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Coating line flexibility: of course you want it, but how to get it?
Flexible coating lines already are in use at most Tier 1 automotive plastic parts suppliers. Processors in other industries also can benefit from the increased ability to react quickly to new coating challenges. The author discusses these systems' potential problems and how best to resolve them.....more>> |
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Automation not just for injection molders
Automation increasingly means much more than pick-and-place robotics destined for injection molding, with many processors, including thermoformers and blowmolders, now automating their lines.....more>> |
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New trends in automotive colors
Climate protection and environmental awareness, issues that have now fully entered the mainstream conversation, will impact color trends for cars this year and, maybe, for much longer. These predictions can benefit processors, who recognize the value in being able to talk their customers' language and understand their issues. "Ecology has become the trendsetter of the future, and in a number of areas has brought about a complete shift in thinking."....more>> |
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 New silkscreen units already see their day in the sun
Plastic tube processor CCL Tube (Los Angeles, CA; www.ccltube.com) reports it recently invested more than $7 million in silkscreen tube printing equipment, with the new kit enabling customers to choose from a variety of complex tube decorating concepts. The new equipment is in both of the firm's U.S. facilities (in LA and in Wilkes-Barre, PA). One of the first projects to benefit from the new capacity are tubes for Hawaiian Tropic's Sun Potion lotion.....more>> |
Inks require no Prop. 65 warning label
The Sapphire pad and screen printing inks from this supplier are said to be both Prop. 65 compliant as well as meet European EN 71 Toy Safety standards. Sapphire series are available in 21 standard color shades. Recent additions to California Proposition 65 (Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act of 1986) expanded the list of chemicals that are believed to cause certain diseases or birth defects.....more>> |
 Wax dispersions get mat effect
Newly released Michem Guard 349 and Michem Guard 350 wax dispersions allow users to add a matting effect to most aqueous coatings and varnishes. The coatings give water-based inks the performance properties of solvent-based systems, says this supplier, without the environmental issues associated with solvents.....more>> |
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