Technology

The Italian manufacturer of ancillary equipment Plastic Systems has recently installed a handling, compounding and storage system at the premises of an American compounder that supplies polyolefin-based plastics and engineering polymers based products for the electrical home appliance, automotive and electronic industries. The system features...

The EBC90HT and EBC108HT co-rotating twin screw extruders recently developed by Comac for the production of thermoplastic compounds are capable of handling extremely high volumes with excellent performance levels. This is thanks to the screws having optimized profiles to assure high blending capacity and mounted on scrap-less machined axes...

During the recent DKT (Deutsche Kautschuk-Tagung) fair in Nuremberg, Presma exhibited an injection press complete with 12-station mould carousel capable of assuring productivity in line with current market needs, with some interesting advantages over single-mould machines. Firstly, thanks to the possibility of handling 12 different moulds,…

The first “Food & Beverage Plastic Day” took place on September 15 at the head offices of Sacmi in Imola (Bologna), organized by the manufacturer in order to introduce its plants and technological solutions aimed at assuring high productivity, versatility and energy savings for the beverage industry. Capable of integrating the entire process…

Nova Chemicals Corporation has announced the purchase of a new Sacmi semi-commercial scale compression molding machine in support of the caps and closures market. This investment complements an existing Sumitomo (SHI) Demag injection molding machine. Together these machines fully replicate the...

Reducing the weight of a plastic component and obtaining a concrete saving on production costs. That’s the direction of the latest release from Gefit, completely dedicated to the beverage industry.

After its participation at NPE 2015 and Plast 2015, Ferromatik - the Milacron brand devoted to injection moulding - has launched Elektron Evolution, a range of newly designed hydraulic machines equipped with an innovative operating system capable of offering greater flexibility and adaptability to practically every application field...

The new developments by the Syncro Group (exhibited at Plast 2015 too) included, first of all, its most recent innovations in the field of automatic rings: Typhoon and Flyer 2.0. These are systems designed to significantly reduce production waste and reduce initial thickness variation (estimated to be 2-Sigma) by up to 80% thanks to...

The Italian machinery manufacturer Bausano has recently provided to various processors in South America a new line for extrusion of plastic wavy profiles for roofs (PVC tile sheet).

The need for barrier film is growing worldwide and so are the requirements for film properties in high quality barrier packaging applications. Parallel to this, producers are demanding high production flexibility to serve the market with different products. Reifenhäuser Blown Film’s answer to rising performance requirements is the...

Organised by Engel Italia and taking place on September 24 and 25 at the head offices of the company A Uno Tec, in the heart of the medical district of Mirandola (near Modena, Italy), Tec Med 2015 represents an important meeting point for experts in the medical field. The event will offer...

Expansion of FB Balzanelli range of coilers for the PE pipe market continues thanks to the latest new entry FB ML 7, a top-performance coiler for coiling and packaging HDPE pipes with diameters of up to 160 mm. This machine, capable of making coils of...

Regloplas, a manufacturer of temperature controllers that are distributed in Italy by Sverital, which presented them at Plast 2015, has come up with a solution that drastically cuts energy consumption levels. Nowadays, practically all injection moulding machines are equipped with one or more...

Turra’s RT range has risen to great popularity worldwide, although one of the largest buyers of this machines is located in Italy and uses the model RT-60 for the production of magnetic valves. High claims to productivity and consistently excellent quality are the core requirements of this customer, requirements that...

At Plast 2015 Herbold presented new solutions for washing, separating and drying of plastic waste featuring low operating costs and higher efficiency. In the front of the line was the wet shredder HGM: beginning at the pre-size reduction step water is added, which is new. Until recently, water was only used in the granulation process...

It is called Racer 3 and it is the first in a new family of robots that is set to become, to all effects, the new paradigm of the Comau range. Recently unveiled before the public, it is made entirely of aluminium and magnesium, weighs 30 kg, and has a maximum reach of 630 mm, with a wrist capacity of 3 kg. Thanks to its compact dimensions and...

For the first time in its history, Toshiba Machine, whose distributor in Italy is EPF Automation, came to a European fair with a system for the moulding, inspection and unloading of plastic components. This occasion represented the coming together of, on the one hand, the Japanese company’s need to offer its solutions for fully electric injection…

At the Plast and Ipack-Ima fairs, Amut Dolci Bielloni presented a range of new generation cast lines - a result of the technical synergy created when Dolci Bielloni was recently acquired by the Amut Group. Indeed, Amut’s numerous years of experience in building extruders made it possible to innovate the concept of conventional extrusion…

The newest entries in the Sica product range include a palletiser, a winder and a belling machine, which the company introduced at the Plast 2015 trade fair. The RoboJack 250 robotic palletiser makes it possible to automatically process PVC, PE and PP pipes with lengths ranging from 1 to 6 m and diameters ranging from 32 to 250 mm, with or...

During Plast 2015 Autodesk addressed the main issues related to the changes and developments taking place in the manufacturing sector. Thus there was discussion of the opportunities deriving from additive manufacturing and advanced materials and, in particular, the event provided the stage for the Italian debut of...