Susanne Schröder will become editor-in-chief of the magazines Kunststoffe and Kunststoffe international on December 1, 2020. The current editor-in-chief Dr. Karlhorst Klotz will leave the company by mutual agreement.

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Change in the Chief Editorial Office of Kunststoffe

For toolmaker Werkzeugbau Ruhla in Seebach/Thuringia, Germany, precision and reliability have a long tradition. The company, whose roots lie in the watchmaking industry, has been using DLC-coated standardized parts from Hasco since 2012. The coating reduces wear and thereby increases the service life of high-performance molds in particular. Also the associated freedom of lubricants promises competitive advantages. 

Werkzeugbau Ruhla Relies on Standardized DLC-Coated Components 

Normalien und Heißkanaltechnik

Beschichten von Metallen, allgemein

As Precise and Reliable as Clockwork 

Right from start, the goal was to create a trade show "by the industry, for the industry." Mission accomplished: about half of the roughly 700 exhibitors at the second Moulding Expo were from the tool, model and mold making industry. Here is a small selection from the range of topics. 

Mold and Tool Makers Now Have a New Home: Moulding Expo 

Spritzgießen

Oberflächentechnik

Unmissable 

Some 38 years after it was founded, the tool manufacturer Haidlmair celebrated its first technology open day with an extra special obstacle course. The highlights were the demonstration of a new CNC automation system and an enhancement of an open hot runner nozzle system promising higher productivity chiefly for the production of logistics containers and technical parts. 

Haidlmair Combines the Advantages of Injection Molding and Extrusion in One Tool 

Gate Quality under Control 

During this year’s pandemic, maintaining supply capability has become a key necessity among processors. Closer involvement of suppliers is only logical in these circumstances. In toolmaking, new challenges are emerging for services related to molds.

The Advantages of a Network for Global Qualification for Injection Molding

Erstbemusterung, Erstmusterprüfbericht

Qualitätsmanagement

Werkzeugbau

Inline- / Online-Messsysteme

Fast and Effective Start of Production

A tool logbook on paper is often not to hand just when you need it most. Or it is incomplete, since it is time consuming to keep the information up to date. A cloud-independent, electronic tool log, which is directly integrated into the tool could make all the relevant data available directly.

The Electronic Tool Logbook as a Combination of Operating Manual and Check List

Werkzeuginnendrucksensoren

Sensoren / Messwertaufnehmer

Messdatenerfassung und -verarbeitung

Software

Papierlose QM-Dokumentation

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Data Management at the Tool

Jessica Poliner has been appointed President of Barnes Molding Solutions. She replaces Norbert Scheid, who retired from Barnes Group in December 2020.

Komponenten für die Kunststoffverarbeitung

Heißkanalsysteme

New Management to Head Barnes Molding Solutions

Comprehensive resource efficiency means far more than the preservation of natural resources. It also includes the productivity factors of material, machine and labor. The plastics industry has made a great contribution to resource efficiency, but often finds itself on the defensive. Yet a knowledge of the various relationships involved provides enough material to go on the offensive with arguments illustrating the benefits of plastics technology. 

The Plastics Industry Needs to Adopt a Bolder Approach 

Elektrische Antriebe

Verbundwerkstoffe / Werkstoffverbunde

Spritzgießmaschinen

Trockner

Extrusion

Pultrusion

Nachhaltigkeit

Resource Efficiency with  Plastics Technology 

Rotation, shear, heat and pressure – this much is clear: These are the factors required to compound plastics on twin screw extruders. From a scientific point of view, however, the question remained until recently as to which mechanisms exist during incipient fusion along with the energy input into the melt resulting. Scientists from the plastics division at Fraunhofer Institute for Structural Durability and System Reliability LBF in Darmstadt, Germany, have been successful in gaining an insight into these processes by using new types of measuring techniques.  

