Technology

  • 27 September 2023

    Hourly rates for machines and equipment

    Machine utilization is often difficult to predict and plastics processors need as much flexibility as possible with their equipment. Traditional financing models are not designed to adapt to the actual use of the machine due to fixed rates. Thanks to the new flexPay financing model from KraussMaffei, it is now possible...
  • 06 September 2023

    Welding the socket to the end of smooth or corrugated pipes

    One of the relevant projects recently developed (and patented) by Baruffaldi Plastic Technology is represented by the SRM and IAM-S machines (both Primac branded) for joining the socket to the end of the pipe. Both machines can work inline after the cutting saw and offline. In the inline version, the...
  • 06 September 2023

    High-speed corrugator

    The new high-capacity corrugator recently developed by Itib Machinery, that presents it at Plast 2023, is the fastest in the company's range, making it particularly suitable for the high-speed, no-compromise production of small-diameter pipes. The name FV32/112HP sums up all its main characteristics...
  • 18 July 2023

    ST BlowMoulding brings forty years of technology to Plast

    Ready to return to Plast, ST BlowMoulding will be presenting its latest innovations and technologies at the important international trade fair to be held at Fiera Milano from 5 to 8 September. For over forty years, the company has been operating as a reliable supplier of large blow moulding machinery...
  • 12 July 2023

    Previero and Sorema at Plast with restyling and innovation

    At Plast 2023, Previero will present the restyling of its plastics and rubber granulation lines, while its Sorema division will showcase the latest developments in turnkey plants for recycling post-consumer and post-industrial plastic waste. In particular, Sorema will be exhibiting a WCE2500L washing centrifuge designed to...
  • 12 July 2023

    Stack mould for compactness and efficiency in thin-wall moulding

    Designed to withstand high filling pressures, the new compact stack mould, engineered by the hot runner manufacturer Oerlikon HRSflow for thin wall packaging applications, is equipped with the new Xd nozzle series. The innovative patent-pending solution, soon available on the market, enables fast injection and cycle times in...
  • 21 June 2023

    Rotary blow molding machine for PET bottles for liquor

    Recently Omega Packing, a Panamanian industrial consulting and engineering company has invested in Sipa technology purchasing an Xtra rotary stretch-blow molding system for the production of bottles dedicated to rum and liquor market. Omega Packing, infact, cooperated with an important spirit brand...
  • 21 June 2023

    A platform for the transition to recycled PET

    Sidel is demonstrating its expertise in recycled PET (rPET) by launching its “RePETable” offer. This unique portfolio of services is designed to help the packaging industry make an efficient transition to rPET bottle production while offering support to improve the circularity of primary packaging...
  • 14 June 2023

    xPET sheet line for Asian plastic processing

    An extrusion line for expanded PET sheets by Union was recently delivered to an Asian processor. The line consists of two extruders in tandem configuration that guarantees high production rates with densities up to 80 kg/cu.m. Union's tandem solution facilitates the achievement of best extrusion quality in a...
  • 07 June 2023

    Extrusion of PS/PP thermoforming sheets for electronics packaging

    Amut has recently completed the testing of a new PS and PP sheet co-extrusion line to be delivered to a leading European processor of thermoformed technical trays for the packaging of electronic components. With a nominal width of up to 1,200 mm and an operating width of up to 1,000 mm, the line can...
  • 07 June 2023

    Solutions for lighter necks and caps

    At ProPak Asia 2023, the beverage and food packaging fair to be held in Bangkok from 14 to 17 June, Sacmi will be exhibiting its solutions that reduce the weight of the neck-cap system without affecting the consumer’s experience. The development of lightened necks and caps, together with research into new, more...
  • 07 June 2023

    Gefit in Barcelona at the event dedicated to caps and closures

    Gefit will take part at the 10th edition of Plastic Closure Innovations event that will take place from 13 to 15 June at the World Trade Center in Barcelona, Spain. This event will showcase major global trends, explore recent advances and discus the latest innovations in this fast-growing market sector; also, it will...
  • 31 May 2023

    Sorema plant for the bottle-to-bottle in Myanmar

    After carrying out a washing and recycling test on bottles collected by CPC (Commercial Plastics Company), a PET bottle recycler based in Yangon (Myanmar), Sorema, an Italian company that is one of the main international reference points for its recycling plants, has designed a 2,200 kg/h flake production plant to...
  • 31 May 2023

    CMG granulators for extrusion edge trims at Equiplast

    Among the products exhibited by CMG Granulators at Equiplast (Barcelona 30 May-2 June), at the stand of Luiso, the local distributor, the ET2 configuration of the ET series of extrusion scrap solutions is suitable for the in-line recycling of edge trims. CMG granulators for edge trim and film recycling are available...