“SUSTAINABILITY ROCKS”: Part One* Helping Molders Navigate the Sustainability Journey Thursday, February 24, 2022: 9:00-11:00am ET/8:00-10:00am CT Virtual Event Sponsored by the SPE Injection Molding Division and the Cleveland and […]
After-School SPE Foundation STEM Clubs Need Your Support
The SPE Foundation is launching SPE After-School STEM Clubs this fall. This new program will serve 400-600 students with weekly lessons focused on sustainable materials science and positive plastics education. […]
Surgical Plans Improved with Axial3D Models, Powered by Fast Radius’ Cloud Manufacturing Platform
Fast Radius, Inc. (“Fast Radius”), a digital manufacturing and supply chain company, is working with Axial3D, an automated software company helping physicians visualize patient anatomy, to produce intricate surgical models. […]
Processing and Molding Polymers with 1.5 Nanometer Titanates and Ziroconates in Pellet Form
By Salvatore J. Monte, Kenrich Petrochemicals, Inc. Added to the hopper just like a color concentrate, 2 to 3 parts of a phosphato titanate or zirconate in pellet masterbatch form […]
SPE CAROLINA SECTION invites all SPE Members to attend a PRESENTATION ON “FLAKE SCAN” RAPID ANALYSIS
The presentation will be by Nikolas Wolf, of Sesotec Summary Designed from the ground-up as a quality check for bottle flake, the Flake Scan quickly scans and displays the count […]
A Big Step for Foaming Simulation: Bubble Shrinkage No Longer Unpredictable
By Barry Pai, Engineer at Product R&D Division of CoreTech System (Moldex3D) In the plastic foaming injection process, the supercritical fluid (N2 or CO2) and the melt are firstly mixed […]
Creating Worker Opportunity in a New Era of Automation: Autodesk Explores Skills Development & The Future of Work
By Joe Speicher Even before the pandemic, businesses across the globe were embracing automation as a solution to the skills shortages facing so many industries. The arrival of COVID-19 accelerated […]
Long-running Problem of Ear-flow Simulation Solved by Groundbreaking Viscosity Model
By Ivor Tseng, Scientist at R&D Division, Moldex3D Injection molding is the most common manufacturing process for producing plastic parts. Though the molding technology is well-developed, there is a long-running […]
Ten Part-Design Rules for Gas-assisted Injection Molding Process
By Hank Tsai., Effinno Technologies Co., Ltd. Process introduction: In general, it has four stages in a gas-assisted injection molding process (Figure 1). Stage 1 – Filling by Molding Machine […]
New Mold Cooling Innovations from Progressive Components
Route Cooling with Diverting Rods, Seal Cores with O-Rings Progressive has added new items to provide designers with more options to route cooling lines within their tools. Progressive’s addition of […]
