Technology

  • 08 May 2024

    All-round innovation in blow moulding

    Since the last edition of NPE in 2018, the plastics industry has undergone drastic changes to meet new challenges in the global climate, economy and politics. With this in mind, ST BlowMoulding has always been committed and focused on innovation and the development of new solutions in terms of...
  • 08 May 2024

    Modern cable ducts lines

    The cable ducts are used worldwide, especially for the installation of fiber optic cables for internet expansion. The production of these pipes is particularly dependent on high precision and efficiency. battenfeld-cincinnati regularly sets new standards in this field with its innovative micro- and multiduct extrusion lines...
  • 23 April 2024

    Advanced static and dynamic process analysis

    The Dynamic-Rubber Process Analyser (D-RPA) 3000 developed by MonTech, represented in Italy by DGTS (Development of Gauge and Test Systems), is one of the world's most advanced high-end process analysis instruments, capable of satisfying the static and dynamic testing requirements of quality control and R&D...
  • 17 April 2024

    Transversal hot blade guillotines

    Clean, accurate cuts without dust and burrs; no material waste thanks to long-lasting thin blades; process reliability; energy efficiency; high productivity; low maintenance costs; optimisation of the cutting cycle in both directions thanks to double-edge blades; ease of use and quick blade change; versatility thanks to...
  • 17 April 2024

    Three bubbles for blown shrink film

    Kuhne Anlagenbau focus at NPE 2024, Orlando, Florida, USA, 6-10 April, will be on large turnkey lines for extruding flexible simultaneously biaxially oriented barrier shrink films that do not require polyamide or polyester as a layer to impart strength to the structure. Consequently, they...
  • 10 April 2024

    Macchi to exhibit new 5-layer R-POD Flex line at NPE 2024

    On the occasion of the next NPE show (Orlando, Florida, 6-10 May) Macchi will be exhibiting a 5-layer R-POD Flex blown film line representing the latest evolution of the innovative POD Flex system (dedicated to polyolefin), specifically designed for very high productivity and for the use of...
  • 20 March 2024

    Italian-Indian collaboration for the recycling of PET bottles

    Ganesha Ecopet, a division of the largest Indian PET recycler, Ganesha Group, entrusted Sorema, the division of Previero Srl specialized in the construction of plastic recycling plants, with the realization of a PET bottle-to-bottle recycling plant in India. It is a pioneering project, the first of its kind in the...
  • 13 March 2024

    Three Amut plants for recycling in Latin America

    Amut recently installed the first of three post-consumer PET bottle recycling lines at a food and beverage company's plant in Lima, Peru. The line has a capacity of 6,000 kg per hour and is designed to recover rPET for the production of new bottles. The second and third lines, both 3,000 kg per hour, will be built at...
  • 06 March 2024

    Magnetic levitation assembly

    Gefit developed a new family of assembly machines with intelligent magnetic levitation motion technology without any mechanical friction on the way, to the benefit of freedom, independence, and silent movement. The elimination of any physical contact with guides or supports also drastically reduces any possible...
  • 06 March 2024

    Two Union lines for rPET film in Mexico

    Two complete plants for the extrusion of rPET film for the thermoforming of rigid packaging have been installed by Union at a Mexican converter, which brings to 16 the number of lines in the fleet of this latter supplied by the Italian manufacturer. The two lines were developed to process up to...
  • 06 March 2024

    European roadshow on electric injection moulding

    Something huge is making its way around Europe over the next four months. Sumitomo (SHI) Demag presents to customers its first ever supersized roadshow truck. A 20-metre-long mobile exhibition space containing all of the latest injection moulding technologies and timesavers that...
  • 28 February 2024

    OMV Technologies thermoforming machine for Mexican packaging

    OMV Technologies USA (part of OMV Group together with the Italian sister company OMV Machinery, based in Verona, Italy) sold an RM77 thermoforming machine to Goplas, a prominent thermoforming manufacturer based in Mexico City. This significant transaction marks a milestone in the...
  • 21 February 2024

    After Myanmar, Sorema's recycling also in Vietnam

    The post-consumer PET bottle washing and recycling plant supplied by Sorema (the recycling systems division of Previero) running at Commercial Plastics (CPC) in Yangon, Myanmar, achieved the expected quality and quantity parameters, and will provide the basis for a second plant destined for...
  • 14 February 2024

    Integration means automation

    Stepping up automation through the integration of one or more machines. IMG emphasises its focus on greater automation of the production processes related to rubber injection moulding, aiming at improving efficiency for the benefit of plastics converters. The company based in...
  • 14 February 2024

    Meaf first rPET food sheet line in Lithuania

    By mating its energy efficient sheet extrusion lines with Kreyenborg’s IR-Clean Super-Clean process for post-consumer recycled PET, Meaf Machines can now offer its customers a cost-effective alternative for the production of FDA/EFSA approved single layer PET food grade sheet. A first...
  • 07 February 2024

    Promoting technological excellence and energy efficiency

    The correct process temperature is an essential factor for production, especially in applications where it is necessary to comply with very tight thermal tolerances, such as in plastics processing, and, therefore, even small temperature variations may have a negative impact on process performance. This is...