Articles from Plastics Technology (April 1, 2007)

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Title	Author	Type	Words
Acquisitions in composites.			41
Adaptable cutting chamber makes grinders versatile.			179
Basic roll-fed unit for short runs.			128
Bigger hybrid presses.			172
Clear PP sheet grade for form-fill-seal packaging.			165
Color refinement yields upscale coffee canister.			204
Coloring on the machine: you can do it right.	Conair, Gary Hovis		1757
Compounders expand.			206
Conductive SEBS TPEs offered in North America.			134
Construction slump will drag down plastic pipe demand this year.	Wood, Bill		579
Customized nip stations for all sorts of webs.			95
Dow gears up for 3Q launch of Infuse OBC.			131
Dynisco acquired.			76
Extruder line converted to four-motor drives.			101
Faster palletizer for PET bottles.			162
Glass roving for pultrusion.			57
Ground transporter for massive molds.			123
Hot-runner control for many zones.			94
Hot-runner nozzles have spare heater & T-couple.			101
How big is the plastics trade deficit?	Naitove, Matt		339
Husky considers a sale.			62
Improved rubbery EVAs for wire & cable.			125
Industry datebook.		Calendar	350
Iso polyester brings 'Class A' finish to boats.			105
Long-fiber thermoset compounds acquired.			60
Lyondell sells its Millenium TiO2 unit.			57
Magnetic separators at an economical price.			94
Medical tubing: tinier than ever and much more complex.	Schut, Jan H.		1986
Melt-oscillation molding enhances part properties.	Knights, Mikell		1120
Mini six-axis robot mounts 'anywhere'.			186
Modular conveyors grow longer & wider.			73
More carbon fiber coming.			292
More propylene-ethylene plastomers and TPEs.			237
Multi-color LSR parts from a single barrel.			115
New name in ERP software.			45
New organization for Bayer PUR Systems.			58
New range of benchtop capillary rheometers.			146
New surface treatment doubles screw life.			82
New-style motors on 9-layer blown film line.			173
Novatec & advantage team up.			79
Nylon 66 with 60% glass.			66
Outdoor chillers provide 'free cooling'.			64
Pad printers for medical and clean-room use.			85
PC sheet for signs.			101
PET color concentrates need no drying.			155
Plasticizer okayed by FDA.			118
Polystyrene ionomer extrudes more easily.	Schut, Jan H.		324
Prepreg boosts electrical performance.			61
Prices creep up slowly.	Schut, Jan H.		2081
Process monitoring added to PET preform systems.			105
Redesigned nine-layer die.			211
Release for rotomolding.			88
Rigid integral-skin foam moves into larger parts.			246
Shut-off nozzles upgraded.			127
Single-screw compounder has grooved barrel.			109
SMS GmbH to sell two extrusion machinery groups.			90
Software optimizes coex tubing die.			176
Software turns recycle & wide-spec into standard compounds.			141
SPI creates medical products section.			55
Stretch-blow unit now makes 5-L PET bottles.			120
Structural foam: as parts grow larger, robots do the heavy lifting.	Knights, Mikell		1381
Thermoforming ready for in-mold labelling? After several fits and starts over the last decade, thermoforming IML appears ready for prime time, thanks to improvements in output and labeling technology. For now, the action is mostly in European packaging.	Grande, Joseph A.	Cover story	2290
Thermoplastic honeycomb cores for infusion.			78
Touchscreen feeder control.			67
Twin-screws extrude wood/plastic profiles.			153
UV-cure powder coatings protect vinyl flooring.			224
Vibrating-rotor compounder lowers melt temperature & viscosity.	Schut, Jan H.		1094