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Plastics Engineering
During last week’s ANTEC® 2018 @NPE2018 plastics technical conference in Orlando, Fla., SPE (Society of Plastics Engineers) honored plastic products that meet the ultimate test of value by making our lives better in some way. A panel of judges selected the winners of the fifth annual Plastics for Life™ Global Parts Competition from among a wide range of parts that had already won in competitions at previous SPE events during the past year. In addition, a People’s Choice award was presented to the part that received the greatest number of votes from ANTEC attendees.
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Plastics Engineering
SPME Focus is a series celebrating talented plastics professionals who
are active SPE members and volunteers. This month features Barb DeButts, who notes, "It is an incredibly
diverse industry that is constantly
changing and growing. What
attracted me initially was the possibility
of positively impacting
change. However, as I have learned
more, I simply find polymers and
their infinite applications
fascinating."
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Plastics Engineering
The ongoing digitization and connectivity of injection molding technology was a prominent feature of machinery exhibits at NPE2018. Machine exhibitors at the big show, held May 7 to 11 in Orlando, Fla., highlighted the process capabilities and operational benefits that the evolving cyber-physical molding systems provide.
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Mashable
The Arevo bicycle looks and feels like a high-end commuter bike, but it was made using 3D-printing technology and software. It's being hailed as the first truly 3D-printed bicycle. A Bay Area-based additive manufacturing company made the fully functional bicycle as a proof-of-concept to show that the thermoplastic material, laser-heating and robotic 3D-printing process can be used to replace metal parts for defense companies, airplanes, fighter jets, electronics and more.
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Engineering Materials
Pure quartz glass is highly transparent and resistant to thermal, physical, and chemical impacts. These are optimum prerequisites for use in optics, data technology or medical engineering. For efficient, high-quality machining, however, adequate processes are lacking. Scientists from Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) say they have developed a forming technology to structure quartz glass like a polymer.
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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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Nanowerk
An ideal preservative should meet three main criteria: to control ripening; to have antimicrobial activity; and finally, the preservative should not be directly in touch with the fruit but should be made available on demand. Addressing this issue, nanotechnology researchers in India have developed a packaging material that meets the above three criteria.
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Rubber & Plastics News
All of the big sportswear brands have been investigating the possibility of printing high-performance footwear, and they have been supported by the manufacturers of materials and printing equipment. The technology is still in its early stages, with developments focused on high-end, limited-edition products, but these projects indicate that larger scale implementation of additive manufacturing in the sportswear market is likely, and polyurethane materials have the potential to make it possible.
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Plastics News
Call it collateral damage from a trade war with China: Saudi Basic Industries Inc. says steep tariffs proposed on U.S. polycarbonate exports to China could cause the company to shift some production out of the United States. That's what a Sabic executive told a May 15 hearing in Washington, that the potential trade war between the two countries "would lead to unintended consequences and result in disproportionate harm" to plastics and chemicals makers.
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British Plastics & Rubber
The British Plastics Federation has outlined a new strategic document outlining a range of key proposals intended to drive innovation in the plastics sector and improve UK recycling rates. The document ‘Plastics: A Vision for a Circular Economy’ outlines headline measures to ensure 100 per cent of plastic packaging and single-use items are reused, recycled or recovered by 2030, as well as to minimizing plastic entering the sea from the UK.
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Euractiv
A host of UK packaging organizations have called for more recycling collection points, tax reliefs for recycled content and a universal list of acceptable materials as part of a desired regulation reform to make it easier for consumers to recycle packaging waste.
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UCLA Newsroom
A UCLA bioengineer has developed a technique that uses a specially adapted 3D printer to build therapeutic biomaterials from multiple materials. The advance could be a step toward on-demand printing of complex artificial tissues for use in transplants and other surgeries.
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Science Daily
By using an inexpensive, already mass produced, simple solvent called cresol, scientists have discovered a way to make disperse carbon nanotubes at unprecedentedly high concentrations without the need for additives or harsh chemical reactions to modify the nanotubes. In a surprising twist, researchers also found that as the nanotubes' concentrations increase, the material transitions from a dilute dispersion to a thick paste, then a free-standing gel and finally a kneadable dough that can be shaped and molded.
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Breyer extrusion lines for the production of sheet, film and tubes,
made in Germany.
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for temperature sensitive parts (electronics, etc.), particle free,
quick tool change, with many other benefits for our customers.
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Nanowerk
A new nanoparticle vaccine developed by MIT researchers could assist efforts to eradicate polio worldwide. The vaccine, which delivers multiple doses in just one injection, could make it easier to immunize children in remote regions of Pakistan and other countries where the disease is still found.
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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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Science Daily
Boron nitride nanotubes are primed to become effective building blocks for next-generation composite and polymer materials based on a new discovery at Rice University. Researchers have discovered a way to 'decorate' electrically insulating boron nitride nanotubes with functional groups. That makes them complementary building blocks to conductive carbon nanotubes for future composite and polymer materials.
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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.
Thanks for visiting us at NPE!
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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Advanced Science News
One of the areas of medicine constantly being studied for improvements is wound closure. The most conventional methods of wound closure involve physically perforating materials such as staples or sutures; however, these have numerous shortcomings. Not only do sutures or staples run the risk of getting infected, they may also cause continuing pain for the patient. Additionally, they may not be the most effective closure method, and could even allow unwanted leaks at the site of closure. An alternative to sutures and staples is a group of materials called biomedical adhesives, which are nonmetallic materials used to join two tissue surfaces through bonding.
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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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3DPrint.com
3D printing is often called upon to help create assistive devices and prosthetics, so that people with disabilities and amputated limbs can still participate in the activities they enjoy. Earlier this month, a Russian para-athlete diver named Dmitry Pavlenko, who lost both his arms and his legs in a grenade explosion while in the military, set a new world record for deep sea diving, and 3D printing helped him do it.
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Packaging Europe
ReNew ELP will be bringing a new hydrothermal upgrading technology to the UK. The patented process uses water at high pressure and high temperatures to chemically recycle a wide range of feedstocks – including end-of-life plastics and used tires– into stable synthetic oils and valuable chemicals.
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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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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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Plastics Today
A report from the Plastics Industry Association released at NPE2018, “Plastics Market Watch – Watching: Bioplastics,” provides a new look at the way we define plastics and, in particular, the way we define bioplastics, including the terminology we use.
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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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Plastics Technology
In just seven months, an integrated group of injection molding, prototyping, and moldmaking companies with six operations from coast to coast, over 200 injection machines from 28 to 1000 tons, and nearly 1000 employees has emerged through a series of strategic acquisitions. The new holding company behind this burst of activity is called Westfall Technik, based in Chandler, Ariz.
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