Opportunities And Challenges Coexist With the challenges that 3D printing is currently facing, Scott Dunham, head of research at SmarTech Publishing, believes that, in general, plastic 3D printing processes and solutions are at some stage between prototyping and full industrialization, and are moving toward the latter. “Plastic and polymer printers will still be suitable for…

Covestro Aims To Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions By 50% By 2025 In terms of sustainable development, Zhou Binbin, president of Covestro’s polycarbonate business unit, stressed: “Sustainability is a very important strategic pillar for Covestro’s R&D and corporate strategy, and it has penetrated into different parts. Not our slogan, we set a very important goal to…

DSM Dyneema® Has A Low Carbon Environmental Mission At CHINAPLAS 2018, Dr. Yang Xiaowei, Director of Dinima China Business and Dr. Timothy J. Kidd, New Business Development Manager, introduced the research of Dyneema® related products during the magazine interview. Innovation results. According to reports, Dyneema® reinforced carbon fiber composite material is made of high-strength Dyneema®…

SABIC Sustainable Development Project Is Steadily Advancing Abdullah Harman Al-Faji, Executive Vice President, Petrochemical Strategy Division, SABIC. SABIC has successfully carried out a number of projects in the area of sustainability. According to Abdullah Harman Al-Faji, Executive Vice President of SABIC Petrochemical Strategy, SABIC has one of the world’s largest carbon dioxide capture devices in…

Is There A Share Of The $16 Billion 3D Printing Market? The annual survey of the polymer polymer and plastics additives market by SmarTech Publishing in the United States shows that the industrialization of plastic printing technology will bring $16 billion in revenue to industrial plastic printers and polymer printing materials in 2027. This study…

The Four Terminal Markets Will Become The Largest Users Many areas will benefit from 3D printing, but SmarTech has focused its research in four areas, dentistry, biomedical, automotive and aerospace. They are the biggest users and drivers of this technology for the next decade. 3D printing will be the main means of dental production Research…

Injection Mold Of Plastic Underground Pipe After one month’s effort, this plastic pipe mold is completed sucessfully and shipped by sea to Canada. What are you waiting for? Fit Precision mold, your good tooling & manufacturing assistant for plastic injection products.

Maguire’s New Mixing System Accurately ‘Feeds’ Your Press Maguire Products recently introduced a new blender that provides extrusion control based on batch accuracy and measurement accuracy to interface with the entire production line monitoring system. The new WXB Weighing Extrusion Mixer has proven to be used in the production of blown film, sheet, pipe and…

KRAIBURG TPE Launches New TPE For Automotive Touch Interior Parts It is reported that KRAIBURG TPE will soon launch the new THERMOLAST® K series compound FG/SF for automotive applications. These compounds have a Shore A hardness of between 50° and 80°. They have excellent surface properties – not only wear resistance, but also strong adhesion…

FDA Compliant For Multi-Component Applications With PA The new compound of the FC/AD/PA THERMOLAST K series from KRAIBURG TPE is aimed at processing manufacturers in the consumer and food industries. These materials have been specially developed to provide direct adhesion to food and excellent polyamide adhesion. The natural color compound has a Shore A hardness…