Technology

  • 25 January 2017

    Injection moulding of engineering plastics: colour and material change becomes easier

    Chem-Trend, a global company operating in the development and production of high-performance purging compounds, release agents and other ancillary moulding products, has announced the addition of Lusin Clean 1100 to its broad line-up of high performance purging compounds. Lusin Clean 1100 is a universal purge compound developed...
  • 25 January 2017

    Mini dryer for the medical industry

    Moretto has announced the latest addition to their family of high performance mini-dryers for treating small batches and engineering resins. The X-Comb mini dryer has been specifically engineered for use by the medical industry where stringent requirements on performance and design are compulsory. The X-Comb...
  • 25 January 2017

    Compression and total quality control

    A key player in the country with Sacmi Engineering - a one-stop production, business and assistance centre for the entire Indian market - the Sacmi Group was at Plastivision in Mumbai (January 19-23) to display advanced solutions for plastic cap production and quality control. Playing a starring role was the innovative CCM48SC, equipped with...
  • 18 January 2017

    Power backflush technology keeps flow and pressure constant

    Nordson Corporation has enhanced the design of its patented “power backflush” V-Type screen changer, creating a more compact and efficient system whose continuous operation eliminates downtime in extrusion, pelletizing, and recycling. Nordson’s BKG HiCon V-Type 3G screen changer uses a hydraulically powered backflush system to...
  • 18 January 2017

    Two weeks of open house devoted to in-line thermoforming machines

    The 2017 has started with an unique possibility for all WM Thermoforming Machines customers: in January, during week two and three, at the company headquarter in Stabio (Switzerland) complete in-line plants and the vacuum and pressure thermoforming machines are exhibited in running mode...
  • 18 January 2017

    New line for the extrusion of three-layer thermoforming sheets

    On January 19, 23 and 24, Amut will be opening the doors of its Novara headquarters to unveil a new line for the extrusion of three-layer PET, PS and PP sheets for use in thermoforming. The plant has an hourly output of 1500 kg and is equipped with a corotating twin-screw...
  • 18 January 2017

    A Canbio ST to mark the manufacturer’s 70 years in business

    By choosing to participate in the industry’s first 2017 fair, Interplastica, being held in Moscow from January 24 to 27, Negri Bossi confirms its interest in the Russian market. The company will be exhibiting a 180-ton injection press from the Canbio ST line, featuring a Euromap 850 injection unit together with the new control system, Tactus.…
  • 11 January 2017

    The extrusion lines take shape thanks to the augmented reality

    The Industry 4.0 project, based on the use of the innovative digital tool Oculus Rift, was developed at Bandera, in cooperation with the University Carlo Cattaneo of Castellanza (Varese, Italy), and shown in absolute preview during the K 2016. The Oculus Rift is a 3D virtual reality gives customers the opportunity to explore a...
  • 11 January 2017

    Experts share experiences in Lossburg

    “There is clearly a great deal of mutual interest in the further development of the Freeformer and Arburg Plastic Freeforming (APF). Let us achieve new advances from all the experience gathered”, were the motivating opening remarks from Eberhard Lutz, new director Freeformer Sales at Arburg, as he welcomed the around 40 participants to the third...
  • 11 January 2017

    Thanks to welding modules the machine becomes universal

    SA-U is the name Elba has given to its new range of universal welding systems, which, thanks to the possibility of adding the desired number of welding stations, can be configured to meet the processors’ specific production needs. These machines, able to produce different types of bag...
  • 20 December 2016

    Blow moulding machines in Dubai

    On January 8 the Arabplast 2017 exhibition will start in Dubai (UAE), at the World Trade Centre. It is the most important event for the plastics and rubber industry in the Middle East, organized by Al Fajer Information & Services, in collaboration with Messe Düsseldorf. Thanks to its strategic position in the oil market, the Middle East and…
  • 06 December 2016

    Flexible, fast production of coupling stations

    The company hs-umformtechnik produces coupling stations at its location in Grünsfeld-Paimar with qualified staff and state-of-the-art machine facilities. These stations are used to supply the injection moulding machines with plastic granules in centralised pneumatic pipe conveyor systems...
  • 06 December 2016

    Effective moulding with multi-station solutions

    The “rotary” presses by Presma are multi-station solutions destined to the injection moulding of thermoplastic foam and thermosetting rubber. At the last edition of the K trade fair, in Düsseldorf, the Italian company exhibited the two models Roto T4/48 XL and Roto R 12. The first one is an example of the range of special rotary machines for the…
  • 02 December 2016

    The evolution of recycling

    At K 2016 the Italian company CM Evolution Plast presented Principe Evo, the automatic continuous-flow belt screen changer for plastic materials having a high percentage of contamination. This fully automatic belt screen changer does not need routine maintenance, and its constant flow means that it has to be seen to be believed...
  • 30 November 2016

    The importance of tests

    As with a boxer, who needs to constantly train very hard to beat his opponents, technologists need to do exactly the same to knock down the limits set by the market laws. In the sectors of synthetic materials and biomaterials, for example, these limits are periodically overcome by new products, which are tested in a laboratory first...
  • 30 November 2016

    Quality in printing and welding for over forty years

    In the plastic sector since 1975, BFM is today one of the main Italian manufacturers of automatic bag-making and flexo-printing machines, both with “CI” central drum, up to 10 colours, or stack type, up to 8 colours, reel-to-reel or in line with the extrusion and/or bag-making machines. For the company, it is important and decisive the...
  • 30 November 2016

    Handling moulded products of all types

    In 2013 Star Automation Europe took part in the success of the K 2013 show and K 2013 was a success for Star Automation Europe too. Again, this year the company was an active player at this important event, not only satisfying its long-standing customers but also gaining the confidence of new ones, counting on what has made of Star a worldwide-…
  • 30 November 2016

    The extrusion made easy

    Perhaps not a world record, but definitely Macchi staged a spectacular performance by running, full time, 1,300 kg/h of coextruded, 5-layer flexible pouch laminating grade film.
  • 30 November 2016

    Drum microperforator for frequent and rapid changes in perforation

    The new drum microperforator unveiled by Exact at the K 2016 show has been developed and designed for those applications requiring frequent and rapid changes in perforation, and is characterised for being simple to operate, robust, and easy to install.
  • 23 November 2016

    Better than the human eye

    The operations of Cimbria-SEA are focused on the development of optical selectors according to colour and polymer type for the separation of flakes, ground materials and granules. The latest novelties developed by the company include the RGB SEA Chrome full-colour selector, which is truly revolutionary in terms of colour selection and the recovery…