Too good to be true, you say? Believe it: the latest production monitoring systems are increasingly internet-based (usually wi-fi) and can be installed by even the most non-techie executive. The goal? Saving money, of course, by utilizing real-time data from the plastic injection molding process, then turning around and making that process more efficient. And…
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As summer ends and fall approaches, university students prepare to return to leaf-littered lawns. How many students are on track for a career in plastic injection molding? If you are an engineering major, an industrial designer, engineer, computer software programmers, and yes, even the student who wants to earn extra money selling Tupperware or Mary…
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It’s hard to drill down to the facts these days — on any topic. The surfeit of information precipitated by digital media (read: the internet) has confused and distracted almost everyone from the truth about everything. Manufacturing is no exception. Just mentioning the words off-shoring, re-shoring and automation is to beg an instant argument. But…
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Please don’t be offended by the recent addition of the CONTACT US page that you are redirected to when you click on the link of the Equipment tab of the Advantech Plastic Injection Molding website https:/: If you are in the habit of perusing the internet looking for information, have you noticed that…
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When you think about it, two-shot molding is actually a misnomer. How so? Well, for one thing, this plastic injection molding process utilizes a four-cavity mold, which is mounted on a rotary platen. This allows a 180° rotation of the core side of the mold which positions the first-shot core into alignment with the second…
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Like cats and dogs, the production manager and the maintenance manager constantly feud for machine time in many plastic injection molding plants. Unfortunately, production usually wins because it generates revenue and maintenance is considered overhead. Routine maintenance on molding machines is sacrificed on the altar of profit. Of course, if maintenance is delayed too long… well, you know…
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Europe has always been a trend-setter when it comes to all things “green,” environmentally-speaking. So news that the consumption of biodegradable and compost-able plastic products in Europe is expected to increase 300% from 2015 to 2020 should be taken very seriously indeed by the plastic powers-that-be stateside. While plastic recycling is regarded as the height…
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A long, long time ago (OK, not that long ago, really — 2001), our CEO, Al Zoller, bought the company that he would eventually rename AdvanTech four years later. The company’s original building, home to the former Plasticraft tool shop, covers 27,000 ft. and is more than 70 years old. Over the years, it’s been upgraded…
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Manufacturing is all about reducing complexity. After all, if you can remove a step from the process, wouldn’t that save time and (of course) money? The big question is, (also, of course)”how”? Enter “in-mold labeling,” which is the process of applying labels to plastic-injection molded products like containers or bottles during the manufacturing process. In-mold labeling,…
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Long, long ago, in a galaxy far, far away, cars were made out of three materials: metal, metal and more metal. OK, that’s something of a hyperbole but not much — automobiles of the 20’s, 30’s, 40’s and 50’s were renowned for their lavish use of sheet metal — “acres and acres” of it, as…
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