When trying to establish process control in plastic injection, watering the tool is a key variable that is often overlooked. Water set-up and design are every bit as important as establishing and ...

Designed for molders running close-tolerance jobs at high temperatures (up to 550F), the new HH16 oil-type mold temperature controller reportedly simplifies the control process. It has an oil-to-water ...

This content was paid for by an advertiser and created by Crain's Custom Content. When walking into any plastics processing plant, you’ll see a device called a temperature control unit, or TCU. A TCU ...

Precise preform heating is essential for high-speed injection stretch blow molding. Temperature deviations can cause structural flaws, irregular wall thickness, or product failure, risking quality and ...

Flow controllers are electric devices that monitor and provide feedback to control flow-rate variables as part of a process control application. They can be used in conjunction with pumps, valves, ...

Fill speed, pack pressure, cooling rate, and melt temperature are the four critical process variables of injection molding that control the quality and consistency of molded parts. The first three ...

Starting with the sensor, measuring and controlling temperature is an essential building block of process industries. Automatic control in continuous processes uses industrial control systems to ...

Officials of Swiss mold temperature control maker Regloplas AG and its U.S. operation, Regloplas Corp. in St. Joseph, Mich., say pressurized water is the best method for rapid heating and cooling of ...

Magnum Venus Products, a global manufacturer of fluid movement and production solutions for industrial applications, is launching a new process for closed molding to increase part production by ...

Process validation, controlled molding windows and traceability are redefining how critical plastic components are ...