by Ron Kosmalski, Clean Air Technology, Inc. A cleanroom is a pre-defined room or area where the volume of particulates as small as 0.5 microns in size is reduced through filtration and air exchanges. The health care community is a significant consumer of plastic products and components. Products ranging from syringes and IV bags to medical grade tubing and implantable … [Read more...] about Cleanroom Considerations
2014 Apr/May
CVG FinishTEK Builds on Hydrographics Excellence
by Amy Bauer For nearly 20 years, Daltek, now CVG FinishTEK, of Dalton, GA, has been perfecting the art of hydrographic finishing, providing sleek custom graphics to the powersports and automotive industries. From popular wood grain, carbon fiber and brushed metal designs for automotive and trucking applications to well-known camouflage patterns for all-terrain and … [Read more...] about CVG FinishTEK Builds on Hydrographics Excellence
Gas-Phase Surface Pretreatments for Plastics Adhesion
by Scott Sabreen, The Sabreen Group, Inc. Surface pretreatments are used to promote adhesion between difficult-to-bond plastic substrates and adhesives, coatings and inks. Among pretreatments, "gas-phase surface oxidation" processes are proven highly effective, economical and environmentally safe. The selection of which method is best for any given application can be … [Read more...] about Gas-Phase Surface Pretreatments for Plastics Adhesion
Hot Stamping for Three-Dimensional Parts
by Allan Quimby, KURZ Transfer Products, L.P. At K 2013, the triennial international trade fair for plastics and rubber, held in Dusseldorf, Germany, in October, the company Leonhard Kurz, represented in the US by KURZ Transfer Products, L.P., lauched its patented 3DHS finishing process. 3DHS is an abbreviation for three-dimensional (3D) hot stamping. Visitors to … [Read more...] about Hot Stamping for Three-Dimensional Parts
Q&A: IML-I vs. IML-T
by Roman Artz, Inland Label At the 2013 In-Mold Decorating Association (IMDA) Symposium, held in October in Chicago, IL, workshops were held in which discussions centered on the advantages of injection in-mold labeling (IML-I) and thermoformed in-mold labeling (IML-T). The premise was that containers made by IML-I and IML-T are competing for many of the same packaging … [Read more...] about Q&A: IML-I vs. IML-T