Posts Tagged ‘#plastic’

Working off of our post yesterday in regards to the FDA announcing an upcoming statement on 3D printing in the medical community, Plastics Today has put together a great slideshow that highlights the influence of plastics in this year’s  Medical Design Excellence Awards (MDEA).  This year’s MDEA’s is the 17th year of the annual awards and has a strong influence

To take the old broadcasting line from television, “do not adjust your computer monitors, what you see is in fact correct!”  Due to series improvements resulting in increased payload capacities and increased tonnage rating the Absolute Robot EA, EB and EC series have also gone through a name change.  The new name for the three series is the Absolute Robot

Plastics News published an interesting article recently on the increasing demand of PEEK with use for implantable medical parts.  Medical manufacturers appear to be moving away from metal implants due to the high price of titanium and plastics ability to avoid complications after implantation.  Titanium, even as light a metal, still has tendencies to migrate after the procedure causing potential

Technology plays a key role in product development these days.  Electronics are thinner, cars are safer, materials are stronger and lighter at the same time and now it has been reported that a German mold maker has developed the works first seven component mold.  The mold is intended for use with toothbrush manufacturing, helping to reduce downtime during production cycle.

While supply chain accountability has taken center stage with the debacle at Aston Martin it is still the use of counterfeit DuPont material that spurred the recall.  Plastics Today published an article Wednesday on a Texas based company that is developing specific technology that will help ensure processors are not using counterfeit product.  The article is an interesting read that

MillerCoors has adopted the use of plastics for bottles rather than glass for there economic beer lines.  The brands affected now have a new look with plastic packaging for their 32oz and 40oz bottle sizes.  Switching to a plastic bottle has allowed for a drop in transportation costs as the material switch accounts for a loss of one pound per

End of last week we covered our presence at the space draw event put on by SPI for NPE 2015.  Plastics Today had some great coverage from the event, especially a comment from SPI SVP Gene Sanders that allows us some insight to the process of picking the location for NPE.  Year after year the show has been in Chicago

When you think of counterfeit items you may think of high end handbags, watches or apparel.  Not often does the idea of a counterfeit accelerator pedal arms come to mind but for Aston Martin it is a reality and the reason for their recent recall.  On Wednesday the luxury car manufacturer had to recall 17,590 cars produced since 2007 for

This past Sunday it was the commercials that were the must watch TV during the Super Bowl with a terribly lopsided game.  While we were witness to the typical beer, food and web hosting commercials there was a US based molder who captured America’s attention.  MacNeil Automotive Products Ltd. which makes and sells products under the brand WeatherTech featured a

Absolute Robot’s X and telescoping XW Series sprue pickers are smooth, reliable and simple to operate. Some of the notable features of these sprue pickers are:

Simple 50-90 degree swing adjustment
Linear vertical rails with Rexroth Bosch bearings
Sprue grip with unique pressure differential detection switch to eliminate verification switch adjustments
Locking cylinder to prevent main arm drift in mold area in event