SABIC Innovative Plastics' popular EXL product line combines the best performance characteristics of our Lexan* polycarbonate resin and Cycoloy* PC-ABS resins with the improved impact, lubricity and heat performance of siloxane in this copolymer technology.

If you need a measurable boost in low temperature impact or would like to get a little more efficiency out of your molding operations, look to our EXL products to help you. The increased lubricity can improve release and allow you to eject the part with lower pressures reducing damage to the part and shortening the cooling time. These copolymers also set up at slightly higher temperatures, also reducing cooling time.

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Methods to reduce cycle times come in many forms. Often improvements may be focused on mold performance, part design or automation, but molders may be overlooking a significant opportunity.

Implementing an intelligent process cooling system can optimize water temperature, flow and control, all which improves part cooling in the mold and decreases cycle times by up to 20 percent.

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Join Andy Routsis, founder and president of A. Routsis Associates, as he discusses effective ways to reduce cycle time and process efficiency through part design. Andy will share a few of his approaches to part design with respect to cooling line layout, part removal, and part thickness.

This seminar can benefit mold designers, part designers, processors, and anyone involved in the part and mold procurement process. All attendees will also receive follow-up materials relevant to the discussion.

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Designing with Plastics is an indispensable tool for every engineer and designer working with plastic materials. It will assist in the development of plastic parts that are not only functional and esthetically pleasing but also manufacturable while meeting ever increasing end-use requirements.

The short but concise introduction into the specific properties of this material class focuses on the practical needs of the designer and lays the foundation for the following in-depth discussion of part design suitable for production and the intended end-use application. Numerous detailed examples highlight practical tips and rules of thumb for successful part design.

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