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In an effort for our customers to better understand our industry and the products we produce, the professionals at Comet Plastic Equipment are happy to provide you with a collection of up-to-date articles and press releases listed below. We realize how quickly technology changes and feel a responsibility to our customers in relaying this information, not only to make them aware of what is happening, but also in considering how these changes may affect their business dealings in the future. Our committment to customer satisfaction is second to none, and we look forward to continuing the excellent tradition of service and quality you have come to expect from Comet Plastic Equipment. Please contact us with any questions or concerns by clicking here.
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Resin Dryers for Today's Marketplace |
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Clean Drying for Optical Media |
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Material drying is an important influence on the quality of plastic parts and products. Proper drying is fundamental to obtaining the best production yield possible. Drying is the only premolding process that must be performed mechanically. There are many types of auxiliary equipment that reduce or eliminate the need for labor... |
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Imagine, if you will, production of a small, lightweight, thin, circular product molded in a single-cavity tool with a 15-second cycles…and a 30 percent reject rate. Sound wasteful? Inefficient? In 1986, that was modus operandi for the manufacture of compact disks... |
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Drying Nylon |
Gravametric Batch Blenders |
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Nylons are used in a number of applications and offer a combination of strength, stiffness, chemical and impact resistance and good wear and friction characteristics. The American Plastics Council reported that, in 1998, more than 1 billion of nylon were sold in North America... |
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Processor interest in gravimetric feeders and blenders remains high, and the hottest segment of this auxiliary equipment market during the last 18 months has been batch blenders. As for technical advancements, many equipment suppliers have focused on improved dispensing of difficult-flow powder additives... |
Upgrading Materials Handling |
Delphi Packard Electric Wired for Speed |
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Labor cost was a key reason why captive molder Sensus Technologies Inc. (Uniontown, PA) bought its new materials handling system, but not the kind of labor cost you might first imagine... |
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Offset injection unit positioning lets molders do parting-line injection in all-horizontal machines. Dubbed the Eccentric Injection Systems (EIS) by its developer, Battenfeld of America, Inc. (West Warwick, RI), one such system allows customers to shoot into the parting line of a laterally centered mold cavity... |
Clean Materials Handling |
Material Handling Automation |
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A Raymond, Inc. (Rochester Hills, MI) is a transitional molder of automotive fasteners. Its plant in Michigan, in operations since 1989, is equipped with 30 Battenfelds. Even so, it's a small plant in the company's global operations... |
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Truly automating your plant involves more than robotics. If you really want to get lean and stay competitive, consider switching to an automated and centralized material handling system that not only reduces material waste, but impacts quality, yield, uptime, and more... |
Resin Dryers: Which is Right for You? |
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