Measuring Technique Provides New Insight into the Compounding Process 

Compoundieren

Technik Trend

kunststoffe-international.com

Homogenizing Section Clarified 

SEAM (Screw Extrusion Additive Manufacturing) opens up new perspectives for additive manufacturing. The process was developed by Metrom GmbH in Hartmannsdorf, together with the Fraunhofer Institute for machine tools and forming technology (IWU) in Chemnitz, both Germany. 

Additive and Subtractive Manufacturing of Large-Volume Plastic Components  

3D Printing in the Fast Lane  

Saniconcentrate is a modified polymer concentrate that is added to plastics prior to the manufacturing process. It prevents the adhesion of fouling, bacteria and biofilm on marine tanks without recurring to biocides or any other toxic components. 

Harvesting More and Better Shellfish 

Additive

Parx Materials Technology Preventing Biofouling in Marine 

Whether it is the cycle time, energy consumption or process stability: the levers for greater efficiency and quality in the injection molding process are many and varied. With the new performance.boost Engel offer its customers an expertise as a service for process analysis and optimization.

Industrie 4.0 für die Kunststoffverarbeitung

Industrie 4.0

Instandhaltungssoftware

Optimize Processes Efficiently with Engel performance.boost

Due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, the Plastics Industry Association (PLASTICS) decided the cancellation of the in-person components of NPE2021, scheduled for May 17–21, 2021, in Orlando, Florida.

No Live-Event from May 17 – 21, 2021

Verbände, Institutionen, Messen

Kunststoff-Verpackungsmaschine

Sondermaschinen

NPE2021: In-Person-Components Cancelled

Several thousand customers, partners and interested parties from 90 countries took part in the first virtual trade fair and online conference from Engel.

Virtual Show with Several Thousand Participants

Automatisierungstechnik

First Edition of the Engel live e-xperience

Investment strengthens Arburg´s expertise and electric drives portfolio. AMK has been Arburg‘s development partner in electric drives for decades.

Elektrische Antriebe für Spritzgießmaschinen

Antriebe

Unternehmen

kunststoffe.de

Arburg Acquires AMK‘s Drives & Automation Division

At HRSflow‘s headquarters in San Polo di Piave, Italy, a new production facility for hot runner systems based on lean manufacturing principles was recently completed.

Entirely designed according to the lean manufacturing criteria, the new workspace completes the project with which the company has brought a reappraisal and a re-design for the hot runners‘ assembly process. The goal is to guarantee an increase in the production capacity and more flexibility for the clients of the European market.

In association with the consulting firm Festo Consulting, the internal business team dedicated to continuous improvement has reassessed the whole production process and division layout: this way they were able to deliver the application of the new assembly line. With a cutting-edge design the new working environment has been organized down to the smallest detail, to reduce where possible the slowdown of the production flow (delays, transfers, organizational issues) both for people and for goods.

Faster Processes, Environmentally Friendly Production

The new production site has been designed according to the concept of a sustainable environment, a perfect combination of industrial requirements, quality standards and wellbeing of employees in their daily job. The energy panels used for the roof are actually compensating the needs of the entire production line.

Being geographically close to its customers has always been a key factor for HRSflow, hence the choice to invest in Europe to reduce the logistic chain and delivery time for systems and spare parts. All this was possible thanks to a high automation level and an effective data exchange. Thanks to faster and more optimal corporate flows every request can therefore be processed in a fast and effective way to maximize performance and service levels.

HRSflow Chief Operating Officer Umberto Santin states, „We have started the lean management path in 2017 with a significant increase in the quality and performance key measurables, whilst the productivity expressed in man-hours has improved from 20% to 50% according to the different areas. The involvement of all the personnel proved to be a key factor in improving performance and the workplace in a continuous and structured way. A warm thank you to our whole team, to their efforts and work; we are ready for the new future challenges“.

HRSflow  

www.hrsflow.com

The new HRSflow hot runner plant in Italy

HRSflow Expands Headquarter 11.11.2020

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