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Plastics Profiler – 40% Glass-Mineral Filled Nylon
40% Glass/Mineral Nylon is a composite material made by combining nylon resin with glass mineral fibers. This material has several benefits that make it a popular choice. AGS calls this material FPA6240-200 and uses it in a variety of applications. Firstly, 40% Glass...
Tech Database: Nozzle Filters
Direct injection molding of Injectoblend™ formulated regrind requires several modifications to the injection molding machine. Nozzle filters are essential components for injection molding with recycled plastics. Nozzle filters help to remove contaminants, such as...
Supporting and Aligning with Customers
Product Profile Industry: Industrial (Automotive Repair)Application: Mounting Bracket-Wheel Alignment SystemsMaterial Description: 40% Glass/Mineral NylonRequirements: Strength, Stiffness, Chemical Resistance, and Wear Resistance Requirements Strength Stiffness...
AGS Can Help Exceed Your Sustainability Goals
Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) are under increasing pressure to reconsider the use, reuse, and recyclability of plastic in their product. We have seen almost every OEM make policy commitments to sustainability. As policy turns into action and...
AGS Has The World’s Fastest Recycled Parts!
Needing to be quick to market and a desire for sustainability; this battery electric vehicle upstart needed a nimble partner! They chose AGS to help partner with them through the final design, tool building, first shots, and overall project management of dozens of parts for their signature vehicle launch.
AGS Plastics Laboratory Upgraded with Investment of DSC
A Differential Scanning Calorimeter (DSC) has been added to the tools to help us with quality control with suppliers, in house, and any troubleshooting.
It’s De-JSW All Over Again: AGS Adds Two Presses
AGS Technology has taken delivery, installed, and is running production on two new JSW injection molding machines.
Plastics Profiler-Polypropylene Copolymer
Polypropylene copolymer is a crystalline thermoplastic that starts with polymer grade propylene with 1-7% ethylene monomer added during bulk polymerization. Comonomer content and molecular weight distribution can be controlled in the reactor allowing for a wide range...
Does This New Panel Make Me Heavier?
Late in the design of the Grand Sport, the Corvette engineering team realized that the existing air management panel assembly would not mate properly with the Grand Sport’s distinctively wider, special louvered front fenders.
AGS Machine Modifications to Process Regrind
Working with up to 100% regrind represents its own set of processing challenges. Based on experience and continuous improvement AGS mitigates regrind related processing issues with specially modified injection molding machines: Material conveying...