Articles from Plastics Technology (December 1, 2004)

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Title	Author	Words
2005 outlook: tight supplies, high prices.	Block, Debbie Galante	2496
Alliance for multi-layer injection-blown bottles.		110
Alliance Gas and Cinpres team up.		91
Barrier film has up to 500 submicron layers.		181
Cavity pressure controls sequential valve gating.		64
Clear concentrates for cosmetics, personal care.		50
Clear TPEs shrug off boiling water.		77
Close the loop on clean cooling water.	Walker, Laura	906
Conductive PP is tough and easy-flowing.		140
Control the shape of four profiles at once.		147
D-LFT composites aim for auto body panels.	Schut, Jan H.	1018
Datebook.		361
Die-flow modeling is now easier to use.		97
Dow sells Derakane business to Ashland.		63
Electric concept car has thermoformed PETG body.		118
Extrusion blow molder boasts small footprint.		150
First nylon 614 resin coming in 2005.		114
Gauge surface smoothness of small & curved parts.		88
Hand-held XRF analyzer detects metals, halogens.		92
In praise of trade shows.	Naitove, Matt	285
In-mold labeling: catching on in North America: already a familiar sight on European store shelves, the eye-catching appeal of "IML" is gaining traction among North American injection molders. The latest tooling and automation designs can handle the higher volumes needed here.	Knights, Mikell	3065
Investors buy Big O Machinery.		73
Know your mold coatings: nowadays, there's a lot more to mold wear and corrosion protection than just hard chrome and electroless nickel. Some tools need more protection or more protection or more lubricity than they can offer. Here's one expert's guide to the newer options.	Bales, Steven J.	2757
Larger size of low-cost strand pelletizer.		107
Low-gloss TPO for auto interiors.		70
M&G plans big PET plant in S. America.		36
Metabolix & ADM team up on bio-based polymers.		153
Micro-beads disperse well in PET bottles.		143
Monitoring system gains SPC & e-mail alarms.		257
Multi-resin hot-runner manifolds slim down.		133
New acrylic capstock is highly weatherable.		95
New dryer saves space and energy.		160
New linear robots have no floor cabinet.		134
New marking additive for low-powered C[O.sub.2] lasers.		171
New nozzles suited to tight gate distances.		117
New resins for SMC, VARTM, open molding.		149
New route to bimodal HDPE.		152
New shredder targeted exclusively for plastics.		145
New styrenic copolymers Target food packaging.		127
No more tears.		128
Not such good advice anymore?	Schut, Jan H.	672
Now, glass-filled PC is clear, too.		124
Photoluminescent sheet glows longer, stronger.		105
Polyurethanes: foams go 'green' at ever-lower cost: a great deal of effort is going into formulating rigid and flexible foams for lower cost and better properties, despite the transition to "cleaner" blowing agents. Improving fire and smoke performance is another challenge.	Sherman, Lili Manolis	2456
Process controller checks the color of your part.		208
Profile checks made easy.		103
Sequential coex 3D charts new territory.		250
Smaller hot runners for micro-molding.		82
Soft, stitch-bonded mat makes pultrusion easier.		67
Solvay sells its PE stake to BP.		58
Specialty nylons satisfy auto cooling-line needs.		122
Stretched PTFE tubes gain unusual properties.		132
The smooth way to mold microcellular foam parts.		312
Three new technical centers take the stage.		163
Three variations of fused deposition modeling.		191
Tight supplies, high prices seen for 2005.	Block, Debbie Galante	420
Twin-screw kneader has a new twist.		149
Two-material automotive part is cored out with water.	Naitove, Matthew H.	285
Two-toned PET bottles made by coinjection.		163
Wind big rolls on small cores.		155