DISCLAIMER - Use this information at your own risk.
The information I provide is time proven in the field and I hope the
information others submit is also. In any case you must always follow
all safety regulations that apply to the equipment you are working
with and follow the manufactures recommendations in using test
equipment.
THINK SAFETY FIRST
Go to other links on WPM Injection
Molding links page
Molding Machine company home pages, Injection Molding
Magazine, Polysort, Plastic net, and MORE
Woody Woodrell's orginal misc. Formulas page
Nomograph for Hydraulic oil
Parker Technical Hose Information
How to determine cylinder speeds. This is
an article I wrote for Iinjection Molding Magazine
This will allow you to determine the speed of cylinders
on your machines
Ten Basic Machine States
This article will allow you to break down your machine
cycles down into ten basic states to enable easier troubleshooting
T-Line tune up procedure
This article is based upon a standard tuneup on a
Cincinnati Milacron PC3 T-line molding press. It is a good basic
document to use with all presses.
How to measure stretch on tie
bars.
This will allow you to determine the correct stretch on
any size machine for the clamp area tie bars.
Visit
ElectroSTATICS inc
Static electricity is a problem for many injection
molders. Getting the right equipment is only half of the solution.
Electrostatic has a great deal of experience in the area of static
control and designs and manufactures a complete line of ionization
equipment to reduce the static charge on plastic parts.ElectroStatics
designs and manufactures a complete line of static control equipment
for the plastics industry. Products include meters, ionization
blowers, ionization nozzles, static bars
This information came from Peter Mariani of ElectroSTATICS inc.