Technology

The recycling division of Amut has won two supply orders for two major European companies active in recycling plastic waste. Each order includes two twin systems for recycling and regenerating polyolefin flakes to be subsequently transformed into granulate. In one of the projects, the twin line will work in parallel to process LDPE flakes at an…

Five Vector injection moulding machines have recently been delivered by Negri Bossi at the Napajedla and Chropyně production plants (Czech Republic) belonging to Fatra, ranking among the world’s major companies producing plastic parts, with more than 75% of its production headed for international markets, and which in 2016 recorded a...

Two new 6800-mm supercalenders have recently been ordered from Comerio Ercole.

The innovative system for the in-line production of preforms developed by Sipa in collaboration with Erema is being presented for the first time live, from 4 to 6 September, at the company's facility in Vittorio Veneto, near Treviso. Xtreme Renew, incorporating the Xtreme system by Sipa and the Vacurema system by Erema, produces 100% rPET...

At Drinktec 2017 (September 11-15, München), Netstal will produce 38 mm single-piece closures for milk bottles on an Elion 2200-1000. The HDPE closures, which weigh just 2.8 grams, will be produced in a 32 cavity mould from z-moulds and, thanks to the patented z-slides, they will receive a fully-functioning tamper evident band in the mould. The…

At the Drinktec 2017, which will be held from 11 to 15 September 2017 in Munich (Germany), Arburg will demonstrate its injection moulding technology which has been specially optimised for the packaging industry, particularly for fast sequence and high-cavity moulds. The exhibit, a packaging version of the hybrid Allrounder 570 H, has...

Stratasys Direct Manufacturing, a subsidiary of Stratasys and one of the world’s largest 3D printing and advanced manufacturing service providers, has been chosen by Airbus to produce 3D printed polymer parts for use on A350 XWB aircraft. The company will print non-structural parts such as brackets, and other parts used for...

At the Competence Day Pultrusion on June 28, KraussMaffei presented iPul, the first complete system for continuous pultrusion. "It is the easiest way of producing profiles, there are hardly any turnkey offers, and it is a growth sector. In addition, we are knowledgeable about fibres, metering technology and even about extrusion". Thus...

Bandera’s sales of extrusion lines all over the world are making a continuous remarkable progress. In particular, in the first quarter of 2017 four agreements were signed for the supply of plants for the production of silo-stretch and stretch film. The production lines are destined for leading companies in the European and Middle East...

The G-Max 23 is the latest model in a series of flexible, custom-made and belt-driven compact granulators. The G-Max 23 is specifically designed for the closed-loop recycling of sprues/runners from injection moulding machines with up to 240 tons of clamping force. It is a portable piece of equipment which allows for great versatility and can be...

The list of attendees at the Engel trend.scaut 2017 reads like a who’s who of the international automobile industry. More than 500 development and production managers, managing directors and market analysts attended the two-day conference at the end of June in Linz and St. Valentin, Austria, where they discussed...

The XC high efficiency horizontal coolers from Promixon are designed to give the best performance in cooling the hot dry-blend coming from the XM turbomixer, offered by the manufacturer for all the applications requiring the dispersion of powders with powders, granules or the addition of liquids...

Pneumatics is intrinsically a user-friendly technology. And it is set to become even more straightforward, versatile and flexible as the brand new Festo Motion Terminal VTEM is catapulting pneumatics into the era of Industry 4.0 - with apps that can replace over 50 individual components. All this is made possible by the latest developments in...

With the Quantum E dosing system, Piovan improves both the effectiveness of the production processes and the product thanks to the high technological content of the new dosing systems, which ensure maximum precision in pellet dosing and total processing control...

A new series of small servo motors with an integrated screw was recently launched at SPS IPC Drives by Wittenstein cyber motor for use in highly dynamic positioning axes, especially when the machine has to be installed in a confined space. It is the screw drive, fully integrated in the actuator housing, that makes this series so unique: the...

A new technology developed by Bielomatik combines the advantages of the well-known, robust two-step infrared welding of mechanical engineering with the quasi-simultaneous laser-based welding. Inside the separate periods of heating and joining, the joining surfaces are heated flexibly with high scanning speed before they are pressure-welded. For…

The undisputed star of the FIP exhibition (Lyon, 13-16 June) was the recently launched Ele all-electric 180-630 machine which, with a clamping force of 180 tonnes, produced ping pong bats utilising the FMC (Foam Microcellular Moulding) process. To this end, the main injection unit injected a PBT material to produce the body of the bat...

Around 10 million euros is the turnover amount achieved with the deals signed during and

The Success 5, the newest and smallest in Sepro Group’s range of economical, general-purpose Cartesian robots for plastics injection moulding, delivers precise, 3-axis servo performance in simple pick-and-place and stacking applications. First announced in late 2016 (along with the S5 Picker, which shares a similar mechanical...

The latest equipment built in the Gefit plant of Fubine, Italy, is dedicated to the assembly of a top-of-the-line product for beauty and body care. It’s a complete platform, designed and realized to handle components characterized by very specific geometry, colour and materials, just like this demanding industry requires...