Articles from Plastics Technology (April 1, 2008)

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Title	Author	Type	Words
'Hybrid' press line expands.			196
11-layer spiral die for blown film.			104
Amber colorants for PET Rx bottles.			62
Arburg opens California Technology Center.			50
Automated parts handling.			75
Biodegradable resin for extruded foam.			59
Budget merges with PPE.			30
Cold-runner system for LSR.			126
Controllers target valve gates or hot-runner temperature.			194
Corrosion-resistant SMC targets heavy trucks.			74
Datebook.		Calendar	322
First bioabsorbable medical tubes.			226
Guide to friction & wear testing.			87
Halogen-free FR for flexible foam.			231
Heat-sealable PET medical film.			135
High-definition 3D parts 'printer'.			127
Hot sprue bushings for single cavities.			152
Hot-runner controller manages voltage flutter.			100
Hot-runner nozzle upgrades.			203
Hot-runner valve-gate plus temperature control.			109
Improved generation of compressed-air dryers.			147
KraussMaffei & Toshiba cooperate on technology.			44
Low-cost unitized system available in U.S.			97
Low-speed granulators from Taiwan.			183
Low-wear metering for abrasive PUR components.			142
Making history in Aachen.	Naitove, Matt		386
Modified PP for lightweight packaging.			151
Modular slide elements simplify demolding.			61
Mold release system for wind blades.			93
More choices for grinding, shredding.	Schut, Jan H.		900
More grinding news.			160
Multilayer TPO sheet replaces PVC-wrapped ABS.			121
New cyclic olefin for blu-ray lenses.			124
New look in PVC siding.	Schut, Jan H.		570
New press models for two-material molding.			67
New welding technologies grabbed spotlight at K show.	Grande, Joseph A.		1081
Novel oxygen scavenger for PET packaging.			133
Now, a monolayer PET bottle for ketchup.			103
Parison controller gets upgrades.			83
PC film meets IMD needs in electronics.			75
Pellet conveying in extruders.			91
Pipe: sluggish in '08, better in '09.	Wood, Bill		647
PLA shrink labels for plastic containers.			87
Plant-wide monitoring from a new source.			123
Recycling is hot: lots of new plants trying out new technologies: with virgin resin so expensive, there's plenty of recycling action--from PET bottle-to-bottle plants to new projects aimed at agricultural film, carpets, and auto-shredder residue.	Schut, Jan H.		3299
Red-fluorescing adhesive for medical parts.			130
Reverse-flow extruder mixes inside the screw.			185
Rolling knife cuts hollow profiles.			115
Screen changer for heavy contamination.			81
Self-aligning pipe compression jig.			103
Shape recognition sorts pellets.			110
SLA resin for clear, PC-like prototypes.			166
Smallest heat-shrink tube.			118
Suppliers fight sagging prices.			2008
Techmer opens new lab.			37
Use ambient-temperature water cooling in winter.			79
UV screen printer enhanced for plastics.			158
UV-protected PET for high-heat packaging.			70
Vacuum cooling tank has remote control.			156
Weather testing for the real world.	Sherman, Lilli Manolis	Cover story	3235
What to do about weak weld lines.	Bozzelli, John W.		1259
Wittmann buys Battenfeld injection molding.			177