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Alignment Of Parisons During Small Bottle Manufacture
Problem Small extrusion heads positioned close together result in high deflection rates in the parisons and low yield due to pinching by the mould....
CD & DVD Delamination During Manufacture
Problem Two CD's are effectively sandwiched together to form a DVD. The 2 disks are held together by a special adhesive formulation. As the 2...
Cleaning UPVC Profile Extrusion After Machining Or Pre Decoration
Problem Warm and highly charged profiles become heavily contaminated by swarf after the saw station. This can lead to:1. Operators receiving painful...
Contamination Control For Door Seal Manufacturing
Problem Extruded rubber used for automotive applications such as door seals, have contamination issues. The high quality requirements by...
Contamination Control in Thermoforming
Problem Sheet materials need to be free of contamination and plastic swarf prior to entry to the thermoforming machine. Failure to manage material...
Contamination Control on Injected Moulded Products
Problem Electrostatic charges generated during the injection moulding process and while cooling of products, attracts contamination from the...
Conveying Plastic Granules Activating Metal Detector
Problem The manufacture of plastic granules for the plastic industry, use an extrusion process prior to being cut to the required size....
Conveyor Problems With Plastic Blow Moulded Bottles
Problem Conveying blow moulded plastic containers (such as shampoo bottles) will result in them building up a large static charge. This will...
IML Decoration Of Plastic Moulds Using Static Pinning
Problem During in-mould labelling processes, the label must be placed and held in an accurate position inside the mould tool. This can be...
Mouldings Sticking To Tool Face During Injection Moulding
Problem Small, light mouldings can stick to the face of the tool due to static charge. This can result in mould damage and slower production...
Neutralising Static Generated While 3D Printing
Problem Static generated on the model powder during printing can cause mixing with the support material. This produces a poor finish or weakened...Operator Shocks During Electrical Cable Manufacturing
Problem Plastic sleeving coating the conductors give rise to health and safety issues due to the risk of electrostatic shock. Static charges are...
Operator Shocks In Tyre Manufacture
Problem Rubber is extruded onto a carrier belt to cool. Separation of the rubber from the carrier generates massive static charges, giving rise to...
Print Quality Problems With Ink Jet Printing On UPVC Extrusion
Problem High voltage static charges generated on uPVC profile during the extrusion process present a number of problems for ink jet printing...
Static Problems Causing Blow Moulding Parison Misalignment
Problem As molten plastic parisons drop towards an open tool, high static charges cause the following problems: Where there is more than one...