Technology

The Audi Pre-Series Center with its Plastics 3D Printing Center in Ingolstadt, Germany, will leverage the world’s only full-colour, multi-material 3D printer - the Stratasys J750 - to innovate its design process and accelerate design verification. For the production of tail light covers, Audi expects to reduce prototyping lead times by up to 50%...

At the German Rubber Conference DKT 2018 in Nuremberg, Germany, from July 2 to 5, Engel will present three applications to demonstrate its high expertise in systems solutions for elastomer processing. On show: horizontal, vertical, hydraulic and all-electric injection moulding machines that underline how quality and efficiency potentials can be…

A complete range of technological solutions for every process used in machining of thermoformed plastics was presented by Biesse at Plast 2018. Visitors have been able to experience the advanced technological innovation that has characterised the company in the woodworking industry for almost 50 years, now applied to the new business of...

Operating in the plastics machinery market since 1975, today BFM is one of the main Italian players in the production of take-offs & winders for blown film lines (as partner of Luigi Bandera), flexographic printing units with central drum (up to 10 colours) and stack-type (2-4-6-8  colours) and automatic bagmaking machines.

Founded in 1977, Officina Meccanica Carlassara, which until the nineties has provided a mostly local market with a production for third parties, has had a very important change with the entry into the company of the actual owner Luigi Carlassara, who has introduced and approached to the existing business the production of extrusion lines for...

At Plast 2018 Filtec celebrated 25 years of activity. Since its birth in 1993 the company has improved its machine technology and developed its presence in foreign markets. To be more and more present around the world giving an efficient support, it also cooperates with regional agencies. Another peculiarity of its...

The company Conextru managed a project and designed a cross head which can be moved in between two extrusion line for PE pipes coating with PP. The special request for that cross head was to cover the big diameter range from 63 to 500 mm on two different extrusion lines. Line one covers the range from 63 to 250 mm and line two from 250 to 500 mm.…

A number of additions and enhancements have been rolled out by Mold-Masters (hall 22, stand C141/D142 at Plast 2018) to Fusion-Series G2, the drop-in system favoured by the automotive industry for high-quality large part production. Maximized for uptime, the Fusion-Series G2 hot runner system is delivered completely...

At Plast 2018, Rapid Granulator is introducing a new range of granulators designed specifically for in-line processing of skeletal waste from sheet and film thermoforming lines. The new patent-pending ThermoPRO Series - based on an already patented Rapid design - is available in various standard and low-built formats for handling scrap widths from…

Six robots are exhibited by Sepro at Plast 2018 on the stand of its Italian distributor, Sverital (C61/D62, hall 22). A Sepro-Yaskawa 6X-70L 6-axis robot with Visual 3 control performs several important functions in an automation cell intended to demonstrate the integration of innovative technologies and products from...

In future, Sumitomo (SHI) Demag (hall 24, stand D162 at Plast 2018) will be working closer with the Piovan Group (hall 24, stand B71/C72) and its brands. The German-Japanese moulding machinery manufacturer has chosen the Italian specialist for downstream technology. Together they aim to develop and sale joint system solutions. As part of this…

An Italian company with more than twenty years of experience in visual inspection machines, Doss Visual Solution (DVS) is based in Erbusco, near Brescia, where a new R&D department of 600 square metres has been added to the existing 1,200 square metres of offices and workshops, giving rise to a site employing about 60 people. At stand...

Strengthened by the research and experience of 50 years of activity, Frigosystem (hall 15, stand B82 at Plast 2018) fi nds itself well positioned by the request to increase energy effi ciency, imposed by the new European regulation Ecodesign 2018 in the fi eld of industrial refrigeration. The legislation, which came into force on January 1,…

The ERF 350 continuous melt filter, which enables around 30% higher throughput than the predecessor ERF 250, is being displayed by Ettlinger at Plast 2018 (hall 15, C32). The filters in Ettlinger’s ERF series are used by recyclers and compounders to filter heavily contaminated polyolefins and polystyrenes. All ERF filters are equipped with a…

Specialised in winding and converting machines, Mondon (hall 15, stand C59 at Plast 2018) offers a turnkey solution to agricultural film producers. This unique full automatic solution can be applied for stretch or non-stretch film. The numerous advantages of both solutions are suitable for every films production line films...

Over the last three years, Italy has developed into one of the most important markets for the Wittmann Group in Europe. This is why the Plast 2018 in Milan is also an important platform for the company (hall 22, stand B121-C122) to showcase innovative machinery and processes. In the area of injection moulding machines...

Seventeen extruders in fifteen years is the order volume placed by the Italian profile manufacturer MPM based in Fratte di Santa Giustina (Padua). Since 2004, this manufacturer of special protective profiles from different thermoplastic materials for industrial applications and refrigeration field has seen steady growth and repeatedly...

Twin-screw extruders from Coperion in Stuttgart play a key role in the global manufacture of high-quality compounds. In addition to their global lead position they have acquired an excellent reputation in recent years in markets where such compounds are made from recycled plastics. Here the combination of Corema technology from Erema and twin-…

Euromap 77 is the first OPC UA based interface for plastics and rubber machinery. It will be used for the connection of injection moulding machines to central computers/MES. Euromap 77 has been released on May 4, 2018 and during the Euromap-press tour on May 8, 2018 at the NPE in Orlando machinery manufacturers demonstrated the...

At Plast 2018, one of the world’s most important plastic processing events, Negri Bossi will officially launch a new platform Nova range of machines. The new solution of mid‐range machines replaces the Vector range of machines and is available in 700, 850 and 1150 tonnes, with injection capacities ranging from 2010 to 6107 cubic metre and...