Technology

Following the success of the 2016 edition, Sacmi will be taking part for the second time in the Prodexpo fair in Moscow (February 6-10). This international fair is dedicated to technology for the food and beverage industry and covers everything from raw materials to processing and packaging. A leading designer of complete PET processing lines and…

With a fully equipped 3-component metering machine of the type Streamline, polyurethane specialist Hennecke expands its performance capability in the field of research and development. The machine system features all the necessary requirements for the production of fibre composite components by means of a wide variety of...

The 3D printing and additive manufacturing solutions company, Startasys has announced that Italian company, qbrobotics, is producing customized sample robotics much more quickly and cost-effectively than via traditional methods, using its Fortus 250 3D printer. Using Stratasys’ high-endurance ABSplus 3D printing material, the company, a...

An open house of the Coex Bubble (10) line, with corotating twin screw extruder with a net production up to 1000 kg/h, is taking place at the Bastia Umbra (Perugia, Italy) factory of Colines Air Bubble from January 19 to 26 2017. Especially suitable for technical packaging and envelops, the Coex Bubble (10) series is...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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.…

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...

“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...

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...

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…

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...

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…

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...

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...

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...