Design EXTRUSION: Is Head Pressure Sapping Your Extruder’s Strength? August 25, 2016 / March 15, 2017 by plasticsinfomart A redesign of all of the flow paths between the end of the barrel and die may be in order. Every extrusion operation has head pressure, unless material is just being dumped out the end of the barrel onto the floor. Head pressure has positive and negative effects on extruder performance. In most cases the […] Read more »
Plastic Masterbatch Struktol highlights additive line for recycled plastic compounds August 24, 2016 / March 15, 2017 by plasticsinfomart Struktol, a US supplier of polymer additives, together with its European distributor Velox, will highlight various products for recycled plastics and for polymer compounds that contain recycled content at K 2016. Among the new products, STRUKTOL TR 229 is for use in both polycarbonate (PC) and PC/acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS) blends as well as polyamide […] Read more »
Processes Woywod to unveil new TRW 4L weighing hopper for capacity up to 80kg/h August 24, 2016 / March 15, 2017 by plasticsinfomart At K 2016, Woywod Kunststoffmaschinen GmbH & Co. Vertriebs-KG will introduce a new 4L weighing hopper (TRW 4L) for the processing of quantities up to approximately 80kg/h. This new compact and low cost weighing hopper is in addition to the already existing weighing hoppers and “loss-in-weight” systems. This unit is designed for granular, free flowing […] Read more »
Industry XOM, Georgia Tech develop new technology to reduce energy, emissions August 23, 2016 / May 12, 2017 by plasticsinfomart Scientists from ExxonMobil (XOM) and the Georgia Institute of Technology have developed a potentially revolutionary new technology that could reduce the amount of energy and emissions associated with manufacturing plastics. The new process, using a molecular-level filter, employs a form of reverse osmosis to separate paraxylene, a chemical building block for polyester and plastics, from […] Read more »
Plastic Raw Material Published On: Mon, Aug 22nd, 2016 Plastic Raw Material | By Plastics News Articles Exxon Mobil invents energy-efficient plastic manufacturing materials August 22, 2016 / March 10, 2017 by plasticsinfomart Scientists at Exxon Mobil Corporation and the Georgia Institute of Technology have come up with a new kind of manufacturing plastic materials that would help chemical plants reduce 45 million tons of carbon dioxide annually. The discovery would be published in the journal Science in August 19. This would be a help to achieve proposed […] Read more »
Industry Exxon’s New Plastics Technology Set To Boost Petrochemical Sector August 22, 2016 / May 12, 2017 by plasticsinfomart Researchers from Exxon Mobil and the Georgia Institute of Technology unveiled a new form of plastics making that could reduce manufacturing costs and emissions. The new system, which was published in the academic journal Science on Thursday, would purportedly save the petrochemicals industry US$2 billion, and lower the emissions equal to the emissions from about […] Read more »
Environment Kenya: KEPSA – Private Sector ‘Not to Blame for Plastic Bags Toxicity’ August 18, 2016 / March 15, 2017 by plasticsinfomart Nairobi — The Kenya Private Sector Alliance (KEPSA) Governing Council, Chair of Environment and Natural Resource Suresh Patel on Tuesday said a total ban on plastic bags was not the best way to deal with the pollutant. Speaking at the launch of a National Environment Management Authority (NEMA) Rapid Results Initiative on solid waste, Patel […] Read more »
Industry Covestro to showcase ‘DirectCoating’ steering wheel cover at K show August 17, 2016 / May 12, 2017 by plasticsinfomart German materials giant Covestro will be showcasing the prototype of a new design for a steering wheel cover using new DirectCoating technology. The coated component is produced in a two-component mould using a two-stage process in an injection moulding machine . The plastic substrate is then transferred to a second cavity that is one coating layer […] Read more »
