Articles from Plastics Technology (June 1, 2008)

Title	Author	Type	Words
'Green' PUR polyols.			75
'Mini bubble' wrap from microlayer film.			231
Appliance markets sluggish in the near term.	Wood, Bill		525
Blender software upgrade boosts accuracy.			174
Blow moldable clear SBC.			72
Chinese-built robots boast 30% cost savings.			141
Class-VI compliant colors for PEBA & Nylon 12.			107
Clear road ahead for TPOs, TPVs.	Sherman, Lilli Manolis	Cover story	3989
Coextrusion automates bag-in-bottle production.			251
Datebook.		Calendar	330
Defect position analysis: what it is, why you need it.	Johnson, Steve		2253
Disk pump helps compound long-fiber thermoplastics.	Schut, Jan H.		1098
Extensional-flow mixer lowers melt temperatures.			223
Feedstocks push resin prices.	Sherman, Lilli Manolis; Schut, Jan H.		1918
First 60-in. triple-wall corrugated PP pipe.			224
First cut-sheet PEEK.			99
Foaming agent for PE, PS, PVC, elastomers.			151
FR additives for foams.			152
Frictionless chillers gain wider operating range.			173
Global materials database offers more data, more functionality: The Plastics Technology online materials database has a new name, a new look, and lots of new capabilities to help find the right material for a particular job. Renamed Plaspec Global, the enhanced database is accessible from Plastics Technology's website (www.ptonline.com/plaspec).	Naitove, Matthew H.		1402
Handheld welders give tight temperature control.			98
High-output PVC profile calibrator.			155
Highly amorphous PP makes stretchy films.			57
Hot-runner controller for 6 to 12 cavities.			86
Hydraulic QMC system for simpler jobs.			98
Hydraulic-clamp hybrids, small electric press debut.			124
Larger central granulator arrives from Taiwan.			115
Machine monitoring with remote real-time access.			118
Milacron to build tiebarless line in China.			197
New acetals for higher impact, lower emissions.			163
New compression press for fuel-cell plates.			127
New presses, robots and low-pressure process.	Knights, Mikell		649
New thermoformer makes bottles.			131
Non-migratory slip masterbatch.			133
Notched twin-screws exfoliate nanoclays.			107
Novel metallocene LLDPE for film.			126
Nylon 6 for fuel tanks.			245
Oscillating die gives 'perfect' film rolls.			127
Piggy-back extruders for 11-layer blown film.			135
Presses developed for biodegradable materials.			135
Revised all-electric & hybrid models planned.			187
Single screw extrudes rigid PVC dryblend.			158
Stop 'runaway' resin in blown film.	Joseph, Daniel		1342
Super-wide air knife.			76
Take total control of web static.			120
Tester measures IV of PET.			134
Textile recycler saved by carpets: this is a tale of globalization with a happy ending. One of the world's two largest carpet recyclers got into the business by accident--or necessity--when its fiber reclaim business fell victim to migration of U.S. garment production overseas. The upshot is a boon to users of post-consumer PP, PET, and nylon.	Schut, Jan H.		588
TPEs move up the performance scale: this first of two articles on directions in TPE development focuses on styrenic, copolyester, polyamide, and TP urethane elastomers. The following article covers olefinics--TPOs, TPVs, and POEs.	Grande, Joseph A.	Cover story	4096
Two-stage ejector targets larger molds.			123
Unsaturated polyesters have biobased content.			61
UV & heat-cure adhesive.			187
Valve-gate nozzles get performance enhancement.			74
What goes around comes around.	Naitove, Matt		406