Technology

In its first quarter financial report, issued April 30, Milacron announced that it will be offering for sale the Uniloy blow moulding machinery business. Uniloy’s line of blow moulding machines includes reciprocating screw blow moulders, injection blow moulding presses, shuttle machines and accumulator head blow moulding machines. The business...

A strategic investment gives Frigel Group direct access to the Polish market of process cooling solutions in plastics, beverage and die casting industries. The company announced the opening of a new subsidiary in Poland as another important step for its global strategic growth...

The official opening of its new Advanced Additive Manufacturing Centre in Pinerolo, Italy, has been announced by 3D Systems in recent days. Over the past fifteen months, the company undertook a multimillion-dollar expansion to more than double the manufacturing capacity and increase breadth of capabilities to meet increasing customer demand...

On May 23, Arburg Italy will hold its first seminar on "Additive manufacturing in medical technology" at the "Alma Mater Studiorum" University in Bologna. Maurizio Fiorini, Mattia Mele and Luca Tomesani from the University of Bologona will speak about their experience using the Freeformer and will present applications as well as the new...

Italian multinational company specialized in the design and production of automation components and industrial process control systems, Gefran launched the new magnetostrictive position transducer Hyperwave at Hannover Messe. “Gefran boasts a consolidated know-how, which is the result of over...

Less than six months after the delivery of the first Nova eT all electric machine of Negri Bossi, the British IVM has taken delivery of a 280-ton model. The machine was purchased to produce an existing under-seat automotive component, with a visible and textured front face. The tool previously ran on a modern 270-ton hydraulic machine achieving a…

At the end of March Negri Bossi UK organized an open house in its headquarters in Rugby. The focus of the open house was a Nova eT 130 running an 8 impression cap tool demonstrating using mould open and core movement in parallel. The Nova eT is a total electric machine designed for reliability and longevity. The main...

The joint venture active in the commercial vehicle retreading sector in India, Marangoni GRP Private Limited (MGPL), has signed up a new full service Ringtread franchisee at Chennai, India - Xtramiles, a new entrant into the tyre retreading business. Giuseppe Marangoni, Vice President, Group Marangoni and Harsh Gandhi...

HRScool is an innovative solution from HRSflow (part of INglass Group) for hot runner injection moulding in which the otherwise necessary water cooling of the corresponding actuator can be dispensed with. The key to this is the twice optimized temperature management system, in which insulating supporting columns with a...

On Thursday, April 11, Bausano opened the doors of its Rivarolo Canavese (Turin, Italy) factory to welcome around 60 customers and partners for an open day devoted to the production of plastic granulate, PVC in particular. The day-long event, organised by this renowned extrusion line manufacturer kicked off with a brief presentation of the...

The new collaborative CR-14iA/L robot from Fanuc had its European premiere at the Hannover Messe (Hannover, April 1-5). The green robot is an addition to the CR series, and combines the features of the smaller CR-7iA with those of the larger CR-15iA. The CR-14iA/L was developed to be able to lift heavier payloads than the CR-7iA and...

The next generation HyPET HPP5e system launched by Husky is built upon the proven industry-leading technology of the HPP platform and is the result of significant technology improvements that work together to deliver better energy savings, system reliability, preform quality and user friendliness...

With the X-RAY measuring system X-RAY 6000 PRO from Sikora quality control of hoses and tubes is done fast and precisely, directly in the extrusion line. Within milliseconds, an X-ray image of the product is generated showing all measuring values, such as diameter, ovality, wall thickness and eccentricity. The measuring values are visualized on…

The Stratasys Academy offers training and consultancy to a broad audience of users and businesses on how to optimize the use of Stratasys solutions and additive manufacturing in general within their development and manufacturing processes. The first Stratasys authorized training centre in Italy is now open and operated by Energy Group...

The winning partnership between the leader of the Camozzi Group, Camozzi Automation and Camozzi Digital has showcased their combined solutions for Industry 4.0 at the this year’s Hannover Messe from April 1 to 5. Specialists in the production of components, systems and technologies for the industrial...

The first 9-layer coextrusion line by Macchi in Germany has recently been delivered and installed at the premises of Duoplast, a leading producer of agricultural film. The line - configured with seven 55-mm extruders, two 65-mm extruders, a 500-mm die head and a BO Plus double station automatic winder - has a capacity of about 500 kg/h...

At the Amug (Additive Manufacturing User Group) 2019 conference in Chicago, Stratasys launched two important innovations on April 1: the F120 3D printer, which simplifies the management of additive manufacturing technology by providing reliable and precise complex and functional parts with extreme rapidity, and the V650 Flex printer, which...

Integration, interconnection, automation and digitisation: with these key words, Biesse brought its innovative technical solutions for machining advanced materials to Mecspe, to shape the factory of the future. For the third year in a row, Biesse was present at the event with tailored solutions for...

A short time ago Bandera supplied two flat die extrusion lines to a Vietnamese customer: a thermoforming plant for PET and an extrusion machinery for PP PS, with low thickness and limited shrinkage. They were both designed for the production of food packaging. These first two lines represented a milestone for Bandera, laying the...

The global leader in applied additive technology solutions, Stratasys, announced the launch of its “Direct Factory” portal in Italy. The portal enables designers, engineers and manufacturers to easily and rapidly meet their design and production requirements by ordering 3D printed parts online...