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

Biokunststoffe

Verbundwerkstoffe / Werkstoffverbunde

Spritzgießmaschinen

Trockner

Spritzgießen

Extrusion

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Kunststoff-Recycling

Nachhaltigkeit

Kunststoffverarbeitung

Resource Efficiency with  Plastics Technology 

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.

Kunststoffverarbeitung: Verfahren

Instandhaltung

Kunststoffverarbeitung: Maschinen und Komponenten

Dienstleistungen

Lohnfertigung

Industrie 4.0 für die Kunststoffverarbeitung

Industrie 4.0

Instandhaltungssoftware

Optimize Processes Efficiently with Engel performance.boost

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

Messtechnik

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 

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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Präzisionswerkzeuge

Tiefziehwerkzeug

Werkzeug-, Formen- und Modellbau

Werkzeugüberwachung

Toolmanagement

Werkzeugwechselsysteme, Spritzgieß

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Spritzgießwerkzeuge

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Fluorkunststoffe

Kunststoff Werkstoffe

Thermoplaste

Werkzeugverwaltungssoftware

Prüfen von Kunststoffen

Presswerkzeuge, Kunststoff

Werkzeugreinigung, Kunststoffe

Standardkunststoffe

Technische Kunststoffe

Füllstoffe für Kunststoffe

Kunststoff

Bauwesen

Baustoffe

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Kunststofffasern

Verstärkungsstoffe

Kunststoff-Aufbereitung

Hochleistungskunststoffe

Qualitätssicherung Kunststoff

Qualitätssicherung

Change in the Chief Editorial Office of Kunststoffe

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

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.

3000 sqm for Lean Manufacturing

Normalien und Heißkanaltechnik

Komponenten für die Kunststoffverarbeitung

HRSflow Expands Headquarter

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

Researchers in the UK and the United States have succeeded in ‘fine tuning’ a new thermoplastic biomaterial to enable both the rate at which it degrades in the body and its mechanical properties to be controlled independently.

Kunststoffe, bioabbaubar

Medizintechnik

New Biomaterials Can Be ‘Fine-tuned’ for Medical Applications

Thomas Gangl has been appointed new Borealis CEO as of 1 April 2021 . Alfred Stern has been appointed OMV Executive Board member for Chemicals & Materials.

Kunststoff-Erzeugung

Chemie

New Borealis CEO

The company’s latest model in the blown film segment is a five-layer co-extrusion blown film line that enables the production of film with maximum lay-flat width of 1400 mm.

Kung Hsing Stands out in Multi-Layer Film Extrusion

Blasfolienextrusion

Wickelmaschinen

Faserverarbeitung

Folien

Halbzeuge und Zwischenprodukte

Kunststoff-Halbzeuge

High-Speed and Efficient Blown Film Line

With immediate effect the registration documents for K 2022 are available online. The deadline for registration for all the companies wishing to participate in K 2022 is 31 May 2021.

Kunststoffverarbeitungsmaschinen

K 2022: Registration Documents Available

AMI has announced that its four focused plastics industry exhibitions, which were scheduled to take place at Messe Essen in Germany on 1–2 June 2021, have now been postponed to 29–30 September 2021.

AMI Postpones European Plastics Industry Expos

Feddem Focuses on Remote Maintenance with Augmented Reality

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.

To support customers in the maintenance of extrusion lines, Feddem GmbH & Co. KG, Sinzig, Germany, will in future rely on Oculavis Share software for effective communication. The use of this browser- and cloud-based software complies with state-of-the-art security standards and enables the customer to network with a Feddem service technician for identifying and eliminating errors in the shortest possible time.

The way it works is simple: open the app, start the video call and off you go. The networked software generates an encrypted connection. The HD video as well as audio transmission allow you to follow the technician‘s step-by-step instructions directly.

Data Glasses Allow the Partner to Carry out Work with Both Hands

For more complex actions at the installation, data glasses can be employed, which allow the partner on site to carry out work with both hands without disrupting the communication flow. Various functions, such as machine and sensor connections as well as superimposed documents or documentation, allow for a comprehensive solution for digital remote maintenance with the aid of augmented reality.

„We are currently still in the implementation phase“, says Klaus Hojer, Business Development Manager at Feddem. „It is already becoming apparent that the customer does not necessarily have to use special glasses for imaging communication, but that it will also work well in the short term via an application app on a customer‘s smartphone or tablet“.

Initial experience has already been gained with a Feddem LFT system that had already been commissioned. In a dialogue, the customer received further, practical information on changing the settings of the system for processing a modified product with online guidance by a technician. According to the company, it is also possible to communicate via annotated still images if a customer is concerned about the confidentiality of his production environment.

FEDDEM GmbH & Co. KG  

www.feddem.com

Direct operator guidance by means of data glasses (left) via augmented reality projections

Produkt Feddem 18.12.20

The customer can use an application app on a smartphone or tablet for image-based communication …

Smart Factory

Energieeffizienz

Software

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