The heat is on in the mouldings sector
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The automobile industry is putting pressure on the plastics moulding sector as they try to reduce their supplier counts. However more companies are entering areas of the plastics moulding market leading to increased selection for car manufacturers. Some companies are making slight design modifications to reduce manufacturing costs and others are extending their multi-shot moulding capabilities to improve product deisgn and quality, and reduce costs.
Publication Name: Eureka
Subject: Engineering and manufacturing industries
ISSN: 0261-2097
Year: 1996
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Fibre alignment forms a shield
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Researchers at Germany's Fraunhofer Institut for Chemical Technology have created a new way of making metal-filled plastics. This technique involves moulding the plastic within magnetic fields, forming a more ordered array of filler metals.
Publication Name: Eureka
Subject: Engineering and manufacturing industries
ISSN: 0261-2097
Year: 2000
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Keeping it all together
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Issues concerning the essential industry of bolts, nuts, screws and washers are presented. Reference is made to some of the innovations in the field since 1980, including novel adhesives, the double nut, and flow drilling processes.
Publication Name: Eureka
Subject: Engineering and manufacturing industries
ISSN: 0261-2097
Year: 2000
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