Technology

Cogeneration is confirmed as a technology that is attentive to consumption and the environment, and ideal in a segment such as processing of plastics for haute parfumerie and luxury cosmetics. Matic Plast Milano has chosen to adopt an environmental policy when it comes to energy efficiency, and has entrusted AB in the context of rationalising use…

This motto, chosen by Engel to present their system solutions at Fakuma 2015, encompasses numerous topics. Automation, engineering, process optimization and services are all considered to be an integral part of the Austrian multi-national's construction philosophy. Through five innovative applications for the automobile, technical moulding,…

Among the different products developed through its R&D activity, Frigosystem presents  the I-RES and I-RESW systems: the new range of water and air condensed fluid chillers using centrifugal compressors with magnetic levitation.

On this year’s Fakuma edition the German company Leistritz Extrusionstechnik not only presented the new ZSE 27 iMAXX twin-screw extruder, but visitors also got the opportunity of gaining an insight - through a virtual tour - into a large-scale compounding plant.

The House of Extrusion, Bandera’s new R&D Centre in Busto Arsizio (near Varese), hosted an open house on 6 and 7 October to demonstrate operation of the BarrierFlex 7-layer line producing high-barrier film in polypropylene with a PP/Tie/PA/EVOH/PA/Tie/PP structure. The final application of the...

The Easylink new automatic coupling stations, the Modula high efficiency auto-adaptive drying systems, the PureFlo simple filterless receivers, the Quantum next generation gravimetric blenders are among the Piovan’s products on display this...

The ADV200-LC (Liquid Cooled) is the new series of liquid-cooled inverters designed and produced by Gefran for applications in which the most important requirements are: robustness, long life and high reliability. Liquid cooling of electrical and mechanical units drastically reduces the size of the...

With SmartPower 350, on show at Fakuma trade fair in hall B1, stand 1204, Wittmann Battenfeld has completed its PowerSeries product range with the larger sizes from 160 to 350 tons.

Since August 2015, Amut Group confirms the establishment of new technical service points in Vietnam and Indonesia, boosting and consolidating a complete onsite support to the existing and potential customers. This strategy has been followed because of the great results always achieved in the extrusion and thermoforming field in

A member of the Tecnopol group, Omikron manufactures polypropylene-based, loaded and non-loaded top-quality compounds, used for a range of specific purposes. The Piedmont-based company is well known for its constant pursuit of quality across the production process. With the aim of rationalising and expanding its plant, Omikron decided to develop…

The aims of Tec Med - Integrated technology for medical appliances, which took place on September 24 and 25 by Engel Italia and A Uno Tec, at the head offices of the same at Mirandola, near Modena, were to provide an insight into the production processing, share common efficiency goals for the improvement of the quality of operation...

On the first of October Piovan is organizing its Pipe & Profile Day at its head offices in Santa Maria di Sala, near Venice, a day entirely dedicated to the technology involved in the production of pipes and profiles. The event will be divided into three sessions during which talks will be by certain partners and associated companies...

BMB is going to exhibit at Fakuma (Friedrichshafen, October 13-17) an eKW28Pi/1300 fast cycle full electric machine that represents its complete range of highly efficient and low consuming presses. The company is going to showcase a 280-t machine together with a 4-cavity mould...

The Italian manufacturer of ancillary equipment Plastic Systems has recently installed a handling, compounding and storage system at the premises of an American compounder that supplies polyolefin-based plastics and engineering polymers based products for the electrical home appliance, automotive and electronic industries. The system features...

The EBC90HT and EBC108HT co-rotating twin screw extruders recently developed by Comac for the production of thermoplastic compounds are capable of handling extremely high volumes with excellent performance levels. This is thanks to the screws having optimized profiles to assure high blending capacity and mounted on scrap-less machined axes...

During the recent DKT (Deutsche Kautschuk-Tagung) fair in Nuremberg, Presma exhibited an injection press complete with 12-station mould carousel capable of assuring productivity in line with current market needs, with some interesting advantages over single-mould machines. Firstly, thanks to the possibility of handling 12 different moulds,…

The first “Food & Beverage Plastic Day” took place on September 15 at the head offices of Sacmi in Imola (Bologna), organized by the manufacturer in order to introduce its plants and technological solutions aimed at assuring high productivity, versatility and energy savings for the beverage industry. Capable of integrating the entire process…

Nova Chemicals Corporation has announced the purchase of a new Sacmi semi-commercial scale compression molding machine in support of the caps and closures market. This investment complements an existing Sumitomo (SHI) Demag injection molding machine. Together these machines fully replicate the...

Reducing the weight of a plastic component and obtaining a concrete saving on production costs. That’s the direction of the latest release from Gefit, completely dedicated to the beverage industry.

After its participation at NPE 2015 and Plast 2015, Ferromatik - the Milacron brand devoted to injection moulding - has launched Elektron Evolution, a range of newly designed hydraulic machines equipped with an innovative operating system capable of offering greater flexibility and adaptability to practically every application field...