Articles from Plastics Technology (September 1, 2006)

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Title	Author	Type	Words
'Dittering' cast film cuts edge-trim waste.			111
Automated assemblies is up for sale.			75
Better prediction of foam cell-size and distribution.			116
Blow-trim breaks into high-volume PET jars.			188
Brains & brawn: new robots are handier than ever: at NPE, the news in robots was bigger payloads, longer reach, more axes of motion, and smarter controls that simplify programming and offer greater flexibility.	Knights, Mikell		3217
Coil heaters last longer in pelletizer dies.			93
Collapsible cores for hard-to-mold parts.			72
Color clear plastics without swirls.			85
Color, UV & biocide in one pack.			82
Compact laser welder has a rotary table.			94
Confessions of a trade show fan.	Naitove, Matt		315
Crosslinked PE for cable and radiant floor heating.			108
Electroluminescent films from new firm.			89
Faster tool changes for stretch-blow units.			76
Feeding fluff, powder, and a pinch of pellets.			148
Foaming PVC profiles both inside-out & outside-in.			146
Glass-filled PEEK meets FDA specs.			56
Hand held torque tester for closures.			116
High-clarity antiblock for polyolefin films.			102
High-power charging bar for film & sheet.			91
High-speed hydraulic presses from Taiwan.			112
Hydraulic toggle presses get upgraded controls.			96
In-die rollers press high relief into profiles.			112
Industry datebook.		Calendar	342
Japanese TPE maker coming to U.S.			103
Learning to master in-mold labeling.	Knights, Mikell		712
Lightweight materials take on bullets & bombs.	Schut, Jan H.		1977
Machine maker adds maintenance software.			98
Materials: from PPs for frozen-food packaging to nylons and alloys that withstand the heat of circuit-board soldering or automotive paint ovens, NPE 2006 was rich in news of commodity and engineering resins and TPEs.	Sherman, Lilli Manolis		2881
New ERP module handles inter-plant transactions.			134
New extrusion process recycles food-grade PET.			175
New heat-set cylinders provide long life.			103
New low-gloss ABS for auto interiors.			62
New materials on a fast track for molded auto glazing.	Knights, Mikell		825
New mixing screws for specialty jobs.			45
New nylon compounds are laser weldable.			107
New package combines mold base & hot runner.			71
New SMCs target lighting, HVAC.			99
New sprue-bar design for stack molds.			127
New tooling combines pre-punch & trimming.			92
New twin-screw lab model.			99
Novel vacuum calibrators raise sheet output and quality.	Schut, Jan H.		392
Owens Corning & Saint-Gobain to merge reinforcements businesses.			89
PBT made from recycled PET.			130
PE pipe reinforced with cross-ply oriented tape.			119
Permanent vapor corrosion inhibitor for heavy film.			73
Pipe calibrator can change wall thickness.			119
Process and production monitoring in a single package.			94
Production monitoring for large & small shops.			256
Recycled materials face market glut.	Block, Debbie Galante		389
Recycled tire rubber toughens extruded pencils.			101
Resin prices firming again.	Schut, Jan H.		1857
Robots for cutting, trimming & assembly.			366
Servo-driven trim press improves part handling.			186
Software centralizes process monitoring.			156
Stop die-hole freeze-off.	Darley, Dana		1012
Super-tough BMC replaces metal under the hood.			116
Thermoformer offers help with IMD.			118
Variable-volume pump for RIM metering.			194
Wittmann opens West Coast center.			36
World' largest compressor handles high PET output.			90