Surface Finish Encapsulates the degree of roughness and variation on the surfaces of a part.
Plastic Industry Blogs
AKI’s High Surface Finish Cosmetics
What is Environmental Stress Cracking?
Environmental stress cracking (ESC) is not the result of the continual battle that the plastics industry has in convincing environmentalists and politicians that plastics can be the solution to environmental problems and not the cause.
SP Technology and Collaborative Robots
General Motors spearheaded a research project in 1995 into making robots so safe that they could literally work hand in hand with people. Twenty-three years later, cobots (collaborative robots) have found a place on many […]
AKI Deliver Technical Tight Tolerance
Injection moulding complex plastic parts is an advanced process that requires highly specialised equipment, operator skills, and engineering expertise to manufacture products that require multiple materials and higher tolerances.
Do You Know What a 1%, 5% or 30% Improvement in OEE Could Mean to Your Manufacturing Plant?
At Intouch Monitoring, we use a simple calculator that gives you an instant and accurate idea of the significant cost savings even a small improvement in OEE can have.
SP Technology Solve 3-Cell Process to Data Acquisition
Accurate data control is a requirement in most industries. Recording data at each stage of the manufacturing process ensures a traceable product and allows for an assurance of quality on every item.
What are the Different Types of Pneumatic Conveying? | Mo’s Corner
mo explains how vacuum material loaders work…
Just Why Would You Choose ABS?
ABS is one of the original engineering thermoplastics. A classic all-rounder with a good blend of performance and aesthetic properties.
BPF Recycling Group Warns of Perfect Storm Over Waste Exports
For those close to the coal face, the question on the lips of many in the plastic recycling and waste sectors is whether we are facing a Domesday scenario for exports of UK plastic packaging […]
AKI Case Study: Moulding of Technical components
Flow Regulating Control with Multi Start Threads and Spline forms
