Instron released the AVE3 Advanced non-contacting video extensometer for strain measurement with micron-level accuracy for ...

Injection molding requires melting plastic, filing the mold with that hot plastic and then cooling the plastic that’s now in the mold’s cavities. Cooling is critical to optimizing the part and cycle ...

October means pumpkins and Halloween parties for most, but every three years for plastics people, it means the K Show. This October’s most popular stories included an early report from Düsseldorf, ...

Combining KraussMaffei's FiberForm and ColorForm technologies, you can take complex metal parts requiring multi-step, labor-intensive processing and convert them into a single-cell composite solution, ...

Combining KraussMaffei's FiberForm and ColorForm technologies, you can take complex metal parts requiring multi-step, labor-intensive processing and convert them into a single-cell composite solution, ...

The intensification ratio is equal to the ratio of the effective areas of the hydraulic ram to that of the screw check valve. Since those values often are not readily available, the intensification ...

I started in this industry back in 1994 at Cherry Electrical Products in its Control Device injection molding division as a third-shift machine operator. The title operator was stretching it a bit.

The Gardner Business Index (GBI) measures the current state of plastics processing activity through survey responses covering new orders, production, backlog, employment, exports and supplier ...

James Johnson, Senior VP, Application & Technology, Processing Technologies International LLC There is a fine line between what constitutes thin- and thicker-gauge sheet. As a general rule, heavy cast ...

In our 2024 Top Shops injection molding benchmarking survey, Philip Katen of Plastikos talked about a “grind-it-out” phase for processors working out post-COVID inventory overcorrections. In 2025’s ...