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How a leading manufacturer of plastic caps & lids transitioned to smarter plastics processing
The Mold-Rite Plastics (MRP) plant in Plattsburgh, NY, makes caps; millions and millions of caps, including the child-resistant caps for pharmaceutical bottles and the flip-top caps for liquid dispensing bottles like those used for hand-sanitizing solutions. Todd Duprey, Automation Supervisor, oversees a molding operation that has 90 molding machines running...
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Gravimetric Feeders vs Volumetric Feeders
What's the difference between Gravimetric Feeders and Volumetric Feeders? Feeders are auxiliary equipment that dispense a measured amount of an ingredient—a resin, a colorant, or an additive—into resin entering a processing machine. The term “volumetric” refers to one way that a feeder measures and dispenses an ingredient. The other way...
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Upgrading Your TrueBlend Blender from SB-1 to SB-4, the Easiest Decision You’ll Make All Week!
There’s sometimes a problem with making the best equipment in the industry – it often lasts forever (or so it seems). We’ve heard repeatedly, “I’d love to buy a new [dryer, blender, etc.] but the old one just keeps working!” The disadvantage to making equipment that really lasts is that...
By Alan Landers 
By Chad Stover