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contents VOLUME 59 • NUMBER 2 38 On-Site: Designing a Thermoforming Plant for Optimum Efficiency By 1998, Formed Solutions had outgrown its facility in Michigan. So it acquired six acres of land just a few miles away and created from the ground up a clean, spacious manufacturing and working environment. P. 30 30 P. 18 cover story Molders reap rewards from rapid Prototyping & Manufacturing Three forward-looking custom molders tell why they brought "rapid" technology in-house—not just for prototyping but for making production parts, as well. BY MATTHEW H. NAITOVE, EXECUTIVE EDITOR 5 things you Will learn in this issue 1 Why nozzle temperature control is important in molding. —Page 20 2 solving common problems in moldtemperature control. BY LILLI MANOLIS SHERMAN, SENIOR EDITOR 34 —Page 24 3 What 'rapid' manufacturing can do for you. —Page 30 24 Tips & Techniques Troubleshooting Moisture Analysis Done Right 4 getting accurate moisture-analysis results. —Page 34 Custom profile extruder Teel Plastics divulges its secrets on how to get accurate moisture testing results. 5 how new drying technology got one moldmaker back into molding. —Page 56 Mold Cooling Mold-temperature control is just one of many process elements that can affect the quality of a part. This article covers some of the basic causes of three different classes of quality problems. BY TIM MILLER, CONAIR GROUP BY JOEL LISCHEFSkI AND ALISON MAICkE, TEEL ANALYTICAL LABORATORIES Plastics technology february 2013 1