Technology

Telia FSC 2018 is the new flexo gearless press designed by Amut Bielloni Converting (an Amut Group business unit) for short runs and reduced job change downtimes. The new machine incorporates all the last developments of the Telia program...

This spring will see the take-off, at a major South-Korean converter, of a newly manufactured PET rigid film extrusion line by Bandera. This is the fourth line of this kind ordered by the Asian company in ten years, this demonstrating once again the ability of the Busto Arsizio-based manufacturer to maintain the customer loyalty thanks to a...

Even though the production capacities at the robot manufacturing plants in Mosonmagyaróvár (Hungary) and at the Austrian headquarters in Vienna were extended substantially during the last two years, these capacities were fully utilized throughout the year 2017, due to the high demand. A total of 5,000 robots were shipped from the four...

Thanks to its know-how and boasting one of the best technology in the world for punching profiles and pipes, Baruffaldi Plastic Technology-Primac has developed the new HPM-10 hot punching machine for profiles. The system allows the punching of multiwall profiles without the use of die and with no limitation as regards the geometry of the shape to…

The six-axes R-2000iC/220U introduced by Fanuc complements the R-2000 robot series and is the successor to the iB version with 220 kg payload capacity. The new R-2000iC/220U robot, specifically designed for upside down mounting, is indicated by “U” in the type of designation, which stands for “upside down”. This robot is a...

“We are glad to have scored another top reference in the Northern America plastic recycling market. The CarbonLite PET recycling project comes after the two mega PET recycling plants that Amut supplied in North America to Unifi in Reidsville, North Carolina, and to PETStar Coca-Cola Mexico”, stated Piergianni Milani, the president of Amut Group...

Versatility and weight reduction - which means greater competitiveness, quality and process repeatability - have made this technology a true winner. And with a complete solution just supplied to a major player on the local dairy market, the positive feedback keeps on coming...

At the Tire Technology Expo 2018, to be held in Hannover (Germany) from February 20 to 22, Comerio Ercole will present several products for high-performance and flexible calendering and mixing processes, as well as its service packages dedicated to the fields of smart factory and Industry 4.0. The latter includes the new Cem Engineering 4.0 area...

For the two-component injection molding of the rear-quarter windows of polycarbonate for the Buick GL8 and GL8 Avenir MPVs (multi-purpose vehicles), Chinese Tier 1 supplier Shentong uses two hot runner systems from HRSflow. One is for producing the transparent first component and the other for the partial, seamless overmolding with a...

At the Interplastica 2018, to be held in Moscow from January 23 to 26, 2018, Arburg will present a high-speed thin-wall application for the packaging industry: a "Packaging" version of a hybrid Allrounder 570 H will produce four IML tubs in a cycle time of around 1.9 seconds...

Designer and manufacturer of high performance motion control products, solutions, and services, Moog enlarged its product range of Electrohydrostatic Pump Units (EPU) with the EPU size 80 cc in order to help customers address a wider range of applications. The product line now includes the sizes 19, 32 and 80 cc. The EPU size 80 cc is ideal for...

Thanks to the Rotodosing system - that ensures an ideal weight for each mould - combined with the Powderspeed system - used for the long distance transport of powder and non-powder materials - Dega offers a solution which can solve the problems concerning the costs due to the wastage of material during the production phase. The production cycle…

More and more often water, gas and cables are distributed, transported, channelled and protected in our cities and homes by plastic piping; as indeed are fluids, vapours and wires in our cars and domestic appliances; plastic pipes are also frequently used in the medical sector. In these and numerous other applications corrugated piping...

Four ST Blow Moulding machines from the Isit series have been delivered to the French toys manufacturer Smoby Toys, member of the German group Simba Dickie, which will be supplied with two other machines. The blow moulding machines for France range from the Isit 400 (400 kN clamping force and 5 litres accumulator head) up to the Isit 1300 (2000 kN…

Inoutic ranks among the leading European manufacturers of energy-efficient profile systems for windows, doors and roller blinds. Its product portfolio also includes terrace systems as well as facade and roof claddings made of wood-plastic composite and PVC. Since sustainable management of existing resources is a top priority for the company, the...

At the end of the 80’s Maris received a very important and challenging request: to test our corotating twin-screw extruder as a “reactor” extruder, for the continuous polymerization of POM. This idea was born by a group of chemists from a North Eastern European Research Institute. The process they wanted to obtain by our “reactor” extruder was to…

A live demonstration of five PET rigid film extrusion lines will open Bandera’s 2018. From January to April, those lines dedicated to the thermoforming and form-fill-seal (FFS) sectors will be shown at the House of Extrusion, before being delivered to five converters based in Poland, Germany, Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Indonesia...

Global leader in applied additive technology solutions, Stratasys has recently introduced GrabCAD Voxel Print, a new software solution for its J750 3D printing solution, which provides true voxel level control during the design and 3D printing process. Manipulating microscopic voxels, which are the building blocks of 3D printing, enables users to…

Recently, the European Patent Office (EPO) has definitively established that Moretto’s KruiseKontrol is a unique system in the granules feeding and conveying systems of the plastics industry. As the Veneto-based manufacturer states in a press release, for years competitors have...

From 28 November to 1 December at The House of Extrusion, Bandera will be presenting Technoflex PO5, its new five-layer polyolefin extrusion technology. A complete system for coextrusion of polyethylene bubble film will be on show. Its main characteristics include: a 26-component batch dosing system; a 100 mm diameter extruder for the core layer,…