Technology

  • 04 April 2018

    Human capital and quality products: strengths for 55 years

    At Plast 2018, Fimic, together with its entire staff and the numerous visitors expected to visit its stand, will be celebrating the company’s 55 years in the plastic materials industry. The fair will see the company presenting its most recent innovations, as well as its new ideas currently under development. The protagonists of the celebration of…
  • 04 April 2018

    Continuous covering of corrugated drainage pipes

    By upgrading the DrenoCovering machine for covering corrugated drainage pipes with PP geotextile, the Primac brand of the Dosi group relaunches one of its patented technologies. The unit is equipped with two synchronised haul-offs which pull the pipe at the same speed as the extrusion line, while the welding is performed continuously by a...
  • 04 April 2018

    Injection blow moulding for perfect necks

    The latest development from Meccanoplastica is JET 85, a fully electric injection blow moulding machine designed for the production of small containers with closures that must be manufactured to very tight tolerances, and thus demand extremely precise neck finishing. JET 85 is a three-station injection blow moulding machine with a trigger bar...
  • 04 April 2018

    Four robots on display: amongst novelties and confirmations

    Plast 2018 has been chosen by Star Automation Europe, as they often did in the past, to launch several novelties, and in particular, the new ZXW-VI robots series. The two ZXW-1000VI and ZXW-1600VI models receive the baton of Fx series, introducing numerous enhancements, aiming above all to operation speed...
  • 04 April 2018

    Ensuring quality in challenging applications

    Worldwide leading manufacturer of gear pumps, pelletizing and filtration systems, and pulverizers for demanding applications in the plastics, chemical, pharmaceutical and food industries, Maag, will be exhibiting at the upcoming Plast 2018, to be held in Milan from May 29 to June 1, 2018, showcasing a variety of its market-leading products and...
  • 28 March 2018

    Recyclate of controlled quality

    Visitors to the Plast 2018 show will be able to see the recycling quality of the Intarema 1108 T from May 29 to June 1. Reject rolls from PE packaging film production will be processed live at the Erema trade fair stand to make quality recyclates. The new Erema business unit Powerfil will provide information on the latest filtration solutions from…
  • 28 March 2018

    In Milan with technologies for extruding, filtering and measuring

    The Gneuss Processing Unit (GPU) has been available for several years now and has proven itself for the reprocessing of bulky PET waste such as post-consumer bottle flake and industrial waste from fiber and film manufacture without pre-drying. A Gneuss Processing Unit consists of a Gneuss MRS extruder with its unmatched devolatilization...
  • 28 March 2018

    Solutions for consistent quality and process

    Consistent quality, permanent availability, maximum output - it takes more than reliable machines to securely achieve these criteria of success. The perfect interplay between injection moulding machine and process technology, automation and periphery, digitalisation and networking is what allows plastics processors to fully utilise efficiency...
  • 28 March 2018

    Negri Bossi launches Nova eT range

    NPE 2018 will be the platform to launch the Negri Bossi Nova eT all-electric machine range to the North American market. A Nova eT 180-630 machine will be used to demonstrate the ability to combine energy efficiency with fast cycle times. Key markets have been identified as medical and packaging. A four-cavity food container lid, with in-mould…
  • 21 March 2018

    Great enthusiasm in Arburg

    On March 13 Arburg opened the doors of the headquarter, in Lossburg, to the international press bringing forward Technology Days 2018, scheduled on March 14-17. Michael Hehl, Managing Director, Jürgen Boll, Managing Director Finance, Controlling, IT, Gerhard Böhm, Managing Director Sales, and Heinz Gaub, Managing Director Technology...
  • 21 March 2018

    Futura40: technological innovation and corporate history in a name

    Friul Filiere has always set great store by its participation at the Plast fair, but this year’s event will be a particularly special one for the company: having recently turned 40, it could not have wished for a better stage on which to celebrate this significant milestone. The Friuli-based manufacturer is therefore anticipating, with great…
  • 14 March 2018

    New knife rotor minimizes dust content

    As the central component of Coperion's eccentric pelletizing systems (EGR), a new type of knife rotor makes it possible to produce extremely low-dust PVC pellets for cable manufacture. Rotating directly on the die plate of the EGR, and fitted with pelletizer knives that have also been optimized, the rotor (patent pending) permits particularly…
  • 14 March 2018

    Moulding with lights out in the smart factory

    Injection moulding machines running 24/7, remote monitoring of all processes, human intervention reduced to a minimum and no night-time supervision. This sums up the mode of operation of the automatic factory started three years ago in Loveland, Colorado, by Nordson Medical for the production of medical items, a concrete example of Industry 4.0...
  • 07 March 2018

    Four Amut lines for the Cambodian Chip Mong Industries

    To start up the production of pipes that will allow it to extend its product range, Chip Mong Industries has chosen Amut to supply the extrusion lines needed for this project. This processing company is a member of the Chip Mong Group that, founded in 1982, is now one of Cambodia’s largest concerns, with activities in areas ranging from the real…
  • 07 March 2018

    American premiere of the Elios series

    The Elios 7500-6000 - an example of the new Netstal high-speed machine series - will be in the limelight at a North American trade fair for the first time. With an 8+8 cavity stack mould, 473 ml delicatessen containers will be produced in a cycle time of 3.1 seconds. The series currently comprises four main versions with clamping forces of...
  • 07 March 2018

    Machines, Industry 4.0, innovative processes and an important anniversary

    "This year's Plast in Milan is a very special trade fair for us. We have now been represented by our own subsidiary in the Italian market for 25 years. The trade fair launch of the hybrid Allrounder 820 H in a new design and with the visionary Gestica control system shows that we continue to set trends in the market and that we will be a reliable…
  • 28 February 2018

    Two Vector and two Canbio machines in Romania to produce automotive components

    Negri Bossi recently received an order for two Vector V650 and two Canbio ST 500 plants, from Romanian company Subansamble Auto, a member of the GIC group that operates in the processing of thermoplastic and polyurethane resins for the automotive industry. Subansamble Auto is already a user of Negri Bossi machines with clamping forces of up to...
  • 28 February 2018

    Cofit sets up a new laboratory and steps up innovation

    Research and development has always been central to the industrial strategy pursued by Cofit, which has therefore recently strengthened its facilities with a new laboratory for developing and testing its products, so as to be able to provide precise technological answers to the needs of an increasingly complex and constantly evolving market...
  • 21 February 2018

    Another air bubble film line for the Australian company

    The Australian processor Polycell commissioned Colines to build another Power Bubble 3000 line for the production of air bubble films, tested in the manufacturer’s factory in Bastia Umbra, near Perugia (Italy). The system makes it possible to produce 3,000 mm wide air bubble film, which can be inline laminated with aluminium, paper, foam and any...
  • 21 February 2018

    In Gandhinagar with dryers, temperature controllers and dosers

    At the latest edition of PlastIndia, held from February 7 to 12 in Gandhinagar, located in the Indian state of Gujarat, Moretto showcased some of its most representative technologies. In particular, at the trade fair, the company illustrated the complete range of auxiliary equipment and automation systems for...