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Plastics Discovery Tour

Fakuma

Needle, pin and rotary shut-off nozzles offer tailor-made solutions for various injection molding applications. From processing low-viscosity to highly filled plastics, they are precisely tailored to the respective requirements.

Shut-off nozzle in use: Precisely adapted to various injection molding processes.

16:9

Spritzgießen

Düsen, allgemein

Schnecken und Plastifiziersysteme

Spritzgießmaschinen

Precise Material Control

To make sensible use of recycled materials, they must be of a comparable quality to new materials. A new sorting technology could help.

With the PIDEA system, objects can be detected multiple times for statistical evaluation. 

Recycling

Kunststoff Werkstoffe

Sortierer

Kunststoff-Recycling

Additive

Inspektion, Analyse und Sortierung von Rohmaterial

Kreislaufwirtschaft

Sorting Done Differently

In the injection molding production of the Polish cosmetics manufacturer Bell, only equipment and systems that use energy sparingly are purchased. Consumers are seen as part of the value chain.

Looks like glass, but does not break when it falls down. Bell already relied on PET for the production of cosmetics packaging at a very early stage.

Nachhaltigkeit

Polyethylenterephthalat

Trockner, Granulat-

Energieeffizienz

Transparency in Production

One of the keys to a more efficient circular economy is optimizing regrind sorting. What technologies can be used to improve quality and yield?

The Pre-Sort offers maximum process flexibility thanks to any combination of sensors and a selection of different sorting sequences.

Streifinger, Florian

Kunststoff-Aufbereitung

Ehrhardt, Melanie

“The Dust Has to Be Removed First“

The combination of injection molding and reaction technology enables the efficient and environmentally friendly production of large parts in a single, closed process.

The injection molding machine duo 5500 combi M, as located in Engel’s large machine plant in St. Valentin, features various options.

Mehrkomponenten-Spritzgießen

Spritzgießwerkzeuge

Schäumen / Reaktive Verarbeitung

Oberflächentechnik

Lacke für Kunststoff-Oberflächenveredelung

Polyurethan

From Function to Aesthetics  in One Single Step

The choice of temperature control unit has a major impact on costs and sustainability. With the Series 6, HB-Therm relies on durable technology, energy efficiency and digital innovations.

HB-Therm temperature control technology of the last three generations (in each case next to the machines).

Temperiergeräte

Temperiertechnik

Digitaler Zwilling

Temperature Control Units that Pay Off

Fakuma: The European IM machine manufacturers are working on solutions for the future – apparently under increasing competitive pressure from the Far East.

Yizumi used a 6-station mold to produce thick-walled optical lenses from PMMA. Engel had introduced this type of multilayer injection molding over ten years ago.

Doriat, Clemens, Dr.

Schaumspritzgießen

Folientechnik (IMD, IML, FIM, u.a.)

Messe Fakuma

Spritzgussteile, allgemein

Handling, Handhabungstechnik

Headwind from the East

At Fakuma 2024, Pure Loop will present the Isec Evo repelletizing system for processing thermoplastic composites and glass fiber waste.

The integrated shredder extruder combination Isec Evo converts production waste into plastic regranulate that can be fed back into the production cycle.

Extruder

Zerkleinerungsmaschinen

Keeping Composite Materials in the Loop

Technotrans is presenting an application with an all-electric KraussMaffei injection molding machine that produces display frames. Motan presents new developments for the medical and pharmaceutical industries.

Temperature control units teco ci with pump efficiency module (PEM) and water distribution system itd evo. 

Betriebstechnik für Kunststoffverarbeitung (Peripherie)

Ancillary Equipment

Polymer Active upcycles plastic waste into granules that purify water and air in filters as an alternative to activated carbon.

Moritz Ruff, Founder and CEO of Polymer Active

Polymere, flüssigkristalline

Filteranlagen

Filtergewebe

Pollutant Filters Made from Plastic Waste

The new microLight system from ASS Maschinenbau GmbH in Overath, Germany, is a consistent further development in the ASS robot hand kit portfolio.

ASS Maschinenbau: Ultralight modular gripper solution microLight

Automatisierungskomponenten

Handhabungs- und Montagetechnik

Greifer für die Kunststofftechnik

New Lightweight Gripper System

With a new infrared rotary kiln technology, the drying time of plastic granulate can be significantly reduced compared to conventional convection drying.

Rotary tube and emitter module of the innovative infrared dryer.

Infrarotstrahler

Trockner

Shorter Drying Times thanks to  Efficient Heating

Regloplas’ new control mode of the eMold S series improves the possibilities for saving energy during temperature control in injection molding processes.

The new eMold S series can also be controlled via the temperature difference between the flow and return temperatures.

Control Technology as an  Efficiency Booster

The touchscreen on Hellweg’s R 200/20 edge trimming system, which is equipped with a servo geared motor, allows cycle times to be freely set.

The touchscreen on Hellweg’s R 200/20 edge trimming system, which is equipped with a servo geared motor, allows cycle times to be freely set. This means that the size and number of individual chips can be optimized for further processing independently of extrusion system output.

Extrusionsanlagen

Touchscreen Optimization of Production Scrap

YS Reclamation relies on shredding technology from Vecoplan for recycling LDPE films.

Shredded plastic produced by the Vecoplan shredder.

Recycling of Plastic Films Optimized

You might think that an in-depth discussion about material handling would be a rather dry affair. Far from it: in China, Plastics Insights meets Bing Hian Co, President of motan Asia. The busy boss built up the Taicang site and played a leading role in developing the swift product range with his team.

Bing Hian Co is the President of motan Asia. He played a leading role in the development of the swift series.

Schröder, Susanne

Messe Chinaplas

Dosieranlagen, allgemein

Kunststoffverarbeitung

Materialhandling

Länderspecial China

Fördersysteme

The Opposite of Dusty

The new FlexCell automation cells from Wittmann offer protective housing, linear robot and conveyor belts all integrated into one safe, compact unit.

The FlexCell automation cells from Wittmann in the Primus version.

Automatisierungszellen

Flexible Automation on Minimal Floor Space

Producing centrifuge tubes for medical technology by the single-step IML process slashes reject rates, compared with the classic two-step counterpart.

Thanks to functional IML labels, the centrifuge tubes can have a filling scale and temperature-sensitive elements, for example. The latter use a color change to indicate when the cold chain has been breached.

Bedrucken

Labeling

Linearroboter für die Kunststoffverarbeitung

Optische Mess- und Prüftechnik

Automatisierungstechnik

Medizintechnik

Medizinprodukte

Putting an End to Rejects

At NPE in Orlando, Florida, Kreyenborg highlights recycling solutions such as odor reduction, rPET decontamination and drying in very short time.

The IR-Clean system ist developed for the decontamination of post-consumer PET flakes for direct food contact products.

Länderspecial USA

Messe NPE

Material Processing for Recycling

Peripheral Equipment | Processing - Plastics Insights