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Pascal Laborde has been in charge of the French Arburg subsidiary in Aulnay-sous-Bois since 1 November 2020. His main objectives are to further develop the successful business in France and to continue to advance the excellent reputation Arburg enjoys as a machine builder and partner for the plastics processing industry.

Digitale Transformation

Kunststoffverarbeitung: Maschinen und Komponenten

Kunststoffverarbeitung

Automatisierungstechnik

Spritzgießmaschinen

New Managing Director for Arburg France

Swedish company RenCom AB announced the start of production of Renol, an thermoplastic biomaterial that can be used to replace fossil-based plastics, with Coperions ZSK twin screw extruder.

Kunststoffe, biobasiert

Kunststoff-Aufbereitung

Extruder

Extrusionsanlagen für KU-Verarbeitung

RenCom Starts the Production of its Biomaterial with ZSK Technology

Dow expertise and Endurance insulation system supports Saudi cable manufacturers supplying power grid upgrade.

Elektrotechnik

Bau- / Elektroinstallation

Kunststoff Werkstoffe

Elektrokabel, -leitung, -drähte

Kunststoff

Dow and NGSA Cooperate on Ambitious Grid Upgrade

Short glass fiber-reinforced plastics are exposed to complex load cases during the operating time. Therefore, the influence of alternating load and frequency in the form of load spectra on material fatigue is investigated and an integrative computational method for structural design is presented. With this practical approach, a fast fatigue life estimation is possible.

The Influence of Varying Frequency and Load Level on the Fatigue Life of Short Glass  Fiber-Reinforced Technical Thermoplastics

Glasfasern / -matten

Faserverarbeitung

Faserverbundwerkstoffe

Thermoplaste

Cumulative Failures Prevention

Thermoplastic compounds with integrated electrical conductivity offer a potential solution to resolve EMI, EMS and electrostatic discharge challenges. These thermoplastic materials can deliver the appropriate level of electromagnetic shielding for electronics, while providing freedom to design complex geometries and opportunities to streamline processing by avoiding secondary operations.

Ensure the Electromagnetic Compatibility of Wireless Devices with Special Plastics

Compound

Kunststoff-Erzeugung

Medizintechnik

Polycarbonat

Medizinprodukte

Well Protected against  Electromagnetic Interference

Climate change and the transport revolution are demanding smart fiber-reinforced composite solutions. In sectors such as the marine industry, infrastructure, and rail vehicle construction, many different fire protection concepts are competing. The composites industry is paying increased attention to recycling.

Fiber-Reinforced Composites Drive Innovation in the Transport and Construction Sectors

Composite-Halbzeuge

Kohlenstofffasern / -matten

Sekundärfasern

Fasern

Composites Are Trendsetters in Lightweight Design

Bio-based plastics can lock away vast quantities of CO<sub>2</sub> in durable, recyclable applications and make a real contribution to climate protection. All that is needed for this is the right product design and a functioning circular economy. By focusing more on this approach, the plastics sector has the chance to evolve into a key industry of a green economy.

How Bio-Based Polymers Can Help Sequester CO<sub>2</sub> for the Long Term

Recycling

Biokunststoffe

Kunststoffe, bioabbaubar

Kunststofffasern

Kunststoff-Recycling

Into the Future with Biopolymers

Pneumatic conveying of a raw material from the silo to the processing line does not sound like a very spectacular task. But in everyday routine, problems often occur. The manufacturer AZO is pinning its hopes on software that uses artificial intelligence to find the optimum operating point.

Smarter Material Conveying through Automated Trial-and-Error

Komponenten für die Kunststoffverarbeitung

Klotz, Karlhorst, Dr.

Industrie 4.0 für die Kunststoffverarbeitung

Materialhandling

Betriebstechnik für Kunststoffverarbeitung (Peripherie)

Prometheus Should Handle It

Combining additive manufacturing with a digital, simulation-based design process makes it possible to develop even highly complex extrusion dies in a time-saving and economical manner. Experts from the Eastern Switzerland University of Applied Sciences and ETH Zurich have successfully applied this technique using the example of a novel co-extrusion die.

Additive Manufacturing and Simulation-Based Design as a Duo for Extrusion Dies

Rohr- und Profilextrusion

Extrusionswerkzeuge

Additive Fertigung

Rethinking Co-Extrusion

The Institute for Plastics Processing (IKV) at RWTH Aachen University is investigating a new control approach for injection molding in which the cavity pressure is controlled by different positions of the hot runner valve pin. The influence on the cavity pressure of different strokes in the holding pressure phase is investigated.

Cavity-Specific Pressure Control to Increase Process Consistency

Spritzgießen

Steuern, Regeln

Spritzgießwerkzeuge

Mess-, Steuer- und Regelgeräte

Heißkanalsysteme

The Hot Runner Valve Pin  as Actuating Variable

Infrared heating technology has become established as the standard in the processing of thermoplastic composite materials. The focus is on process control. On the one hand, it is important that the heating process is fast, on the other hand, the material must not be overheated. It is also important to achieve excellent temperature homogeneity. Simultaneous processing of blanks with different thicknesses is a particular challenge.

