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Predictive tools give extruders an edge
Issue: October 2018New predictive maintenance options are giving extrusion manufacturers a sense of what's happening under the hood — all without the need for [more]
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Device aids in attaching tube to spool
Issue: October 2018FB Balzanelli's system would automate the process for affixing a tube or flexible profile to a winding spool./U.S. Patent and Trademark Office An [more]
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Companies find faster, easier ways to manage information
Issue: September 2018As the technologies to collect machine and business data expand and improve, companies that turn all those ones and zeros into business insights are in [more]
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Devices handle quality control for extruded products
Issue: September 2018The technologies to spot defects in film, sheet, pipe and tubing are as varied as the problems they identify. With new offerings from companies such [more]
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Blown, cast film machine makers unveil advances
Issue: June 2018Manufacturers of blown and cast film machinery at NPE2018 unveiled new and enhanced equipment for boosting production and enhancing film quality. D.R. [more]
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Reifenhäuser expands die service, adds business unit
Issue: June 2018Extrusion machinery and equipment company Reifenhäuser Group, Troisdorf, Germany, is strengthening its position in the North American market with [more]
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Additive manufacturing joins smart factory wave
Issue: May 2018Additive manufacturing technologies are exploding onto the scene, as companies launch new designs that tackle traditional limitations involving speed, [more]
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Tax law includes benefits for makers, buyers of machinery and equipment
Issue: May 2018The first major tax change in more than 30 years creates an interesting opportunity for machinery and equipment users at NPE2018. It could mean that more [more]
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ANTEC co-located with NPE2018
Tue, Apr 17, 2018The Society of Plastics Engineers (SPE), Bethel, Conn., a plastics industry association representing 22,500 plastics professionals from business, academia [more]
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Dies need less space, provide precision
Issue: March 2018Based on its success with film dies, Dual Spiral Systems has designed new coextrusion dies for manufacturing pipe and tubing. The company's recent [more]
