Subash Ellath

Walk into two different moulding facilities running the exact same medical-grade Polypropylene or filled PA66, and you might see two entirely different worlds.  Plant A runs smoothly with minimal scrap rates and quick 15-minute colour transitions. Meanwhile, down the road, Plant B is dealing with constant black specks, severe streak contamination, and operators spending hours …

Why Two Plastic Plants Running the Same Resin Can Get Completely Different Results Read More »

A lot of people who work with extruders have tried this. They have a problem with contamination like specks showing up and they think, “Lets just keep running new resin through it for a while.” Sometimes it looks like it is working. The output starts looking cleaner. Things seem to get better. A few hours …

Why Running New Resin Is Not Actually Cleaning Your Extruder Read More »

Walk through a blow molding facility during a changeover and you’ll often see everyone focused on the obvious things. The next resin. The next color. Production schedules. Getting the line running again. All important, of course. But experienced supervisors tend to pay attention to different details. After enough years on the floor, they know that …

What Experienced Blow Molding Supervisors Notice During Changeovers Read More »

Scrap rates are a constant headache in injection molding facilities. Even a small increase in rejected parts can slowly affect material costs, machine efficiency, delivery timelines, and overall production output. In many cases, scrap issues are linked to contamination buildup, poor resin transitions, or residue left inside processing equipment. Problems like black specks, burn marks, …

Reducing Scrap Rates in Injection Molding Operations Read More »