Technology

Big numbers again this year for Chinaplas 2017 (Guangzhou, 16-19 May): more than 3,000 exhibitors and an impressive 155,000 visitors (26% from overseas). In Guangzhou, Frigosystem had a booth in hall 4.1 as part of the collective exhibition organized by Amaplast, as well as at the Amut Group booth, where it showcased a chiller from...

The new polyurethane (PU) foam seal from Sonderhoff in the Fermapor K31 product range received sought-after American FDA conformity. It is considered to be the recognised standard for food packaging worldwide. The PU seal is also approved for direct contact with food in accordance with the EU Regulation No. 10/2011 which entered into force on 1…

Major Chinese company in the dairy sector purchases two more CBF (Compression Blow Forming) systems, taking the total number of installed solutions to four. Highly innovative process combining high bottle quality with weight reduction proved to be a major plus factor. These, then, are the distinctive characteristics of the...

The new digital positioning sensor of the SMC Italia ISA3 series makes measuring the gap between the surface and the tool easy thanks to a simple three-stage configuration procedure, which reduces the confirmation time for correct positioning, delivering savings in operating costs, labour, and energy...

About 450 people attended the fourth Maplan Days of Technology on May 31 and June 1, 2017, at the new company premises in Kottingbrunn (Austria). The first day of the symposium focused on the presentation of the status and perspectives of the Austrian machinery manufacturer. Furthermore, the 2-day lecture program provided a...

The German-based Conextru designs and builds cross heads for any kind of pipe coating application, from bundling of small pipes for optical fibres to coating multilayer structures with barrier layer for small pipes, like those used for floor heating, as well as for large pipes, like water transportation pipes, through to single layer coatings as...

A plant by Amut Ecotech - recycling division of Amut Group - was recently installed in Edwa city of Minya Governorate, Egypt, for the recycling of municipal solid wastes (MSW); the plant is planned to go into full operation by June. The manufacturer was awarded the public tender issued by UNDP solid waste management in...

A specialist manufacturer of thermoforming moulds, Termostampi has recently developed a set of moulds for the production of PET containers with lids. The set comprises four separate units designed to be mounted on the respective thermoformer stations, which correspond to the four steps in the production cycle...

The use of PET is steadily gaining market share in food, home care and personal care (FHPC) markets traditionally dominated by HDPE and PP and is expected to grow by an average of 3% for all three sectors until 2020. Within these highly FHPC competitive markets, Sidel's new SteadyEdge base provides...

You don’t always need big machines to achieve significant production advances. At Medtec (Stuttgart, April 4-6) LPKF showcased technologies and developments which can give a major boost to productivity and economic efficiency. The new laser welding systems are supplied with a calibrated working area, Soft-PLC, and...

The SA-V line for the 4-track production of "doypack" bags with 3 bottom gussets was recently exhibited by Elba at the Interpack fair (Düsseldorf, May 4-10). This range of welders, the pride of this manufacturer from Magnago (Milan), is designed and manufactured to produce pre-made bags at high speed and in a versatile...

Stratasys, the 3D printing and additive manufacturing solutions company, took a significant step into low-volume, continuous production using additive technology today when it unveiled a new product under development - the Stratasys Continuous Build 3D Demonstrator - at the Rapid + TCT show in Pittsburgh...

At the twenty-first Plastpol, being held at the Kielce Exhibition & Conference Centre from May 23 to 26, Negri Bossi, together with its local agent NTQ, will be showing the all-electric 180-630 machine, featuring a clamping force of 180 tonnes, producing a ping pong bat. The machine is injecting the body in a PBT material from the main 45mm…

Moss family of printing equipment for plastic caps has been extended with the new Laser Cap model, engineered to etch the inside of bottle caps with a high-speed laser. The laser beam is suitable to mark ID matrix, bar codes or QR codes and graphics such as logos, icons or symbols. Thanks to the special software integrated in the touchscreen panel…

From May 4 to 10 WM Thermoforming Machines will exhibit at Interpack 2017 in Düsseldorf, the event where all the producers of machineries and devices for the packaging industry meet the main players from the food, beverage, pharmaceutics and consumer goods industries from all over the world. It is one of the...

The AXevo series of chillers by Eurochiller is the result of a development process that, combining refined aesthetics with rational design, has resulted in the creation of a platform for versatile and reliable industrial chillers that make it possible to tackle, in a cost-effective fashion, a number of different applications, drawing from a wide…

The new Genesys line of auto-adaptive single hopper drying systems from Piovan delivers optimal and consistent operating conditions and lower energy consumption. It is one of the first patent issued in Europe for a high-efficiency polymer drying system. The plastics industry processes non-hygroscopic and hygroscopic polymers...

With its FLEXflow technology, Italian hot-runner specialist HRSflow has developed an innovative solution for the injection moulding of high-quality parts primarily for the automotive industry. FLEXflow is a servo-driven, finely regulated valve gate system for hot-runner systems. The precise control of the melt flow of each individual...

Gefran launches the new Performance family of PID controllers including three models: 850, 1650, and 1850. Numerous integrated functions reduce the number of devices installed on a machine and simplify configuration. Accurate regulation, numerous options and exclusive functions make these devices so intelligent that the system regulating and...

An exclusive automatic manifold plate for resin-machine allocation in plastics centralized feeding systems, Dolphin by Moretto is based on a plunger movement of mechanical arms managed by a pneumatic cylinder, thus ensuring a very efficient an easy to control automation system with a reaction time of only one second. Starting from the...