Efficient and Precise Heating up of Thermoplastic Composites

Spritzgießmaschinen, allgemein

Infrarotstrahler

Verbundwerkstoffe / Werkstoffverbunde

Organobleche (gewebeverstärkte Thermoplast-Halbzeuge)

Software-Based Control of IR Ovens

To be able to carry out the practical test in a resource-saving manner, the designers use simulation tools to assess the screw geometry. What is important here is explained using a 3-zone screw as an example.

Part 2 of the Series Deals with Basic Methods for Evaluating a Screw Geometry

Schnecken und Plastifiziersysteme

All about Plasticizing Screws

Organo sheets have become established in several industrial sectors for the series production of highly stressed lightweight components. The utilization of waste material is a promising recycling approach.

Feeding Mechanically Recycled Fiber-Reinforced Thermoplastics Back to Production

Mahlgut

Mahlen

Organo Sheet Recycling

The joining of dissimilar materials is a special challenge for joining technology. Thermal direct joining together with suitable surface treatments enables stable joints between very dissimilar materials combinations, thus offering an alternative to classic procedures for joining hybrid parts.

Thermal Direct Joining of Plastic-Metal Combinations for Industrial Applications

Aluminium

Laserstrukturieren

Polypropylen

Verbindungstechnik, hybride

Alternatives to Gluing and  Mechanical Joining

Pultrusion profiles are typically inexpensive, stable – and one-dimensional. Local stretch bending represents a new approach to forming thermoplastic pultrusion profiles.

Wrinkle-Free Forming of Pultruded Hollow Profiles by Local Stretch Bending

Kunststoff-Profile

Profile, allgemein

Rohrbiegen

Pultrusion

Formed Pultrusion Profiles

Fiber-reinforced plastic components, including those for load-bearing areas, are established alternatives to metals in vehicle construction. It is not just their low specific weight that makes them interesting, but also their acoustic properties, which reduce noise transmission.

3D Printing Shortens Development Times for Load-Bearing Parts under the Hood

Anlagen Additive Fertigung / 3D-Druck, Kunststoff

Spritzgießsimulation

Functional Prototypes for  Car Components

Replacing metal with polyamides (PA) in components can not only reduce weight and costs, but also offers developers greater design freedom. However, this requires materials with improved mechanical properties.

Special Polyamides 6 Match the Properties of Polyamide 66

Automotive

Polyamide

Technische Kunststoffe

Metal Substitution with Improved PA

Ultra high performance polymers such as polyaryletherketones (PAEK) are typically not thermoformable for thick gauge applications because of their semi-crystalline nature.

Special Polymers Enable Thermoforming of PEKK Parts

Polyetherketon

Warmformen / Thermoformen

Hochleistungskunststoffe

Semi-Crystalline, and yet Thermoformable

Specialist Articles

Air inclusions in fiber reinforced plastics (FRP) are among the most common imperfections that can affect both the resulting stiffness and strength. For the calculation of the stiffness of a perfect UD layer, semi-empirical mixing rules can be used which show good agreement with experimental data. Since the content of air inclusions is generally low compared to the constituents of an FRP, the Mori-Tanaka scheme can be exploited in a following step to homogenise the perfect phase and air inclusions. By introducing a geometry function into Mori-Tanaka scheme, influence of air inclusions’ appearance can be investigated.

Calculation of stiffness for FRP with air inclusions with respect to their geometry

Investigations and prediction of the melting processes in single-screw extrusion have been of scientific interest for many decades. In this study, the melting zone of a high-performance extruder with a continuous helically grooved plasticizing zone is experimentally investigated for the first time. For this purpose, an axially divisible extruder was developed to expose the barrier screw together with the plastic melt. An optical examination of the frozen melt validates assumptions of the existing melting model. In addition, the results of the experimental investigation are compared with those of the analytical model. These investigations confirm the essential mathematical model assumptions and are in good agreement with previous investigations on an axially grooved single-screw extruder.

Investigation of the melting zone of high-performance extruders using a helically grooved plasticizing zone

Thanks to the composition of new formulations the company has been able to create color-intensive and heat-stable masterbatches.

Masterbatches for High Temperature Polymers

Masterbatches

Farbstoffe und Pigmente

Stabilisatoren

Brilliant Color Results

A new stabilization with heat resistance up to 190 °C protects against galvanic corrosion

Heat-Resistant and with Halogenide-Free Stabilization

Polyamide for Use in All Powertrains

M-Hub is the first mobile App that helps entrepreneurs to promote their business and find all players in the plastic industry with the tap of a finger.

Software

The Plastic Industry in Your Hand

Wittmann’s Internal Air Cooling Systems (IACS) in blow molding operations shorten cooling times, reduce stresses in the finished product, and decrease crystallization rates.

Internal Air Cooling Systems with Cold Compressed Air

Reduce Cooling Time during Blow Molding

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