The use of additive manufacturing — also known as 3D printing — continues to grow significantly. Expanding from the printing of tooling, fixtures and prototypes into the full production of robust, reliable products used throughout many industries, 3D printing has moved well beyond simply printing uncomplicated plastic parts.

Finding just the right heat exchanger for your specific process cooling application sometimes can be an intimidating task.

An Industry 4.0 platform for plastics processors combines equipment monitoring and visualization functions with cloud-based data storage and analytics.

From manufacturing personal items like toys and toothbrushes to industrial parts like plastics utilized in automobiles, injection molding is one of the most relevant manufacturing techniques in use today. 

If manufacturing were a person (stick with me here…), it would be the world’s worst control freak. Think about it: knowledge and control are the name of the game in effective manufacturing. 

Conair added centralized, full-featured machine controls and programmable performance indicators to its latest update of SmartServices, an Industry 4.0 solution for auxiliary equipment monitoring, management and analysis.

Applications for the line of sanitary temperature control systems include biotechnology and pharmaceutical, extrusion, food and beverage processing, laboratory, medicine and vitamin processing, mixers and blenders, packaging, pet food processing, personal care/cosmetics, reactors, sterilizers and fermenters, surgical equipment and devices, and vessels/jacketed tanks.

Model 9950 Gen2b adds functionality to the capabilities of Model 9950, thereby enabling multiple measurement readings in one transmitter. It fully supports the company’s Smart Sensor electronics for pH/ORP measurements. 

Integrated cooling solution for the plastics industry integrates mold-cooling units connected to each mold with a close-circuit adiabatic central system for overall plant heat dissipation. 

For decades, plastics processors have had to select chillers based on their maximum cooling-capacity requirements. While this approach ensures plenty of chiller capacity, it is not always energy efficient.