Recently, I was at a customer site and saw a ‘tabletop’ machine from a machinery supplier who is no longer in business. The excellent thing about this machine is that the customer added full guarding around the machine. This was pretty simplistic and inexpensive, but it served the purpose very well and I made a point of thanking them for the […]
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What is SCORM…?
I have seen a lot of confusion about this topic… SCORM Compliance According to Wikipedia: Sharable Content Object Reference Model (SCORM) is a collection of standards and specifications for web-based e-learning. Basically, this is not a standard data protocol or format. Any SCORM-compliant course can be played by a SCORM-compliant player. This does not mean the course meets […]
Injection Unit Inertia…
I was in some online discussions lately and this question came as a follow-up via email… John I have an older {brand name} molding machine and it has a very large & heavy injection unit. What is the best way to compensate for overshoot? My Response Once the machine transfers, the ideal result would be for the […]
Ausplas 2011…
This post is to remind you that Ausplast is taking place on May 24-27, 2011. The official website can be found here: http://ausplas.com/ Since it occurs once every three years, there will be a relatively large number of important exhibitors present. If you wish to see a small promotional feature about the upcoming Ausplas show click here […]
Short Shot During 1st Stage Fill
I recently joined in on a discussion in a Linked-In forum. I addressed one of the concerns, which I will add here… Concern Is the better have a 98% filled only parts with lower speed (not very close to knee of rheology curve) or 80% with higher speed or use multiple speeds fast to slow to get […]