaders in the medical device industry who are part of the MedAccred program and are focused on improving product quality and patient safety.
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Advanced Science News
Highly load-resistant, continuous fiber-reinforced and functional plastic parts have enormous potential not only for the automotive and aviation industries. For this reason, the Institute of Plastics Processing (IKV) in Industry and the Skilled Crafts at RWTH Aachen University is examining possibilities for the economical production of fiber-reinforced and functional plastic (FRP) parts with a thermoset matrix by the injection molding process.
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Breyer extrusion lines for the production of sheet, film and tubes,
made in Germany.
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Visit us at NPE show, Booth W4983
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Turn2Weld - 2-Step Laser Welding
for temperature sensitive parts (electronics, etc.), particle free,
quick tool change, with many other benefits for our customers.
See this machine welding live @ NPE Orlando - Booth W5783, May 7th - 11th
www.bielomatik.us
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British Plastics & Rubber
Green Line Polymers, a US-based Advanced Drainage Systems recycling subsidiary, has installed the largest NGR recycling machine ever built. The machine is capable of recycling over 4,000 lbs. per hour of plastics scrap materials, including high volumes of post-industrial PE scrap materials. This recycled product will then be a raw material building block for the next generation of ADS corrugated piping products and water management solutions (WMS).
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Clean, closed circuit cools more efficiently and eliminates fouling of heat exchangers. Can be used for condenser cooling of water-cooled chillers, hydraulics, compressors, other cooling tower heat loads. MORE
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Plastics Today
More than 30 million people in the United States are diagnosed with diabetes, and it is the most costly chronic disease in the country, according to the American Diabetes Association. Fortunately, medtech companies continue to harness technology to develop more-effective, patient-friendly devices to manage diabetes. Cyclic olefin co-polymers (COCs) from Polyplastics Co., Ltd. (Florence, KY) are playing a significant role in the development of these next-generation devices.
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This means, in the pelletizing field, we make the impossible possible. Our passion for technology ensures your success. ECON has been THE underwater Pelletizing Specialist for over 15 years. Constant technical development processes have made us innovation leaders in pelletizing systems.
Visit ECON at the NPE 2018 The Plastic Show
ECON Inc. | 914 Huber Drive |
Phone +1-734-636-1506 | Fax +1-734-457-5870 | office@econ-us.com
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Whether you’re looking for reinforcement or insulation, transparency or IR absorption, opacity or durability, flame retardancy or anti-blocking, our unique range of mineral fillers and additives can help you realize both cost and performance benefits.
Unimin offers a range of specialty materials including ATH, barite, nepheline syenite & micro-crystalline silica.
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Plastics News
Spanish chemical supplier Repsol SA has signed a memorandum of understanding with two waste recovery players to investigate the use of polymers from end-of-life vehicles. The company announced that as part of its circular economy Reciclex project it will be collaborating with Spanish plastics recycler ACTECO and the end-of-life vehicle treatment facility Autodesguaces El Choque. The Reciclex project focuses on the commercialization of polyolefins that incorporate a percentage of recycled materials.
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Packaging Business Review
Tetra Pak is planning to launch a paper straw that is suitable for its portion-sized carton packages before the end of this year. The firm uses 75 percent of paperboard in its packages on an average, and the paper straws from the company is a significant step towards its commitment of offering renewable packaging solutions.
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Visit us at the NPE Show in Booth #S33006
Call Today (800) 203-3419
Customerservice@simco-ion.com
www.simco-ion.com
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Honeywell - Solutions & Technologies
Honeywell invents and manufactures technologies to address some of the world’s toughest challenges initiated by revolutionary macrotrends in science, technology and society.
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Plastics News
Dutch science and materials company Royal DSM has entered a “preferred partnership” with Chromatic 3D Materials to introduce thermoset materials for 3D-printing of finished manufactured goods. The company, which recently restructured its additive manufacturing activities to respond to growing demand, said April 25 that, through the collaboration, it aims to offer the “the broadest selection of 3D printing materials for the broadest range of printing technologies.”
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Progressive Machine Company’s S109 Single-Spool Traverse Winder is a simple, yet versatile winding solution that features a Speed & Tension Control dancer that allows for adjustable tension levels, here’s how.
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Founded over 57 years ago, SAM has manufactured and installed more than 630 machine lines in 33 countries.
Products include extrusion coating, solution coating, and rotogravure printing machines as well as individual components. MORE
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Core77
For their part, Swiss timepiece company Mondaine is experimenting with bioplastics in their Essence collection of watches.
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The Kistler ComoNeo: Even the most complex processes are easily controlled thanks to user-friendly guidance for operators with integrated assistants and control algorithms.
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Process Pilot® blowmolder control system simplifies the blowmolding process, provides consistent high quality bottles 24/7 & improves efficiency and profitability in bottle production and downstream operations. MORE
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