Technology

Specialists for over thirty years in the production of systems to control and adjust the temperature on industrial processes, Sella has always worked with leading Italian manufacturers of machinery and lines, including equipment for processing plastic and rubber. The best temperature control is achieved by...

In terms of visits and interest shown in its products and innovations at its booth, Rivi Magnetics expressed great satisfaction for the results it achieved at Plast 2015. The company, in fact, had two booths dedicated to thermoplastic processing solutions and solutions for thermosets...

With Liquidmetal, Engel opens the door to completely new classes of material and product characteristics; metal alloys can now be efficiently injection moulded. As the exclusive machine manufacturing partner of Liquidmetal Technologies (Rancho Santa Margarita, California), Engel is the only provider worldwide to offer...

A provider of testing equipment designed to evaluate the mechanical and rheological properties of materials, Instron - an ITW Test and Measurement division - exhibited at Plast 2015 its latest developments for tests on plastics. Its presence at the fair was focused in particular on the ways to address the identified main...

At the Plast 2015, Netstal demonstrated its expertise within the industry of medical technology through the production of insulin pen piston guides on an Elion 1750-510. The polyoxymethylene (POM) parts were manufactured on a 16 cavity mould from Kebo in a cycle time of approx 8.5 seconds, which is very fast for this application...

Exploiting the experience it acquired as contractor in the extrusion sector, today SA2P applies the same logic for feasibility studies and production technologies in the field of 3D printing. The application scopes of industrial 3D printing are truly vast, just as the spectrum of users for this relatively young technology are increasingly broad...

In 2015 Gimatic is celebrating its thirtieth anniversary in the sector of industrial automation. Founded in 1985, the company pays particular attention to topics associated with energy saving, and participated at Plast exhibiting the Ultralight EOAT gripper system, an innovative carbon fibre based product...

At Plast 2015, Caccia Engineering unveiled the new RT3000H rotational moulding machine fitted with the Smart Cooling System, a concrete example of the high degree of reliability and intuitive technology reached by its rotational moulding and mixing technology. With 3 or 4 independent carriages and 6 zones...

From June 25 to July 2 KraussMaffei presents in Italy the Europe-wide CX Roadshow 2015. At 3 different locations the company will show a live demonstration with one of its successfully reworked CX machine series with clamping forces from 35 to 650 tons, the KM CX 35-180. The CX 35-180 will produce a technical part, which...

Engel's tie-bar-less technology promotes design freedom, efficient processing methods, compact production cells and creative process ideas. The Austrian company periodically honours outstanding applications with the Engel HL Award. Three companies were honoured at the design centre in Linz on the evening of June 16 during the...

An Italian producer of filament for 3D printers, Filoalfa is offering its customers a new innovative material for FDM 3D printing: rubber! "We created several new rubber mixtures. Currently on sale is the FiloFlex 43D, available in anthracite black. To the touch similar to natural rubber, it has the ability...

A complete line for the coextrusion of polypropylene hollow sheets has been supplied by Union to a South American processor. The line is able to produce sheets with a useful width of 2500 mm and thicknesses ranging from 2 to 4 mm at an hourly rate of around 600 kg. The calibrating unit is equipped with...

At Plast 2015, Rivi Magnetics presented solutions both for plastic materials and for rubber, thus providing further confirmation of the dynamic nature of its activity in recent years. The company presented various new developments, starting with its range of MC control units, able to reach the highest performance levels currently requested and...

Easylink, the new range of automatic coupling stations introduced by Piovan at Plast 2015, is bringing technologically advanced solutions guaranteeing a total absence of cross-material contamination and high production performance. Manual coupling stations are still widely used in the plastics processing industry. They are suitable for...

The Swiss manufacturer of thermoforming machines, WM Wrapping Machinery participated at Plast 2015 presenting the last version of the Speedmaster Plus pressure forming machine: the FC 780 E IM2 model with steel rule cutting station, fully automated counting system, and stacking robot. The Speedmaster Plus is...

Tecnomatic, delivering by three new extrusion lines to a leading pipe manufacturer in Myanmar, is increasing its presence in the Asia-Pacific market. The lines, which feature the company’s latest technological solutions - like the Zephyr extruders (with an L:D ratio of 40:1) and the Venus heads - will be used to produce pipes in HDPE with…

At Plast 2015 Baruffaldi Plastic Technology officially unveiled the new design characterising its tube and profile processing machines. The company’s intention, in carrying out this “restyling”, was to develop an image that emphasises the high quality and functionality of its products. The result is a compact and solid design that underlines...

Ever since 1957 Motomeccanica has been designing, industrialising and producing powerful gearmotors, 80% of which are destined for installation on plastics and rubber processing machines manufactured by Italian companies. Along with the mere size of the transmission units exhibited by Motomeccanica at Plast 2015...

New-concept injection moulding machines of the GUM and GUM Fifo range featuring the HST (Hybrid Servo Technology) and ECO (Energy Saving Process) systems and hydraulic presses with electric servodrive technology: these are the innovations for the rubber sector unveiled by IMG at Plast 2015. The new systems make it possible to...

RC Run Safe Pack is the system used with Rodolfo Comerio calenders since the 1990s. Thanks to technological developments and ongoing progress, it now boasts precision to the millimetre. The package proposed by the manufacturer at Plast 2015 comprised 3 systems: RC GAPSystem; RC LaminatingSystem; and RC Roll SafeSystem...