News and Releases
Handle Lower Cost… Under Pressure
A leading manufacturer of premium, pressurized sprayers needed to lower their purchased components costs in order to compete with an onslaught of offshore spraying products.
Baseless Virgin Material Price Increases
An OEM of water tank systems was receiving major price increases on the virgin, high impact ABS used for tank bases molded in-house.
AGS Technology Improves Mixing Screw Design on Injection Molding Machines
“To live is to suffer, to survive is to find meaning in our suffering” – Viktor Frankl What is the most important attribute that a molder needs in order to successfully mold regrind? Raw material testing expertise? Processing knowledge? The latest injection molding...
AGS Technology…Zero Point Zero
In the movie Animal House, Dean Wormer meets with the boys of Delta Tau Chi to review their grade performance. Within this classic scene Dean Wormer looks at John Belushi's character and declares in exasperated anger, "Mr. Blutarsky...zero point zero". Ever...
AGS Technology Releases Updated Tooling Standard (8/15/12)
As described in an earlier blog, AGS Technology has its own tool standard that specifies mold build requirements for new tools. The AGS Tool Standard is a living document that captures good tooling practices and “lessons learned” for parts made from virgin or recycled...
AGS Technology Supports Growth with Added Warehouse Space
AGS Technology has expanded its warehouse space to support its growth as a result of several new molding and assembly programs. The warehouse is conveniently located next door to the AGS Raw Material and Technology facility at 1802 Brummel Drive in Elk Grove VIllage,...
George Staniulis Stands Up to Defend Recycled Plastic…Again
A conventional wisdom that continues to be rolled out in manufacturing circles is the inferiority of recycled plastics. There are plenty of horror stories where a processor used regrind in an application that ended up failing in the field. However, a closer analysis...
Natural vs. Black Non-Appearance Plastic Parts
Over the last sixteen years the majority of non-appearance, functional plastic parts that AGS has run across are black in color. This still leaves a significant number of these types of parts being molded in virgin, natural plastic. This begs the question, why are...
Recycled Plastic Material Substitution Solutions
The benefits of virgin plastic replacing metal has been marketed and well documented by major resin companies over the years. These include greater part complexity, parts consolidation, weight reduction, electrical insulation, and chemical/corrosion resistance among...
FAQ: Does My Tooling Require Any Special Modifications to Run Injectoblend Recycled Materials?
The short answer is no. There are no special tooling modifications required to mold Injectoblend recycled materials. A common misperception is that the shrink characteristics for virgin materials are different than their recycled equivalent. The obvious concern...