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| June 10 |
Medical Plastics Symposium 2021 |
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| June 15 |
Non-Halogenated Flame Retardants Workshop |
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| June 16 |
Plastics and Rubber Vietnam |
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| June 17 |
WEBINAR: Polypropylene: Commodity Resin, I Don’t Think So |
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| June 21 |
Non-Halogenated Flame Retardants Workshop |
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| June 21 |
Tri-State SPE Golf Outing |
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| June 23 |
All Things PVC — Workshop Series Part I |
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| June 25 |
SPE ASEAN Webinar |
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| July 13 |
Applied Rheology Workshop Series — Workshop Part I |
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| July 15 |
RACE - The Recycling and Circular Economy Conference Asia |
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| July 20 |
Applied Rheology Workshop Series — Workshop Part II |
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| July 21 |
Acrylic Impact Modifiers for PVC: Core-Shell Modifier Chemistry and Performance |
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| July 27 |
Applied Rheology Workshop Series — Workshop Part III |
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EXTREME COATINGS TECHOLOGY
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Turning tree bark and compost into aircraft wings and plastic bags
Phys.org
Trees, crops and even organic waste can be transformed into a bewildering array of plastics to use in products ranging from single-use bags to heavy-duty airplane wings.
These so-called biopolymers could play a vital role in weaning us off petroleum plastics — which will help cut greenhouse gas emissions, and ensure plastics come from a renewable resource.
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Air plasma technology applied to surface treatment of plastics
Plastics Today
Advanced technology company APJeT reports that it is now applying the air plasma process to the surface treatment of plastic parts prior to marking or labelling. The cold plasma technique eliminates the need to use heat and chemicals to increase wettability and adhesion in substrates, while reducing safety risks, environmental impact, and material degradation, said the company.
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Bergen International Chemical Foaming Agents for Wire and Cable Extrusion and Nucleating applications provide:
- Fine, uniform cell structures for foamed jackets
- Achieve “Hot Spot” nucleation in core layer insulations
- CFAs for fluoropolymer and olefin resins, PE, PVC, PVDF.
CFAs for the extrusion of aerospace wire, automotive wire, power cables, building wire, etc.
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Why is it suddenly difficult to buy plastic components in 2021?
Medical Plastics News
As a component supplier based in the U.S., we have seen an enormous increase in requests regarding a shortage of plastic components used in the bioprocess and medical device industries. After hours of researching public information as well as studies with industry leading medical device, bioprocess companies and resin suppliers, we can attribute the situation to three factors.
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MSU researchers publish study on biomineralization of plastic waste for cement mortar
JD Supra
On April 13, Montana State University researchers from its Norm Asbjornson College of Engineering published an article entitled “Biomineralization of Plastic Waste to Improve the Strength of Plastic-Reinforced Cement Mortar.” The study evaluates calcium carbonate biomineralization techniques applied to coat plastic waste and improve the compressive strength of plastic-reinforced mortar, a type of plastic-reinforced cementitious material.
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Enzymes successfully embedded in plastics
Phys.org
In general, plastics are processed at way over a hundred degrees Celsius. Enzymes, by contrast, cannot usually withstand these high temperatures. Researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Polymer Research IAP have managed to reconcile these contradictions: They are able to embed enzymes in plastics without the enzymes losing their activity in the process. The potentials this creates are enormous.
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Our customers benefit from more than 40 years of experience in equipment and plant construction. SINGLE's customers are primarily plastics processors and manufacturers of plastics machinery, die casting technology, the chemical, pharmaceutical and food industries as well as customers from the testing and semiconductor industries.
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Imerys proudly presents an eleven part webinar series with varying subjects focusing on our advancements in the plastics industry and the benefits Imerys minerals can bring.
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Sprouting trends in medical plastics
Medical Plastics News
Plastics continue to find more uses in medical and dental applications by replacing metal, glass and other traditional materials in single-use and reusable medical devices. They offer strong, lightweight performance along with design flexibility, ease of fabrication, ability to differentiate products and brands using colour, and most importantly durability and cost effectiveness compared with traditional materials.
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Weekly resin report: Flurry of trading activity closes the month
Plastics Today
The month of May was merry, indeed, at the PlasticsExchange, which reported that it was among the most active trading months it has ever seen. Nevertheless, limited availability and firm pricing remained the prevailing theme for the polypropylene and polyethylene markets heading into the Memorial Day weekend, the resin clearinghouse writes in its weekly Market Update.
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AI-accelerated appearance prediction for color 3D printing
3D Printing Media Network
The Computer Graphics Group from Charles University published an article with a new method for improving full-color 3D printing technology. The new technique results in 3D printer output which achieves a far more accurate match between user input and final object appearance than current commercial software. The method leverages machine learning techniques to improve the runtime and practicality of a previously published algorithm by the same authors.
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As resin cost increase the need for purging is even more important. Why waste prime/virgin resin and subject good resin to a degrading heat history. Our goal is help you get your machines cleaned quickly and efficiently with minimal downtown in your production.
Phoenix Plastics Purge Benefits:
Increase productivity
Reduce machine downtime
Allow for faster changeovers
Avoid lost time pulling screws
Reduction of scrap and material waste
Removes traces of contamination and build up in the barrel
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How many times have you been told the impossible isn't possible? That new ground can't be broken? At SkyCorp, the sky is the limit. Every idea you dream up, we want to help you accomplish. Meet with our team today and book into one of our SkySessions.
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Car parts, ski boots and boxes: How broken or used plastic is being given new life
Phys.org
Since the early 1950s, humans have produced more than 8.3 billion tonnes of plastic — the weight of around a billion elephants. About 60% of that plastic has ended up in a landfill or in the natural environment, according to the UN Environment Programme, but that pattern may start to change as repair and recycling technology gathers pace.
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