Category: Tech Tips
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Drum Tumbler
An IMS Exclusive Product Easily Blend Material While Saving Time, Labor and Money December 21, 2022 IMS’ Proven Performance Optimum Mixing Durable Single Drum Tumbler Corner wall design Double Drum Tumbler Drum tumbler must have enclosure for operator safety — Contact IMS for enclosure options Drum Tumbler Control Panel Use this IMS Drum Tumbler Control…
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Plastic Granulators
Granulators (sometimes referred to as grinders) are machines used to reduce scrap plastic parts or other plastic waste into a reusable form. This material – regrind – is sometimes put right back into the process to create the same parts. Other times it is reprocessed and re-pelletized for reuse. Occasionally material is turned into a…
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Mold Setup Cart
IMS Exclusive Product December 6, 2022 Every Maintenance Department needs this Mold Setup Cart for easy access to all your maintenance products. Designed by a molder to reduce maintenance time – load up this cart with every tool, hose, and clamp necessary that is brought to the machine. Heavy duty, welded steel construction – ships…
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Eliminate Static and Dust!
November 28, 2022 When the air is dry, passing objects strip electrons from each other and develop a static charge. It can cause shocks up to 10,000 volts in people – painful, but not lethal. In plastics production, static can be lethal – to profits. Parts can jam up and dust attraction can ruin the…
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Breaking the Mold Forum Follow Up
November 23, 2022 Finding Your Voice This past weekend, I joined some of the industry’s top leadership professionals in Nashville at Women Breaking the Mold Networking Forum. Hundreds of women of various backgrounds and ages gathered with the same vision: to make the industrial sector a safe and promising place for women to grow their…
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Extending the life of your Heater Band
November 18, 2022 Heater Bands are an essential part of the injection molding process. They are used to heat the barrel and nozzle of the molding machine to the desired temperature for melting the plastic resin. Injection Machines can use any number of heater bands at one time and extras should always be kept on…
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How to Set Barrel Zone Temps in Injection Molding
November 2, 2022 When setting up a new or existing mold, there are multiple variables the processor must handle. First on the list is setting up the barrel zone temperatures. This allows operators to spend less time waiting for the machine to warm up so that they can prepare for production. Nevertheless, the question remains of what…
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Breaking The Mold
IMS Company is a trusted source molding supplies, components, auxiliary machinery, and equipment for the plastics processing industry. From the beginning, innovation has been at the heart of our business. We recognize an essential building block of innovation is providing our team members with opportunities to grow. So, when an employee presents us with a…
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The Benefits of Extruder Screens
September 9, 2022 Whether you are producing plastic bottles, caps, or clothing, polymer material needs to be formed into a desired shape. The extrusion process is often used to produce these shapes. While there are many circumstances that can cause product failure, contaminants in plastic are the most common. Removing contaminants from the melt is…
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Calculating Heat Load for a Circuit
August 24, 2022 Application Procedure Use the following formula and method to calculate heat load for one cooling circuit. This will help determine suitability of the Smartflow Mold Temperature Regulator to your process. NOTE: These graphs and information are intended as a general guide for sizing and initial setup of the mold temperature regulator. Due…
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