Articles from Plastics Technology (March 1, 2004)

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Title	Author	Type	Words
'Chaotic advection' creates new polymer blend morphologies.	Schut, Jan H.		739
'Eagle eyes' separate good profiles from bad.			96
'Floating' corona treater keeps more uniform gap.			170
'Knowledge is power' in resin buying.	Leaversuch, Robert		615
A better herringbone makes a better gear pump.			151
Additives line arrives from India.			140
Alliances expand range of special-effects pigments.			161
Ampacet launches color innovation team.			162
Automated system makes lid closing a snap.			86
BASF acquires Sunoco's plasticizer business.			28
Clock ticking on machine safety standards.			302
Compounder expands.			31
Conical twin-screws have low compression ratio.			146
Control software displays your entire plant.			232
Custom PET molds in just six weeks.			160
Custom screen changers with dual & triple slides.			107
Demag drops Van Dorn name.			61
Ebb and flow.	Naitove, Matt		317
Family lumber business turns to plastics.	Schut, Jan H.		675
Flame plasma treater treats high-speed webs.			49
Flat-die closing system reduces maintenance.			157
Flexible molding system makes three types of large parts.			250
Form it once, form it twice.			138
GE customizes LSRs.			52
German spray-paint equipment comes to U.S.			49
Get smart about screens.	Griff, Allan L.		1205
Get the roll surface right: roll finishes often cost more than the roll itself. The right finish improves film or sheet quality and raises output. Yet most processors don't know how to measure surface roughness or to specify it properly.	Hebert, Michael		931
GM expands use of PP nanocomposites.			152
Handle parts on the move.			150
Handle TiO2 in bulk.			182
Heat-shrink small tubing.			126
Hot-runner Mold Box stops thermocouple failure.			119
Industry datebook.		Calendar	344
Long glass gives a boost to high-heat nylon.			107
Mall-style plastics e-business appears to have stalled.			300
Market prices effective mid-February (a).			1294
Medical PVCs are now more heat-stable.			86
Metal replacement accelerates in under-hood parts.	Leaversuch, Robert		1334
Mold coating gives high wear resistance.			142
Moldflow acquires American MSI.			118
Monomer prices push up resin tabs.	Block, Debbie Galante		737
More all-electric models arrive from Japan.			144
Multi-layer drug vials use COC moisture barrier.			145
New lightweight, high-heat formable composite sheet.			96
New materials for cultured marble.			124
New source for in-line film-scrap repelletizers.			126
Non-sagging structural adhesive for composites.			110
Now there's PPS sheet for thermoforming.			124
PAI breaks into micro-molding.			115
Patent ruling removes cloud over machine vision.			235
PEEK challenges PPS for lead-free soldering.			100
PEI copolymers take higher heat.			161
Portable mechanical testers for the shop floor.			74
Radiated PE boosts properties of pipe and film.			243
Rampf buys Kern-Liebers dispensing technology.			140
Recycled resin prices remain high.	Block, Debbie Galante		480
Robot control integrates vision inspection.			117
Self-adhesive films protect profiles & sheet.			157
Simple roll unloader saves back strain.			127
Small molder builds a high-tech showplace.	Naitove, Matthew H.		1205
Small, high-pressure roll stack.			94
Solvay buys another TPE maker.			114
Stretch UV-curing capability.			172
Taiwan firm buys SBC plant in Texas.			57
The new dimension in mold simulation.	Knights, Mikell	Cover Story	3087
Triple bubble makes wider barrier film.			119
UV additive for PET protects bottle contents.			87
Vary wall thickness in thin tubes.			103
Vision inspection now costs less.			84
Weather testing: why you need it more than ever: if you think your product doesn't warrant weather testing, you could be in for a rude surprise. Any time you change a material formulation or use it in a new application you run the risk of uv-induced failure.	Zielnik, Allen F.		1891
Weatherable PC copolymers replace paint.			163
Wide-mouth PET preform production at high rates.			110