Because it has not yet been possible to exploit the full potential of digitization in plastics processing, the Institute for Plastics Processing at RWTH Aachen University is building a new application-oriented research infrastructure along the lines of a Smart Factory. Kunststoffe is accompanying the building of the Plastics Innovation Center 4.0 with a series of publications. Part 1 describes the concept and the initial demands on the physical infrastructure.

Visionary overall picture of the expanded IKV in future, supplemented by the Plastics Innovation Center 4.0

The Plastics Innovation Center 4.0 Is under Construction at the Campus Melaten in Aachen, Germany

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Paint bucket or A-pillar finisher? In our thoughts and attribution of value, packaging items and high-tech components often represent opposites. Yet the two can complement one another – when you look at used packaging as a valuable raw material. At the fair, KraussMaffei will be showing the concept for a closed material cycle and is making plastics processing sustainable through this.

First a bucket or another plastic product, then raw material for further processing: the shredded post-industrial material

At the K, KraussMaffei Will Be Showing the Cycle from Product to Upcycling  to a New Product

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Once again, the K 2019 in Düsseldorf, Germany, lived up to its claim to be the leading trade show for plastics technology. At least in the field of injection molding, there were exciting global innovations to see – if you looked closely.

Fig. 1. Smart Operation – the machine is operated with only four buttons (© KraussMaffei)

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A wide selection of decentralized drive technology with frequency inverters that can be individually adapted to any desired application and flexibly integrated into the plant field – this is what Nord Drivesystems is well known for. Thanks to their modular design, the inverters can be easily expanded and offer solutions for a wide range of application scenarios for automation networks in the age of industry 4.0.

Fig. 1. The Nordac Flex SK 200E decentralized frequency inverter offers cost advantages in installation, commissioning and operation compared to control cabinet solutions

Decentralized and Modular Drive Technology from Nord Is Equipped for the Digital Future

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For efficiently addressing a variety of small, quickly solvable challenges at the compounding line, Feddem, will in future offer remote maintenance support via a smartphone app.

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Feddem Focuses on Remote Maintenance with Augmented Reality

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The iQ product family from Engel will gain a new member at K 2022. iQ hold control automatically determines the optimum holding pressure time for the particular mold with no input from the operator.

 The optimum holding pressure time is often lower than that established at the beginning. In these cases, the cycle time is shortened.

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iQ hold control Determines the Optimum Holding Pressure Time

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After two years of construction, KraussMaffei receives the keys for the new site in Laatzen near Hanover from project developer VGP.

After two years of construction, KraussMaffei receives the keys for the new site in Laatzen near Hanover from project developer VGP. Covering an area of around 97,000 m², the new plant offers space for up to 750 workplaces.

Dr. Michael Ruf, KraussMaffei’s CEO, says he is thrilled that „with the commissioning of this ultra-modern site now underway, we are opening a new chapter in the 184-year history of KraussMaffei. In our new extrusion and recycling technology center, we are placing an even stronger focus on circular economy. This means that in Laatzen we are going to develop new solutions to make recycling processes even more efficient and thus more attractive. For example, we are going to work on a variety of digital products designed to optimize the energy efficiency of our customers‘ machine utilization,” Ruf continues.

Relocation started in July and is expected to be completed by December. During the entire relocation period, production is continued.

The Smart Factory established in Laatzen impresses with consistently networked production, data processing in real time, process visualization and data evaluation. The use of state-of-the-art machine tools significantly increases efficiency in production. Manufacturing times for extrusion components are simultaneously reduced, so that customers will benefit from shorter delivery times. “In the new Laatzen plant, all extrusion technologies – from pipe and profile extrusion through sheet and flat film extrusion to rubber and foam extrusion – as well as compounding and recycling technologies are combined at a single location,” explains Dieter Thewes, CEO of KraussMaffei Extrusion GmbH, emphasizing the benefits of the new site.

In addition to the new office and production buildings, KraussMaffei has established a Customer Experience Center for customers and visitors. At the same time, an Innovation Center is available for technical trials performed within the frame of customer-specific projects. Demanding and complex extrusion applications can be tested here on up to 26 lines under realistic production conditions.

“I very much appreciate that an innovative and forward-looking organization like KraussMaffei has found a new home in Laatzen. A company on its way to becoming a Smart Factory fits perfectly into a city that is preparing to become a Smart City,” says Kai Eggert, mayor of the city of Laatzen.

The move from Hanover to Krauss-Maffei-Straße in Laatzen is part of the new location strategy of the long-established Munich company – involving the relocation of four sites to larger and more modern production facilities. The new plants in JiaXing (near Shanghai) and in Einbeck (near Göttingen) have already been in operation since 2020. In Einbeck, KraussMaffei‘s subsidiary Burgsmüller produces important core components for extruders. Also this year, KraussMaffei will move into the new headquarters in Parsdorf, east of Munich. The leading manufacturer of machinery and solutions for the plastics processing industry invests a total of three-digit millions of euros in its new production sites.

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Symbolic handover of keys for the new plant in Laatzen (from left: Kai Eggert (Mayor of Laatzen), Markus Hillreiner, (CFO KraussMaffei Extrusion), Dieter Thewes (CEO KraussMaffei Extrusion), Darius Scheible (Managing Director of VGP Industriebau GmbH).

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