This year, the world’s leading trade show K has succeeded in presenting practical solutions for greater resource efficiency on a broad front. A first foray through the trade show grounds.

K 2022 gave numerous practical examples showing visitors how recyclates can be reliably processed with digital aids.

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State-of-the-Art Injection Molding Solutions for Greater Resource Efficiency.

State-of-the-Art Injection Molding Solutions at K 2022

Spritzgießen

Kunststoffverarbeitung: Verfahren

Doriat, Clemens, Dr.

Solar / PV

Energieerzeugung

Erneuerbare Energie

Schaumspritzgießen

Temperiertechnik

Messe K-Kunststoffmesse

kunststoffe-international.com

Mehrkomponenten-Spritzgießen

Condition Monitoring / Prozessüberwachung

Instandhaltung

Spritzgießwerkzeuge

Kunststoffverarbeitung: Maschinen und Komponenten

Werkzeuge für die Kunststoffverarbeitung

Biokunststoffe

Kunststoff Werkstoffe

Handling, Handhabungstechnik

Automatisierungstechnik

Elastomer-Spritzgießen

Oberflächentechnik

Energieeffizienz

Industrie 4.0 für die Kunststoffverarbeitung

Industrie 4.0

Digitalisierung

Spritzgießmaschinen

Kunststoff-Rezyklat

Silikonkautschuk

Kautschuk / Elastomere

Kreislaufwirtschaft

Compoundieren

Kunststoff-Aufbereitung

It Can Be Done!

The mold breathing signal provided by the iQ clamp control digital assistance system can serve as an effective instrument for process optimization and quality monitoring – provided that one knows how to interpret it.

With the aid of the iQ clamp control assistant, the mold breathing is measured and analyzed to determine the optimum clamping force.

iQ clamp control digital assistance system can serve as an effective instrument for process optimization and quality monitoring 

Sensorik für Kunststoff-Verarbeitungsmaschinen

Mold Breathing as the Key to Process and Product Quality

PET has so far been the only packaging plastic that, as a recycled material, can be processed back into food packaging on an industrial scale.

To establish not only a bottle-to-bottle and bottle-to-cup, but also a cup-to-cup and cup-to-bottle cycle, separate material streams are needed for food and non-food packaging.

Werkstoffprüfung, mechanisch

Messtechnik

Werkstoffprüfung

Nachhaltigkeit

Umweltmanagement

Polyethylenterephthalat

Thermoplaste

The Packaging Material of the Future

A Arburg delegation handed over the 555th machine to Hongfa President Manjin Guo on 23 June 2024.

Proud of a long-standing, close partnership: Hongfa President Manjin Guo (right) accepts a printed circuit board equipped with Hongfa relays from an Allrounder from Arburg Managing Director Technology & Engineering, Guido Frohnhaus.

Spritzgießmaschinen, allgemein

555th Allrounder for Hongfa

Netstal has founded its own subsidiary in Mexico for sales and customer service. The company is taking over the existing employees and Netstal business operations of iTech Latinoamérica, which previously represented the brand in Mexico as an independent agency.

Looking forward to the new cooperation (from left to right): Renzo Davatz (CEO Netstal), José Lelo de Larrea (Managing Director Netstal Mexico) and Nadeem Amin (President Netstal Americas).

Netstal has founded its own subsidiary in Mexico for sales and customer service with immediate effect. The new company is based in Santiago de Querétaro.

Netstal Establishes Subsidiary in Mexico

Based in the most competitive eastern part of Poland, we provide the industry with injection molding and tooling services based on an in-depth knowledge of materials and techniques and a thorough understanding of the market‘s requirements.

ALKAZ Plastics | ALKAZ Sp. z o.o. Sp. K.  

https://www.alkaz.pl

CAD Werkzeug-, Formenbau

Software

Einpressverbindungen, Gewinde, Bolzen

Normteile

Maschinenelemente

Extrusion

Gehäuse aus Kunststoff

Kühlkörper

Elektromechanik

Hochleistungskunststoffe

Kunststoffverarbeitung

Lohnfertigung

Dienstleistungen

Lager

Produkt- / Formteildesign

Teile nach Muster

Kunststoff-Halbzeuge

Halbzeuge und Zwischenprodukte

Werkzeug- und Formenbau

Werkzeug-, Formen- und Modellbau

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)

Injection Molding Trends at K 2019

Smart Factory

Mikrospritzgießen

Fließpressen

Handling, Handhabungstechnik für die spanende Fertigung

Spritzgieß-Sonderverfahren

Spritzgießsimulation

Simulation

Linearroboter für die Kunststoffverarbeitung

Industrieroboter

Montagetechnik

Montage-Spritzgießen

Knickarmroboter

Co-Injektion (Barriere-/Sandwich-Spritzgießen)

Hybrid-Spritzgießen (Metall / Kunststoff)

Ressourcenmanagement

Produktion

Technical Excellence thanks  to Digital Assistance

Arburg has adopted a clear message for its trade fair appearance at the K 2022 in Düsseldorf: „There is only a Plan A“.

