Technology

  • 29 October 2014

    First electric 3D printed car

    Her name is Strati and she came to life after 44 hours of printing and 2 days of assembly at Chicago’s International Manufacturing Technology Show, one of the world’s largest industrial trade fairs. This world first was created by American company Local Motors, a small car manufacturer...
  • 22 October 2014

    From Exact an extruder for hot recovery

    In 2014, Exact is celebrating forty years of activity and, for this occasion, it has launched the new E-15 extruder, which extends its range of product introducing a system for hot recovery. The new extruder is suitable for both closed loop in-line recycling (trimmings of thermoplastic films such as LDPE, LLDPE, mLLDPE, HDPE and EVA as well as
  • 22 October 2014

    PP sheet line in southern Italy

    A new complete line for the co-extrusion of polypropylene sheet has been ordered from Union by a converter in the south of Italy. The line will be used to produce food wrap 950 mm wide with thickness ranging from 0.3 to 1.5 mm at a hourly production rate of over 1,000 kg. The plant comprises two single-screw extruders configured to ensure....
  • 22 October 2014

    Two new ranges of robots ready to be marketed

    At Friedrichshafen Star Automation Europe has exhibited two new robots and a packaging application in collaboration with Arburg and Hofstetter. The first robot series - the ES-800II - is ready to be marketed, while the other series - the XW-122 - will be launched in spring 2015...
  • 15 October 2014

    At the service of the injection moulding

    Under the global banner of “Your Free Choice in Robots”, Sepro Robotique exhibits at Fakuma 2014 a total of fourteen robots. Nine are demonstrated on the Sepro stand and five in the booths of injection-molding machine manufacturers. Together, they represent one of the industry’s most complete ranges of...
  • 15 October 2014

    Husky further expands its hot runners and controllers business

    Husky Injection Molding Systems continues to make significant investments to support the strong growth of its hot runners and controllers customers. The company established its hot runners and controllers business as a strategic priority early in 2013 and is focused on developing innovative products and services that solve customers’ key...
  • 15 October 2014

    Tecnomatic heads on Inoex Advantage lines

    The German firm Inoex turned to the Italian manufacturer Tecnomatic for the supply of extruders and extruder heads to equip their Advantage lines for pipe diameters of up to 1000 mm. The two companies have already presented a line equipped with a Vega extruder and a Venus 630 head for pipes with diameters from 280 to 500 mm to major European…
  • 15 October 2014

    Bielloni improves drying of colours on Telia range

    The whole range of the Telia Gearless flexographic printing machines developed by Bielloni Converting can be now equipped on request with a new enhanced drying tunnel featuring an innovative hot air recirculation and recovery system. This solution allows energy savings up to 30% in addition to ensuring excellent results...
  • 15 October 2014

    HDPE dimpled membrane for the construction industry

    An extrusion line for HDPE dimpled membrane with net width of 4 meters has been recently manufactured ​​by Amut for a major Russian producer of building materials. HDPE dimpled membranes are widely used for the protection and drainage of underground walls, as well as for the protection and ventilation of waterproofing...
  • 01 October 2014

    Advanced rotational moulding reduces production costs

    Excluding raw materials, the most significant costs in rotational moulding are labour (approx 55% of total costs), energy (22%) and technical obsolescence (19%). In response to this assessment, Polivinil Rotomachinery continues to invest in research & development, because the most advanced markets, those...
  • 01 October 2014

    Two days exceeding all expectations

    The "Smart Plastic" event, organised by Campetella Robotic Center at its headquarters in Montecassiano (near Macerata, Italy) on September 19 and 20, were even more successful than expected: it consisted of two days dedicated to the most advanced handling technologies for injection moulding...
  • 24 September 2014

    CEN/TC 145 plenary meeting

    The plenary meeting of the European Technical Committee CEN/TC 145 (whose secretariat as well as chairmanship are managed by Assocomaplast) took place in Milan on September 16 and 17. Delegates from French, German, Italian, Swiss and the UK standardization bodies attended the meeting...
  • 24 September 2014

    IMG unveils the second generation of Venus presses

    On September 26 and 27, at the headquarters of Reco Tech in Camnago Faloppio (near Como, Italy), IMG is holding the Negawatt Days event to unveil its new Zafhir Venus II all-electric injection moulding machine. Negawatt, as the manufacturer is keen to point out, is not a spelling mistake, but instead a...
  • 24 September 2014

    An Italian partner for Avery Dennison

    Avery Dennison has expanded its European waste disposal programme by appointing Tramonto Antonio, an environmental service provider, as its partner in Northern Italy. The Vergiate, Lombardy-based company has joined a group of designated partners that collect and process waste from label products, enabling converters and brand...
  • 17 September 2014

    A compact platform with modular flexibility

    The ready-to-use and fully programmable GCube Preforma automation system has been developed by Gefran in order to meet the requirements of various automation architectures, and particularly the needs of companies manufacturing plastic processing and heat treatment machinery. Designed to combine...
  • 17 September 2014

    PUR foaming: high pressure, low price

    The new EcoPlus machines are offered by Impianti OMS as a particularly convenient high-pressure PUR foaming solution for small converters and users of low-pressure machines. These solutions are space-saving, reliable, easy to use and maintain, environmentally friendly and low-cost, and cover process capacities...
  • 17 September 2014

    Two Icma lines in South America

    Icma San Giorgio (headquartered in San Giorgio su Legnano, near Milan, Italy) has designed and installed two complete compounding systems at the facility of a major global appliance manufacturer. The new lines produce mineral-filled compounds at high volume through high-efficiency corotating extruders with...
  • 17 September 2014

    Giant on display in Imola

    On 18-19 September, Negri Bossi presents the VH 7000 from its Bi-Power line at the Sacmi facility in Imola (province of Bologna). This is the largest model in the series of dual platen presses and, at 7,000 tons, it is among the largest of its kind. Last spring, Sacmi sold its entire plastics division to the ...
  • 10 September 2014

    Stretch film and strapping... better protection for pipe coils

    Three of FB Balzanelli’s new Strap & Stretch winding machines have been supplied to a processor who wanted to find a way of better protecting and securing its pipe coils. Indeed, these, once packaged, have to make long journeys during which they are exposed to all types of weather, to dust and to UV rays, and it...
  • 10 September 2014

    Two days devoted to handling in moulding

    “Smart Plastic” is the title of a two-day open-house event being organised by Campetella at its headquarters in Montecassiano, in the province of Macerata (Italy). The purpose of the event, which is due to take place on September 19 and 20 and is being carried out in cooperation with the manufacturer of injection moulding machines Toyo, is to...