The Cryogenic Institute of New England is pleased to announce that Tri-Mack Plastics has awarded us its 2021 Supplier Excellence Award for our Nitrofreeze® cryogenic solutions. This is the first time that the Bristol, Rhode Island plastics manufacturer has recognized a supplier for consistently demonstrating excellence in terms of quality, on-time delivery, responsiveness, price competitiveness, […]
Planned shutdowns give manufacturers an opportunity to clean and maintain facilities and equipment. For some companies, planned downtime in December makes the most sense because the company is closed for Christmas and New Year’s anyway. Other businesses prefer summer shutdowns, especially around the Fourth of July, because it’s when many employees take their annual vacations. […]
Deburring tools for drilled holes are held in the hand and used to remove unwanted material that’s left behind by drilling. These exit burrs mar the appearance of machined parts and degrade their form, fit, and function. Although manufacturers and machine shops can reduce burr formation by adjusting cutting speed, feed, point angle, and clearance, […]
Nitrofreeze® is experiencing supply chain disruptions that may delay the start of your dry ice blasting and cleaning (DIBC), deburring, or deflashing project. Shipments of liquid carbon dioxide (CO2), which is used to produce dry ice, have been slow to arrive from Canada by rail. Meanwhile, our main dry ice supplier is selling product only […]
Medical injection molding can produce complex and highly-precise components with part-to-part integrity across high production volumes. Whether the material is plastic, silicone, or another polymer or elastomer, medical injection molders need to avoid warping, sink marks, short shots, and residual stresses that can cause defects. Molders also want to minimize flash or flashing, excess material […]
