If you're a plant supervisor seeking to optimize your operations, have you considered introducing Kaizen? Sometimes big improvements come by way of small and continuous incremental changes, which is what Kaizen is all about. Join us for the first of a two-part...
Results of the June SimTech™ 2023 Injection Molding Challenge First Place Goes to Nick Vanspronsen of Toyota Boshoku and this month's Company Spotlight features Team Preformed Line Products. Congratulations to Nick and to Team Preformed Line Products and all those...
Actionable Steps Plastic Professionals can Take to Achieve Profit Goals For some plastic processors, improving machine output by 10 percent seems more like a pipe dream than a reality. But what if we shared some of our key training strategies that could help you...
Results of the May SimTech™ 2023 Injection Molding Challenge First Place Goes to Taylor Cook of Falcon Plastics and First Place goes to Draexlmaier Automotive of America for the Company Spotlight. Congratulations to Taylor and to Team Draexlmier Automotive and all...
What Process Outputs Should We Monitor? Part Two It’s common knowledge that dozens of variables exist in the part production process making it difficult to sustain a successful repeatable process, but when does the molder know that their press, process, and molds are...
Results of the APRIL SimTech™ 2023 Injection Molding Challenge First Place Goes to Jay Silva and First Place goes to Draexlmaier Automotive of America for the company category. Congratulations to Jay and to TEAM Draexlmier Automotive and all those who participated!...
What Process Outputs Should We Monitor? Part One Life on the production floor would be so much simpler if we could easily and quickly determine when a process is steady and consistent enough to begin production. Repeatability in production is paramount, but it’s...
Results of the March SimTech™ 2023 Injection Molding Challenge First Place Goes to Nick Vanspronsen of Toyota Boshoku and First Place goes to Draexlmaier Automotive of America for the company category. Congratulations to Nick and to TEAM Draexlmier Automotive and all...
Plastics Thinking and Machine Thinking, What's the Difference? Despite the many controls on an injection molding machine, the plastic itself can only respond to four effects; pressure, temperature, flow rate and cooling rate. This concept, developed by Don Paulson,...
Results of the February SimTech™ 2023 Injection Molding Challenge First Place Goes to Andrea Bricola of Draexlmaier Automotive of America and First Place goes to Draexlmaier Automotive of America for the company category. That's right! This company won in both...