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    Special Report: PTi takes proactive approach

    Lisa Jo Lupo
    Jan. 23, 2017
    As employers contemplate how new OSHA safety standards will affect their work environments, equipment makers look to bring their products into compliance.Processing Technologies...
    Graham Engineering Corp.’s XBM Navigator control system allows an activated E-stop to open all safety relays and cease all machine functions.
    Blow Molding

    Special Report: Machinery makers improve safety features

    Jan. 23, 2017
    Manufacturers of primary processing equipment are building better safety features into their machines to combat some common safety risks that can lead to injuries, as well as ...
    Compounding

    Mike Andrews joins Windmoeller & Hoelscher

    Jan. 18, 2017
    Mike Andrews has joined Lincoln, R.I.-based Windmoeller & Hoelscher Corp. He will work in the areas of process technology and application development for the plastic-converting...
    A five-layer Varex II blown film line ran an automation module for quick resin purging and changes during the K show.
    Blow Molding

    Smart factory: German manufacturers get behind 'smart' tech

    Jan. 18, 2017
    German manufacturers used the K show to vigorously promote Industry 4.0 as a way to improve productivity, process quality, data interchange and flexibility.A walk through the ...
    Thermoforming

    TSM offers coextrusion control system

    Dec. 2, 2016
    TSM's new stand-alone system provides an overview of key operating parameters associated with coextrusion.