Today's Tech Tip Friday is a quick overview of the importance of draft angles when designing a part and then designing the mold to make it.  Set your team up for success and ensure the draft angle is sufficient. Find Simcoe Plastics on Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube Find Kurt Stahle on Linked-In and "That Plastics Guy" group. Subscribe to our newsletter, too! All links here https://linktr.ee/kurt_stahle ..read more

Today's Tech Tip discusses the importance of the check ring and what can happen when it fails. Find Simcoe Plastics on Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube Find Kurt Stahle on Linked-In and "That Plastics Guy" group. Subscribe to our newsletter, too! All links here https://linktr.ee/kurt_stahle ..read more

Join host Kurt (That Plastics Guy) Stahle, as he discusses colour dispersion.  What is it, what it isn't, and how to ensure your colourant masterbatches do disperse evenly.    Find Simcoe Plastics on Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube Find Kurt Stahle on Linked-In and "That Plastics Guy" group. Subscribe to our newsletter, too! All links here https://linktr.ee/kurt_stahle ..read more

Welcome to a new segment on the channel - "Tech Tip Friday"! I'll share a technical take away from a current project that could help you with your tooling, processing, or materials selection. Short, sweet, and to the point. Find Simcoe Plastics on Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube Find Kurt Stahle on Linked-In and "That Plastics Guy" group. Subscribe to our newsletter, too! All links here https://linktr.ee/kurt_stahle ..read more

The innovative product development of Bindi Patel, founder and director of ECOrrect Pvt. Ltd., takes us one step further to a sustainable future. In this episode, Kurt and Bindi discuss what inspired the development of the ECOrrect water-soluble resins.  The ground-breaking sustainable feature of this product is that it provides plastic-like properties, but it is completely biodegradable in soil and marine. Bindi elaborates that ECOrrect’s water-soluble granules are compatible with existing machines, without modifications, to produce carry bags. Contact info@simcoeplastics.com for more ..read more

Join Kurt as he interviews Dharmendra Khanolkar, CEO of ExCista Corporation, as they discuss the "mold release with more" - Silaplast. Learn how this additive is truly different and what it can do for your process and your parts. For more information about Silaplast, and to obtain a sample, you can contact: In Canada - Simcoe Plastics Ltd. (Kurt Stahle) at info@simcoeplastics.com Outside of Canada ExCista Corporation: 1902 Broadway, Alameda, CA 94501 Work: (248) 429-7252 Fax: (419) 735-3279 E-mail: dk@excista.com Web: http://www.excista.com/ LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/dkhanolkar YouTube: h ..read more

Join Kurt as he discusses the most popular means of forming plastics; injection molding.  Learn the basics of melting and conveying material, and then forming and cooling. Find Simcoe Plastics on Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube Find Kurt Stahle on Linked-In and "That Plastics Guy" group. Subscribe to our newsletter, too! All links here https://linktr.ee/kurt_stahle ..read more

That Plastics Guy (Kurt Stahle) discusses the use of colourant in plastics.  Topics covered include the importance of colour, colour temperature, basics of compounding colour, UV stabilization, and a very brief mention of the types of pigments available (this will be undoubtedly be a future podcast). Find Simcoe Plastics on Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube Find Kurt Stahle on Linked-In and "That Plastics Guy" group. Subscribe to our newsletter, too! All links here https://linktr.ee/kurt_stahle ..read more

On this episode of "That Plastics Guy", Kurt discusses the cornerstone of the plastics industry; polyolefins.  Comprised of polyethylene, polypropylene, and TPO (a special compound of the former two items), these materials are the dominant forms of plastic that we interact with every day.  Learn a little about their chemistry, history, physical properties, and applications.     Find Simcoe Plastics on Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube Find Kurt Stahle on Linked-In and "That Plastics Guy" group. Subscribe to our newsletter, too! All links here https://linktr.ee/kurt_s ..read more

In this episode, Kurt discusses what makes plastics a unique and versatile building block that has helped to give us the modern society that we enjoy. Along with discussing several key advantages of plastics in general,  Kurt talks about why plastics can be advantageous to help us manage the end-of-life of goods we consume.  The discussion ends with a call to action for continued / increased personal responsibility regarding the management of our consumption habits. Find Simcoe Plastics on Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube Find Kurt Stahle on Linked-In and "That Plastics Guy" group ..read more