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Why do I have to use polyethylene for everything?
I’m sure that, at some time, you must have pondered this question. Having spent the first twenty years of my roto career selling the stuff, lots of molders have asked me that question, along with – “why can’t you guys develop something with better properties than PE?” I should immediately declare an interest: I love…
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President’s Message: Meeting Objectives Together
At the beginning of 2016, I wrote my first message as President about my decision to focus on three main objectives for ARM’s 40th year: Select a Technical Director for ARM. Increase and update our social media presence and web image. Make the 40th Anniversary Meeting an excellent and very memorable event. I am proud…
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ARM 2017 Q1 Calendar
ARM has announced the calendar for our first quarter meetings of 2017. The list below includes our webinars, troubleshooting calls, and Executive Forum through March 2017. Webinar: Stiffness Models for Multi-Layered Parts January 11 at 10 AM Central Troubleshooting Teleconference January 31 at 2 PM Central Webinar: Troubleshooting Your Rotomolding Operation March 8 at 2…
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Don’t Drag Your 2016 Problems Into the New Year
ARM would like to help you solve your lingering 2016 process issues and problems before they become your headache of 2017. Join your ARM colleagues for the last troubleshooting call of of the year on Tuesday, December 20, at 2 PM Central. Push your troubles onto the shoulders of our moderators, Ron Cooke (ExxonMobil Chemical Company) and Sandy…
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President’s Message: Celebrating our Roto Family
Now that the Fall Meeting is over, it is time to reflect on the reason to celebrate this specific Anniversary. My personal belief is that we have enough things to worry about in our everyday lives that we should use any excuse to have fun and celebrate life. Anniversaries are always a good reason to…
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20th Webinar Added to On-Demand Members’ Library
ARM now offers members twenty on-demand webinars in our online technical library. All the webinars are free to members, in addition to classic training videos and hundreds of papers. The newest addition to the library is “Proper Sampling Techniques,” in which Josh Hunsberger and Dave Loeffler of Brunk discuss the dangers of improper sampling ,…
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Proper Sampling Techniques Webinar October 18
ARM’s free webinar on October 18 will review the proper techniques for rotomolding operations Josh Hunsberger and Dave Loeffler of Brunk will discuss the dangers of improper sampling techniques, techniques for sampling from box receipts or bulk receipts, inspection of pelletized polymers, sample identification and more. Register for this webinar online here. If you need…
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Annual Meeting Takeaways: Polypropylene Has a Place in Rotomolding
Over the next few weeks, the ARM blog will highlight the takeaway points from some of the key presentations given at ARM’s 40th Annual Meeting in New Orleans. The first of these posts comes from Tom Wyszynski, a new inductee in the Rotational Molding Hall of Fame, who summarizes the key points of his presentation on…
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Annual Meeting Photos
Thanks to the 350+ attendees at ARM’s 40th Anniversary Meeting. We’ll remember this one for years to come!
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Copeland & Wyszynski to be Inducted in the Rotational Molding Hall of Fame
The Association of Rotational Molders is proud to announce that Steve Copeland (Jerico Plastics) and Tom Wyszynski (A. Schulman Inc.) will be inducted into the Rotational Molding Hall of Fame on Monday, September 26 at the ARM Annual Meeting in New Orleans. Steve Copeland has been a force for growing rotomolding for the past 35…