Articles from Plastics Technology (August 1, 2008)

Title	Author	Type	Words
'World's biggest' screen changer.			120
23-ft-wide blown film.			133
American Kuhne moves.			68
BMCI acquired by private equity firm.			72
Calcium carbonate for reinforcing biopolymers.			52
Clariant acquires liquid-color producer.			63
Composites: higher properties, lower cost.	Schut, Jan H.		2976
Coperion triples capacity.			43
Custom compounds with carbon nanotubes.			120
Custom conveying systems pay big returns for molders.	Sherman, Lilli Manolis		860
Datebook.		Calendar	312
Dow to buy Rohm & Haas.			101
Eliminate ejector plates!			312
Enchanced purge compound.			133
ERP software for compounders.			134
Fabric-capped ABS targets liners.			87
Fast Heat quits heaters, keeps hot runners.			77
Focused laser makes micro perforations.			137
FR & metallic-effect PBTs.			205
German maker of chillers, TCUs opens U.S. office.			44
Get a handle on stress-cracking in HDPE bottles.	DeLong, Robert		1440
GlasCraft plant to close.			78
Gneuss moves & expands.			53
High-efficiency barrel heating and cooling.			245
High-speed FFS line for ultralight PET bottles.			116
High-speed, two-stage press for precision thin-wall parts.			110
Higher speeds for double-shot machines.			136
Hot-runner controller for up to 256 zones.			63
Hot-runner mold inserts offer cooling enhancement.			184
Impact modifiers for PVC window profiles.			139
Italian bubble-wrap machines come here.			122
Low-VOC vinyls target furniture.			79
Molded housewares are down, but not by much.	Wood, Bill		583
Molding simulation: new frontiers in process prediction.	Knights, Mikell	Cover story	4193
Monster press is an energy miser.			98
More capacity coming for glass & carbon fibers.			49
New biopolymers find commercial use.			189
New gas-assist components.			107
New home for Malvern Instruments.			45
New polycarbonate for high-brightness LEDs.			56
Packaged tooling kit for CNC machining plastics.			52
PC sheet for aircraft interiors.			81
PET for thick-wall bottles has glass-like clarity.			83
Pipe die has internal air-cooling.			160
Plug-assist coating improves surface quality & formability.	Grande, Joseph A.		575
Pocket spectrometer identifies plastics.			98
Price hikes hit scary levels.	Sherman, Lilli Manolis; Schut, Jan H.; Block, Debbie Galante		2220
PUR mimics thermoplastics.			268
Rapid heat/cool process improves surface quality.			158
Rapid mold heating/cooling and temperature control.			138
Rapid tooling "grows" profits at Linear Mold.	Knights, Mikell		521
Ready to get serious about energy efficiency?	Naitove, Matt		498
Rheometer has new look, smaller footprint.			118
Robotic testing system for flexible films.			157
Self-Dumping Hopper eases dust disposal.			115
Software simplifies full-color 3D 'printing'.			162
Special-effect Masterbatches.			85
Stretch-blow molders provide higher output.			131
Tiny, low-priced camera for Web inspection.			93
Touch-Screen PC for materials testers.			44
Tri-screen control panel shows more data.			161
Web inspection for wider sheet.			137
Wittmann Battenfeld revamps and expands press lines.			218