Just like our cars, injection moulding machines undergo heavy use, leading to wear and tear. In this video, Hymid explains how purging the barrel will ensure part quality and consistency.
In injection moulding, cooling time is crucial. Once the molten plastic has been pushed into the mould cavities, time is required to allow the plastic to cool, forming a finished part.
How 2022 affected materials prices... and what’s in store for 2023 In his first report of the year, Mike Boswell, managing director, Plastribution, takes a deep dive into the influences on resin prices last year, and looks ahead to 2023.
In his latest column for BP&R, Philip Law, director-general at the British Plastics Federation, reflects on the federation’s first business conditions survey of 2023.
Italian packaging manufacturer ManuliTech has invested in a 7-layer blown film line
with inline machine-direction orientation (MDO) from Hosokawa Alpine, to produce laminating and laminate films with an oxygen barrier in full PE...
There’s never been more interest in incorporating recycled plastic into
finished products, with taxes and incentives cropping up in countries around the
world. Here, the team at ancilliaries expert Jenco argue that centralised
blending...
Erema claims its Recycling machines return used plastic products to the production cycle, helping customers develop a sustainable circular economy and reduce plastic waste. COPA-DATA’s zenon was deployed on the EREMA recycling machines with the aim..
MacRebur, the self-proclaimed ‘plastic roads company’ has undertaken a new project: developing plastic roads in New York City, via the supply of over 4,500 kilos of plastic waste additive to help construct the roads.
The question of whether (or what) the industry can do to reduce plastic and packaging waste is an everchanging debate with everchanging science and evidence pointing the industry in different directions.
The way the OEM world does business has changed. Especially in light of the pandemic, which highlighted significant vulnerabilities in global logistics and supply risks.
The European parliament has given its support to a new law that would ban exports of plastic waste to non-OCED (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development) countries and phase out the export of plastic waste to OCED countries...
Wittmann Battenfeld UK has said it has high hopes for a strong performance in 2023. The optimism is reflected the group’s stand booking at Interplas, its largest exhibition space in recent times.
