by John Kaverman, president, Pad Print Pros and Nancy Cates, contributing writer, Plastics Decorating Enthusiasm for the future of the industry and a near-100 percent graduate placement rate tempered by the reality of reduced academic funding - are among the strengths, opportunities and challenges shared by faculty and college students as they prepare to enter the … [Read more...] about The Future of Plastics Education
2017 Apr/May
Guide Enhances Safety for Nonscientist Users of UV-Curable 3D Printing
by Nancy Cates, contributing writer, Plastics Decorating Increasingly, 3D printers are being used in non-laboratory settings by those anxious for an opportunity to try new technology. While many different technologies are used in 3D printing, UV-curable 3D printing is one of the easiest ways to print high-quality objects with superior resolution. It often is the preferred … [Read more...] about Guide Enhances Safety for Nonscientist Users of UV-Curable 3D Printing
Tech Watch: CDigital’s Digital Heat Transfers
by Laura Copeland, contributing editor, Plastics Decorating CDigital, Baltimore, Maryland, specializes in digital heat transfers which are ideal for quick production runs of large and small orders on products made from different materials (e.g., plastic, metal and glass) in various shapes and sizes and in a wide assortment of colors. Digital heat transfers from CDigital, … [Read more...] about Tech Watch: CDigital’s Digital Heat Transfers
UV-Curable Single-Pass Inkjet Printing of Plastic Parts
by Paul Beliveau and Henry Mossell, FUJIFILM Dimatix, Inc. Fujifilm Dimatix's Inkjet Technology Integration team worked closely with a team of end user manufacturing engineers to develop and deploy 5-color (white, black, cyan, magenta and yellow) UV-curable inkjet printing on a 10'' by 12" ABS part. The challenges and solutions of ink selection, part pretreatment, creating an … [Read more...] about UV-Curable Single-Pass Inkjet Printing of Plastic Parts