Technology

  • 20 July 2016

    GM125: steady controlled flow for top-quality granules

    A GM125 Compac line has been supplied by Gamma Meccanica to a Turkish company for recycling of PP, PE woven and non-woven production waste. The line configuration includes the Compac feeding system with cutter-compactor, a single-screw extruder with degassing, a screen changer and a die-face pelletizer...
  • 13 July 2016

    3500 tons for large diameter fittings

    A VH3500 injection moulding machine from Negri Bossi has been chosen by Plastitalia, a Sicilian converter specialised in the injection moulding of plastic fittings, to manufacture polyethylene fittings featuring a larger diameter compared to the parts produced so far. “Technological innovation represents the main goal we want to pursue in time and…
  • 13 July 2016

    A thermoformer chooses Bandera for its first extrusion line

    An important Spanish thermoformer has invested in its first extrusion line, choosing the PET/PP technology by Bandera. With this new line, being delivered in July, the Italian manufacturer based in Busto Arsizio (near Varese) is strengthening its presence in Spain in the rigid packaging industry...
  • 12 July 2016

    The final frontier for the beverage industry: extreme productivity and flexibility

    Producing 1,000 caps per minute with just 24 cavities, a cycle time of 1.4 seconds and one of the lowest energy consumption in the sector. Unleashing the full potential of marketing with advanced, flexible, practical digital decoration of caps. These are some of the latest innovations that Sacmi will introduce at K 2016...
  • 06 July 2016

    Managing up to 80 units with Moretto’s ONE Wire

    The evolution in conveying systems has pushed manufacturers in recent years to implement additional new features, such as pipe cleaning management for conveying regrind material, self-cleaning receiver filters, loading failure alarms and many others which, like the ones mentioned, have now become standard requirements for...
  • 06 July 2016

    Uncompromising quality, precision and dimensional control for medical tubes

    Bausano & Figli recently optimised its line for the extrusion of medical tubing, in order to improve its performance and reliability. The use of new technologies and the quest to find innovative solutions capable of meeting quality, precision and dimensional control requirements become even more fundamental when these are destined for the...
  • 23 June 2016

    Custom-made networking with Plastics 4.0

    Everybody is talking about Industry 4.0. This technology makes it possible to network machines and production processes. Under the umbrella term Plastics 4.0, the KraussMaffei Group is promoting the implementation of the fourth industrial revolution with its three brands KraussMaffei, KraussMaffei Berstorff and Netstal. Visitors at the trade show…
  • 22 June 2016

    The protagonist of the fourth industrial revolution

    An international press conference, a firework display, as well as a gala dinner at the Schönbrunn castle and a visit to the factories. This was the programme of events for the fortieth year celebrations organized by Wittmann Battenfeld for over 1500 guests, including press representatives and clients from all over the world, that took place in…
  • 22 June 2016

    "Be the first": Engel gears up for the Düsseldorf fair

    The Engel Group generated a global turnover of 1.25 billion euros during the financial year 2015-2016, and its operations continue to expand. These being the figures that began the pre-K press conference that took place on June 6 at the group’s headquarters in Schwertberg, in Austria...
  • 21 June 2016

    A Sacmi complete line for Brazilian beverages

    High productivity, automation and a guaranteed aseptic filling process: Sacmi form-fill-seal (FFS) technology covers another segment in a market and an industry considered strategic for the future of beverage. Over 80 aseptic machines supplied worldwide with characteristics from ultrahigh productivity...
  • 20 June 2016

    The packaging solution at your fingertips

    The world packaging market is progressing and shows great vitality. The packaging industry has been one of the sectors that has suffered less during the financial crisis and indeed has shown steady growth prospects. The role of companies that produce processing technologies for packaging thus assumes increasing importance...
  • 17 June 2016

    Rotary joints for diathermic oil up to 340°C

    The dynamic Italian company Rotoflux has been producing rotary joints for over 20 years and has continuously grown until it has reached an important position among the manufacturers world leaders. The complete range of rotary unions Rotoflux includes now the brand new G Series, developed...
  • 07 June 2016

    Global premiere of Xtreme Renew developed by Erema and Sipa

    This year’s Erema Discovery Day - now well known throughout the industry - was held at the Erema headquarters in Ansfelden (Austria) on June 1, 2016. Over 250 international customers and interested guests once again found the technological edge of the Austrian global market leader convincing this year as Erema, in collaboration with Sipa, the…
  • 07 June 2016

    A complete mould-machine line for the quality control

    A mould and a machine to fold a sealing ring and check the product quality. Two different equipment to be tested, but only one partner to talk with and find solutions, optimize the process, and finally reduce the project production time.
  • 07 June 2016

    Wittmann Battenfeld machines for the Oldrati seals

    The Oldrati group based in Villongo (Italy), founded by Vanni Oldrati in 1964, is engaged in manufacturing products made of rubber, silicone and thermoplastic resins. The range also includes multi-component products, such as composite parts consisting of metal and rubber, thermoplastic resins combined with...
  • 06 June 2016

    Six extrusion lines on display for twenty days

    From May 25 to June 15, Bandera’s The House of Extrusion is hosting an open house event with the exhibition of six extrusion lines, two of which providing a live demonstration. The event, covering the entire duration of the Drupa 2016 fair (dedicated to the graphic and industrial printing technologies and taking place in Düsseldorf from May 31 to…
  • 06 June 2016

    Negri Bossi supplies a Vector 1300 press to the Omega Plastics Group

    The UK-based Omega Plastics Group, which was established in 2015 following the merger of Omega Plastics and Signal Plastics, installed a Vector 1300 injection moulding machine from Negri Bossi. The press, which features a clamping force of 1,300 tons and comes complete with robotic equipment, will run at the Omega factory in Washington, one of the…
  • 06 June 2016

    The challenge goes on… in the United States

    A permanent installation of joint technology - result of the collaboration between RocTool and Moretto - will form the core of the upcoming open house, being held at RocTool’s facility located in Charlotte (North Carolina, United States) on June 9, 2016.
  • 01 June 2016

    Specialized in movement: Interoll first time at SPS IPC Drives Italia

    With the participation at SPS IPC Drives (Parma, Italy, May 24-26), Interroll Italy confirmed its vocation as a primary player in the world of automation. "The automation of product, process automation, the industry 4.0, the new industrial revolution have a common denominator: motion. And motion is an Interroll specialty...
  • 24 May 2016

    Record results in 2015 and the turning towards Industry 4.0

    With sales of 1.35 billion euro and a net result higher than that of the previous year by some 3 million euro, Sacmi has, for the second year running, posted one of the best results in its long history. This is what emerges from the Annual Report 2015, approved on May 14 by the cooperative members’ meeting. “Like its parent company Sacmi Imola,…