Technology

At the end of 2018, Rodolfo Comerio registered an increase in the export of its products both for the rubber and the plastics fields - contrary to the trends of the Italian machinery export for rubber and plastics machinery - marking +3% compared to the total sales volume recorded last year in the same period. This is what the manufacturer stated…

The South Korean market proved to be an important one for Bandera. In 2018, the manufacturer based in Busto Arsizio (Varese, Italy) delivered in the Asian country an extrusion line for the flat die technology, followed by a PVC pelletizing line, and is now going to install a blown film line of the SmartFlex series...

Minimization of unproductive downtimes is a top priority for injection moulding machine operators, since this is the only way to have the investment in the machine amortized in the shortest possible time. The Wittmann W8 and WX robot generations come with the patented SmartRemoval function as standard, which automatically shortens the time...

Established in 2003, MB Spritzgusstechnik in Marktoberdorf (Germany) is an owner-managed company. It develops and produces technically sophisticated injection moulded parts from almost all common thermoplastics and recycled materials. The "passion for plastic" of the founder Michael Bechtel, who has more than...

When the production of blow moulded industrial items is high, is it better to choose more single-cavity machines, thus multiplying the cost of investment, the floor space and energy consumption, or a multi-cavity machine, which minimizes all these costs, but makes production less flexible? In order to answer this question, ST Blow Moulding…

Two Geo FutureFilm lines have been supplied by Bandera to a US processor for the production of geomembranes with useful widths of up to 8 m, mainly for applications in the oil and environment protection industries. The supply agreement also covered training of the operators involved in the...

Omron has announced the global launch of the TM series collaborative robot family to realize an innovative manufacturing environment where humans and machines work in harmony. With the various vision functionalities and the simple, intuitive programming environment of the TM collaborative robots, Omron will further enable safe, flexible, and...

The open house held by Colines from December 4 to 6 at its facility in Marano Ticino (Novara, Italy) was a great success, appreciated by all the attendees both under technical and marketing point of view. The event launched the brand-new version of ALLrollEX 3000 mm, our cast extrusion line for the production of stretch film, and aroused interest…

Sipa has unveiled the ECS SP 25, the latest and smallest in its family of injection stretch-blow moulding (ISBM) machines for small and medium-sized production lots. The machine, with a 25-tonne injection clamp force, joins two established family members, the ECS SP 50 and ECS SP 80. All three have four stations, one each for...

Demand for plastic components used in optics is growing steadily, as is demand for the development of new high-efficiency manufacturing processes applicable to mass production. Sacmi currently leads the world in moulding and compression technology, a new application of which aims to help develop optical parts such as lighting lenses...

It is undeniable that plastics have become an essential material in the world economy today, but the production of better quality plastic, which is easier to recycle, is essential. In fact, there are two keywords launched by the European Union to reduce pollution: recycle and reuse. Therefore, Friul Filiere puts its know-how at the service of…

At PlastEurasia 2018 (Istanbul, December 5-8), Negri Bossi launched the Nova series of injection moulding machines on the Turkish market. At the event, the s700T model was shown, featuring an innovative toggle system, the FMC (Foam Microcellular Moulding Process) technology, and Sytrama automation. The machine produced...

The designer and manufacturer of high performance motion control products, solutions, and services, Moog, has launched a new version of the D680 proportional valve series. Moog’s D680 proportional valves are throttle valves for 2-, 3-, 4- and 5-way applications, suitable for electrohydraulic position, velocity, flow and force control in hydraulic…

Over 200 participants from approximately 25 nations came to Stuttgart, Germany on November 15 and 16, accepting their invitations to the Coperion Extrusion Days. In keeping with the motto “Efficiency in Compounding”, lectures, factory tours, and live presentations acquainted visitors with the enormous potential that modern extrusion...

With the presentation of its newly developed Vacunite technology on November 26 at the PETnology conference in Paris, Erema once again demonstrates its role as innovation leader. The Austrian producer of plastics recycling machines brings together its Vacurema bottle-to-bottle process with newly patented, vacuum-supported solid state...

The SMC range of smart position sensors just got bigger thanks to the addition of the D-MP model, which ensures consistent and continuous accuracy and control. It is the first sensor in the SMC product portfolio capable of determining, at all times, the stroke position of air cylinders and providing continuous feedback...

Loyal to its mission, which for over 70 years has been leading it to work alongside plastics converting companies helping them manufacture increasingly high quality products, Bausano recently formalised a strategic partnership with Resysta International, a German company which patented Resysta, a material that, produced starting from rice husk...

“For two years Gepp has been considering to start its own internal production of shrink and stretch film in order to optimize packaging costs for all its dedicated plants around Mexico. The aim of the project is to produce more than 14,000 tons/year of shrink film and more than 4,500 tons/year of stretch film. We needed to find a partner with a…

At Fakuma 2018, the Kistler Group showcased its latest monitoring and control packages for ComoNeo, its high-quality process monitoring system that is designed to deliver efficiency and transparency for injection moulding. Unlike ever before, system users can choose their own packages from the vast range of functions available in the system...

Following the success of the 2013-release high-performance extrusion lines for PET thermoforming sheets with the patented mechatronic polishing stacks of the Mirex-MT-V design series, the next generation of this line type was presented this year. As in the past, the heart of these lines is the tried-and-tested synchronous “REItruder”...