Industry What the Heck Is Up With California’s Recycling Program? August 29, 2016 / May 12, 2017 by plasticsinfomart We’re tossing more stuff, and bulk recyclers are dropping by the hundreds. Few states have a greener rep than California, and for good reason. The state has a cap-and-trade program for carbon emissions, solar-energy production exceeding that of all other states combined, and, at the behest of Gov. Jerry Brown, it’s now mulling new targets […] Read more »
Breaking News Kerala: 4-Yr-Old Undergoes Plastic Surgery After Dog Bite August 26, 2016 / March 15, 2017 by plasticsinfomart Allan was bitten on his lips and chin, following which he was taken to a local government hospital. A 4-year-old boy in Kerala underwent a plastic surgery after he was bitten by a stray dog on Wednesday. His mother Suja, who came to his rescue, was also bitten.The incident took place when Alan B was […] Read more »
Design How to Successfully Design Plastic Parts August 26, 2016 / March 15, 2017 by plasticsinfomart Injection-molded plastic part design is a lot like parenting. The job falls into your lap, you have zero qualifications, and yet, you are supposed to do it perfectly while blindfolded. It’s difficult to lunge forward with confidence when you are building on a poor foundation. There are engineering schools that offer an exclusive plastics track, […] Read more »
Plastic Prices PET Prices Drop; Others Remain Stable August 26, 2016 / March 15, 2017 by plasticsinfomart PE, PP, PVC, PS prices stable for now, PET more volatile. Lower PE and PP prices have helped stabilize those markets, although ample PE supply could result in further decline. Feedstock volatility and unplanned outages appeared to put some upward pressure on PS and PVC, though any actual movement was far from certain. Further downward […] Read more »
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 »
