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News Release from: Novachem
Edited by the Engineeringtalk Editorial
Team on 30 March 2006
White paper tackles plastics purging
issues
Novachem has published a free industry white paper that tackles head-on various purging issues and dilemmas facing today's plastics processing managers.
Novachem has published a free industry white paper that tackles head-on various purging issues and dilemmas facing today's plastics processing managers The 12-page technical brief, entitled "Toward a systematic approach to evaluation and resolution of purging issues in thermoplastics processing", includes an abstract overview and a four-page appendix of useful tools, such as a data collection sheet, a factors checklist, and a cost comparison matrix
This article was originally published on Engineeringtalk on 18 May 2006 at 8.00am (UK)
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Written by Novachem General Manager Frank Van Haste, the document offers approaches to contemporary purging issues, including reducing product contamination and increasing the efficiency of colour and/or resin changes.
The report also discusses the impact of these challenges on overall productivity, and provides solutions for increased efficiency.
"An informed and systematic technical approach - the antithesis of the typical 'episodic' or ad hoc approach - is now required to truly minimise the effects of contamination while maximising productivity", adds Van Haste.
"As an industry leader, Novachem has made it a priority to provide meaningful resources and solutions for its many constituents in plastics processing", comments Frank Winner, VP Marketing and Sales, "and this white paper is just one of many steps we are actively taking".
A PDF version can be downloaded free of charge from company's website.
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