In the arburgGreenworld pavilion of the VDMA Circular Economy Forum, an Allrounder 370 A with recyclate package is manufacturing “Greenline” wall plugs from Fischer.

Sustainability thanks to Digitalization

In the manufacture of semi-finished products such as fibers or films, waste that can be recycled and reused as a raw material is repeatedly produced along the entire production chain. The recycling of PET is a particular challenge to the plant construction because of the hydrolytic polymer degradation. 

Modular Concept for Industrial Waste Offers Flexible Solutions 

Schmelzefilter

Mühlen

PET Recycling 

Two new models of the Eco product family from Ettlinger take into account the need for systems with a higher product throughput.

The new ECO 500 high performance melt filter achieves throughputs of up to 4000 kg/h

Kunststoff-Recycling

High Performance Melt Filters for Higher Throughputs

Consider this paradox: sensitive PET is particularly demanding when being processed because it undergoes rapid thermal and mechanical degradation, yet when PET preforms are being produced scant attention is paid to designing the all-important hot runner to suit the individual product. Much more often, a manufacturer will use several cold halves and a hot one and produce articles weighing from 6 to 40 g. Darmstadt University of Applied Sciences, Germany, and mold specialist MHT conducted a research project aimed at determining how the hot runner design affects preform quality. 

Darmstadt University of Applied Sciences and MHT Optimize the Hot Runner for PET Preform Production 

Normalien und Heißkanaltechnik

Rheologie

Quickly and Gently around the Bend 

HASCO Hasenclever GmbH + Co KG was founded in 1924 in Lüdenscheid, Germany.

HASCO Hasenclever GmbH + Co KG  

https://www.hasco.com

Angießeinsätze

Antriebselemente

Lineartechnik

Armaturen

Mechanische Konstruktionselemente

Drucklufttechnik

Betriebsausrüstung / Betriebsmittel

Beratung und Consulting

Beschichten (CVD, PVD)

Chemisches Bearbeiten (Auftragen)

Beschichtungen

Dichtungen

Druckluftarmaturen

Druckmessgeräte (Gas, Wasser, Dampf)

Messung von Gasen und Flüssigkeit

Edelstähle

Stähle

Metall Werkstoffe

Erodiermaschinen

Werkzeugmaschinen für die spanende Fertigung

Extrusionswerkzeuge

Filter

Konstruktionselemente-Fluidtechnik

Getriebe

Gießmaschinen / Urformen

Maschinen für die spanlose Fertigung

Gleitlager

Heizung

Haustechnik

Heißkanaltechnik

Messung von Umgebung (Klima)

Hydraulik-Komponenten

Hydraulikzylinder

Fluidtechnik

Antriebe

Induktive Sensoren

Sensoren / Messwertaufnehmer

Kupplungen

Kühlelemente, aktive

Linearführungen

Markiersysteme

Messzubehör

Mathematik-Software

Medizintechnik

Messdatenerfassung und -verarbeitung

Messgeräte

Messgeräte, sonstige elektrisch

Elektrische / Magnetische Messtechnik

Komponenten für die Kunststoffverarbeitung

Normteile / Normalien

Näherungsschalter

Platten

Pneumatik-Komponenten

Reinigung

Schläuche aus Kunststoff

Schrauben

Spanneinrichtungen

Systemperipherie

Spritzgieß-Zubehör und Einzelteile

Steuern, Regeln

Steuerungen (Hardware und Software)

Stähle, hochfeste

Temperaturmessgeräte

Tribologie

Umformwerkzeuge

Werkzeuge

Ventile

Verbindungstechnik

Waschen und Entfetten

Werkzeugstähle

Werkzeugwechselsysteme

Werkzeugwechselsysteme, Spritzgieß

Wälzlager

Zahnräder

Zähler

Mechanische Messtechnik

2022-09-27 - Engel