Plastics

A collection of news, views and information on manufacturing with plastics.

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Tensile Testing 101

Learn more about variability of results and alignment.
April 22, 2013

It seems so simple: Place specimen in grips, perform tensile test, and achieve consistent results, right? Not really.


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2013 'The MFG Meeting' Draws Nearly 700

April 16, 2013

The 2014 MFG Meeting will be held at the Arizona Biltmore in Phoenix, AZ, March 5-8.


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Business Conditions Report Predicts Spike for Spring

February 20, 2013

Metalforming companies also expect incoming orders to strengthen during the next three months.


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Automate 2013 Reaches a Record Number of Attendees

February 20, 2013
The trade show exceeded expectations.
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Mahr Federal Expands Application Center at Providence, RI, Headquarters

February 19, 2013

 

The double-sized center includes broader range of metrology equipment to enhance application development and customer interaction.

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Despite a Subdued Fourth Quarter, 2012 Industrial Manufacturing M&A Value Surpasses 2011 Levels

Strategic Investors Generate 90% of Deals; Financial Sponsors Remain on Sidelines
February 8, 2013

 

Uncertainty of global economy continues to stymie industrial manufacturing deal activity.

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Stratasys Founder and Chairman Inducted into Manufacturing Hall of Fame

January 14, 2013

 Crump is the inventor of the Fused Deposition Modeling (FDM) method of 3-D printing, an additive manufacturing process. 


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Ford to Recycle 2 Million Plastic Bottles to Use in Electric Vehicles

January 6, 2012
DEARBORN, MI-Ford, through the use of Repreve, plans to divert about 2 million post-consumer plastic bottles from landfills for use in new vehicles beginning with the 2012 Focus Electric, the
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Training Challenges with a Dispersed Workforce

April 18, 2011
Piedmont Plastics leaders began investigating an learning management system approach to unify its training programs.
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The Dual-Sensor Approach

October 24, 2008
A new approach has been developed that is conceptually very simple: to combine the strengths of two different measuring principles without allowing the restrictions to accumulate. Solutions applying this concept are being called “dual sensors,” because two existing sensors-each using different measurement principles-are combined and the signal outputs evaluated together.
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EVENTS

Materials Science & Technology 2013 Conference & Exhibition

10/27/13
Montreal
Canada
Contact: Andrea Silnes

The MS&T partnership of ACerS, AIST, ASM, MetSoc and TMS brings together scientists, engineers, students, suppliers and more to discuss current research and technical applications, and to shape the future of materials science and technology.

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Tech ManufactureXPO 2013

5/1/13

Welcome to Tech ManufactureXPO 2013 presented by ASSEMBLY and Quality Magazines!

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Multimedia

Videos

Podcasts

Bill Arbogast explains his perspective on quality, ISO 9001, and how to manage inevitable business changes.


Read: The 2013 Quality Professional of the Year

 
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THE MAGAZINE

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2013 May

Check out the May 2013 edition of Quality Magazine for features about Measurement, Software and Test & Inspection.
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A Practical Field Guide for ISO 9001:2008

The purpose of this field guide is to assist organizations, step by step, in implementing a quality management system (QMS) in conformance with ISO 9001:2008, whether from scratch or by transitioning from ISO 9001:2000. It examines each sub-clause of Sections 4–8 of ISO 9001:2008, which contain the requirements, and gives a list of the documentation/documents required, internal audit questions, a summary of management’s responsibilities, and a flowchart of the steps that need to be undertaken to satisfy the requirements.

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