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MATERIALS: CHEMISTRY LESSONS

That old adage about the difficulty of making a silk purse from a sow’s ear isn’t wrong, and it’s never more right than when it comes to resins and plastic parts. If the materials aren’t perfect for the application, it’s game over for the product maker before it even begins. But it doesn’t have to be that way. Here’s a look at some new cutting-edge products made possible by the right resins.

INJECTION MOLDING: FROM FAKUMA

Germany’s Fakuma trade show is the global industry event in the non-K years, and it’s always been about injection molding. The 2017 edition was no different, and some of the industry’s heaviest hitters were there to unveil their latest technologies. Couldn’t be there in person to catch it all? We’ve got you covered with a look at some of what dropped in October.

MOLDMAKING: BORDER CROSSING

Opening a new parts warehouse in the Windsor, Ont. region – its first facility in Canada – is just PCS Co.’s latest move in its new direction.

EXTRUSION: CONTROL FREAKS

Life is all about control, and extrusion – a continual process with umpteen variables – is definitely no exception. Get it wrong and you`re looking at aesthetic flaws and size and dimensional variations. The good news? The newest control systems are more intuitive and user-friendly than ever, and can identify and monitor parameters, and tie in data from upstream and downstream, like never before.

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