Technology

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…

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.

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...

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,…

In the past decade, Coperion in Stuttgart has delivered, installed and launched several compounding plants for Basf to manufacture engineering plastics. For a new compounding plant in South Korea, Basf relied once again on Coperion’s expertise; in September of 2015, the plant was handed over within the contractually agreed timeframe. Since then...

FLEXflow, the finely regulated servo-driven valve gate system from HRSflow, an INglass division, now makes it possible to carry out the series production of large-format car headlight lenses by cascade injection molding. Compared with the present standard process, it enables the part weight to be significantly reduced while maintaining the...

Kasko is the name of the new receivers and containers from Moretto, delivering significant value and performance in a single machine. The overall design is essential, with the electronic board integrated into the machine chassis along with all external wires, and a newly designed soft drop head opening which works as a protection from...

Mimaki announced that it will be making a brand-new ink available in summer 2016. LUS-350 is a unique, stretchable ink suitable for a wide range of thermoforming applications, especially those requiring exceptional hardness and durability such as automotive parts. LUS-350 ink is compatible with the Mimaki UJF-7151plus and JFX200-2513 printers and…

From April 25 to 28, Leistritz Extrusion Technology not only exhibited a ZSE 40 MAXX twin screw extruder at Chinaplas but also presented its new ZSE CC series. “Besides K show the Chinaplas fair is one of the most important international plastics exhibitions. We have been participating for years and this time again we present our...

Based on its recent analysis of the proportional integral derivative (PID) controller market, Frost & Sullivan recognizes Gefran with the 2015 Global Frost & Sullivan Award for Product Leadership. Gefran’s PID controller, the 1350, has successfully addressed end-user pain points regarding display...

On May 5 and 6, Negri Bossi inaugurated its new Spanish branch in Garriga, near Barcelona. “Only by choosing Negri Bossi can you be sure of making the best bet!” ran the slogan strategically placed at the entrance to the games room set up for this two-day open house. This served both to invite guests to have fun at the event but also, in…

EasyFeed is the new feeding system offered by Amut in combination with the EA - 52 D extruder, to process up to 100% of regrind material during the in-line thermoforming whithout compromising the main extruder flow rate. During the sheet extrusion process, the presence of the regrind recycled from the thermoforming skeletons...

Sipa’s mould refurbishing and conversion services in China are an important element of its complete PET preform and bottle mould offering. They provide customers with the option of having some components replaced by new ones in order to improve preform quality (refurbishment), or having the mould converted to produce a completely new...

The experience acquired over more than four decades has seen Mast evolve from a small machine shop into a company specialising in the construction of screws and chambers for machines and systems used in the processing of plastic materials. Its current catalogue contains a vast range of solutions for the construction of single-screw and...

The Swedish company Doxa Plast based in Värnamo installed a completely automatic 5-layer ALLrollEX-1500 cast stretch film line, which is running successfully since commissioning. It performs from the automatic selection of resins to be loaded from silos till full packaging system, with possibility to pack...

The American company Cloeren is investing in Austrian extrusion die maker EMO, Micheldorf, Austria in form of a capital increase. The supplier of flat die extrusion and coextrusion heads EMO is owned by Haidlmair, the important manufacturer of high-tech injection moulds for the packaging and...

The new machine developed by Gefit is destined to the medical packaging market. At the end of a thorough designing work and product engineering, carried out in close cooperation with the customer, the manufacturer located in Fubine (near Alessandria, Italy) has finalized and completed a new structured and important project...

From May 18 to 20 Leistritz will hold an “Extrusion Academy” in Nuremberg. It is a training programme which has been running since 2003 and which involves laboratory technicians of the company in a variety of practical demonstrations on various extrusion lines and auxiliary systems. The aim is to provide effective combination of...

The two plants being tested at the Union factory in San Vittore Olona (near Milan), are destined for the markets of Central and South America. The first line includes two single-screw extruders (a TR 130 and a TR 75 respectively) for the coextrusion of hollow sheeting made of EPP, with a working width of 2,500 mm and...

The SIT 2016 seminar on technological innovation took place from April 12 to 14 at the general offices of Piovan in Santa Maria di Sala (Venice). It is a traditional event dedicated to the Italian clients of this Venetian company of auxiliary systems for plastic material processing. The protagonist of the sixth edition was the most advanced…