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| IMS eCONCEPT$™ is a unique, e-bulletin focusing on
products and services designed expressly to increase production, decrease costs
and maximize molding profits. These topics include ways to run faster, produce
better parts, conserve utilities, extend equipment life and more. |
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| Index of topics: |
| Ways to ELIMINATE
(Static): |
| Static
eliminating equipment (Ionizers) |
| Static electricity causes parts to collect dust, to stick to each other and to
stick to the machine, conveyor belt or bag. Any of those problems can cost you
money, and any can be eliminated at a very reasonable cost... |
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| Ways to MOLD BETTER
PARTS / CUT REJECTS / CUT CYCLE TIME: |
| Are
your color mixing nozzles helping or hurting your productivity? |
| The most common use of mixing nozzles is to deliver a more uniform distribution
of color additives so part appearance is enhanced and the scrap rate is
reduced. Mixing nozzles can also increase the usable level of regrind. All
mixing nozzles do these thing to varying degrees but certainly some perform
more... |
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| Unique
system give you process control never before possible |
| Logarithmic spiral curves promote a faster, freer flow of material than
conventional, flat tapers. A smoother, unencumbered flow produces better parts.
These are facts and also the reasons why IMS incorporates spiral curves in each
componenet of it’s exclusive SPIRAL™ System. |
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| Don’t
let humidity and dampness dilute your profits! |
| Excess moisture in your molding material can cause splaying, voids,
brittleness, delamination, weld lines etc. Most of these defects can be
eliminated by thoroughly drying your material before processing. |
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| Ways to MOLD BETTER
PARTS, SIMPLIFY MOLD SETUP and AVOID EQUIPMENT DAMAGE: |
| New
SMARTFLOW® line can boost your profits 3 ways! |
| IMS is proud to be a Smartflow Factory Authorized Distributor. The Smartflow
product line is manufactured to exacting specifications for highest quality to
keep machines running to increase molder’s profits. |
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| Ways to STRETCH YOUR
MRO BUDGET: |
| You’ll
never have to order and wait for a special size nozzle or nozzle tip again! |
| IMS Nozzle and Nozzle Tip Thread Adapters let you use existing, standard size
hot end components ( 1-3/4"-8 thread, 3/4" r.o. nozzles and 7/8"-14 thread,
1/2" r.o. nozzle tips) in a much wider variety of applications. |
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| Ways to EXTEND
EQUIPMENT LIFE: |
| A
little air in the wrong place can cause big problems! |
| Are your heaters burning out too soon? – Especially your cartridge heaters? The
problem might be an air gap between the heater and the bore it fits into. This
problem may be solved by using a heat transfer compound. |
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| Have
worn barrels been robbing your profits? |
| Can’t afford any lengthy downtime right now? Installing an IMS BRODY-ring® on
your existing screw tip will not only help you regain control of part quality,
but will also let you postpone barrel repairs until after your job is complete. |
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| Ways to REDUCE
DOWNTIME: |
| Don’t
let slow, ineffective purgers eat up your profits! |
| IMS carries 4 different low and high temperature compounds to ensure you get
the: cleanest machine components, in the least amount of time, using the least
amount of purger – no matter what type of resin or colorant needs to be purged. |
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| Ways to RUN FASTER
CYCLES: |
| Just
1/64" of scale can reduce heat transfer up to 40%! |
| The unique, IMS Lime Buster III™ Mold Water-Passage Cleaner will dissolve and
flush away trouble-causing deposits. Heat transfer becomes faster; cycle times
get shorter and electricity use goes down. |
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| Ways to CONSERVE
(Floor Space): |
| Versatile
Resin Storage Bins can be safely stacked UP TO 3 HIGH! |
| IMS Portable Resin Bins offer NUMEROUS ADVANTAGES over large, hard to move
metal and plastic storage hoppers including: |
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| Ways to CONSERVE
(Compressed Air): |
| You
could be leaking thousands of dollars worth of compressed air and not even know
it! |
| Our New Ultrasonic Leak Detector can help determine if you are or not. Most
plant noises are in the normal range of human hearing, but turbulence created
by air forced through a small orifice (a leak) generates ultrasonic sound which
is NOT audible. |
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| Ways to CONSERVE
(Electricity): |
| Do
you want to increase the profitability of your operations? |
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Uni-Vest™ Barrel Insulation Systems cut energy use, promote faster
machine start-ups and help ensure consistent part
quality. They PAY FOR THEMSELVES in energy savings. |
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| Ways to CONSERVE
(Molding Materials): |
| Don’t
let contaminated and spilled material lower your profits |
| While Gaylord & Drum Covers stop dirt, dust, metal objects, trash and other
contaminants from GETTING INTO molding materials, Gaylord & Drum Liners
help keep materials from LEAKING OUT OF their containers. |
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| Tech Tips: |
| How
to choose the right nozzle heater band and how to make it last |
| Insulation Type: Mica-insulated bands are the least expensive and are the most
cost-effective bands for standard wattage applications. Most users prefer mica
for nozzle bands. |
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| How
To Select The Right Gate Cutter For Your Job |
| De-gating a plastic part from its runner may be your final operation before
shipping the parts to the customer. Often it is a challenge to remove a runner
and leave the part cosmetically, functionally and structurally intact. Choosing
the proper gate cutter... |
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| Water
and Air Fittings 101 |
| a.k.a. 40 Names for the same thing…Quick Disconnect, Quick Change, QD’s,
Coupler, Brass Fittings, Mold Fittings…The fitting industry is an unusual
beast; the industry has set standards for fittings, but customers use different
names for the same part. |
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| Maximizing
the Value of Regrind |
| With resin prices continuing to go up, the use of regrind is becoming a more
viable tool for the molder. The nature of plastic processing ensures that we
will probably always have regrind, whether it comes from start up, trimmed
flash... |
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| Need
help deciding on a method or formula for mold release? |
| Mold release is not as simple as it used to be. The days of an operator
spraying a can of CFC-based mold release are gone. Formerly simple mold release
decisions now require more information than ever before. |
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| Need
help deciding what size mold chiller to order? |
| Sizing a chiller for your molding shop is important for the following reasons:
If too small a chiller is selected... |
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