Auxiliaries

Of purity, danger and extrusion: The importance of screens in plastics recycling

March 16, 2019

Recycling, Auxiliaries, Consumer Products, Extrusion: Film & Sheet

There is always an issue of contamination with recycling. Contaminants can be removed by filtration (screening), and the technology is well ahead of most of our needs. The hard part is estimating the commercial significance of the contamination to justify the cost of finer screening.

Nordson center of excellence in Munster, Germany

Ribbon cutting marks successful completion of Nordson’s global hub for pelletizers, melt-delivery components

March 13, 2019

Extrusion: Pipe & Profile

Auxiliaries, Extrusion: Film & Sheet, Injection Molding

PlasticsToday Staff

The new facility in Münster, Germany, more than triples the company’s amount of manufacturing, R&D and office space, and combines operations that previously were spread across four separate sites.

System processes low-bulk-density regrind at accelerated rates

March 06, 2019

Auxiliaries

Extrusion: Film & Sheet, Extrusion: Pipe & Profile, Injection Molding

PlasticsToday Staff

The MCHigh Output 2500R from Movacolor (Sneek, Netherlands) was developed to allow processors to use a high percentage of low-bulk-density regrind without compromising consistency in the end product.

New pump/filter system protects internal cooling lines from rust

March 01, 2019

Injection Molding

Auxiliaries, Blow Molding

Clare Goldsberry

The product is designed to remove rust from hard-to-reach internal channels, such as water lines in an injection mold, and to prevent rust buildup.

Screen changer reduces downtime, improves safety

February 27, 2019

Injection Molding

Auxiliaries, Extrusion: Film & Sheet, Extrusion: Pipe & Profile

PlasticsToday Staff

The Electro-Lift separator screen changing system is electrically powered via a 120-volt sealed gear-driven system; operation is as simple as plugging the unit into an outlet and pressing a switch.

Process heater/chiller combo systems can slash energy consumption

February 25, 2019

Auxiliaries

Extrusion: Film & Sheet, Extrusion: Pipe & Profile, Injection Molding

Clare Goldsberry

The new technology from Delta T Systems (Richfield, WI) allows manufacturers to deploy energy-efficient control systems that include variable-speed compressors and fan motors to precisely control temperature in a variety of production processes.

New pressure transducers practically immune to thermal-zero-shift errors

February 19, 2019

Injection Molding

Auxiliaries

Clare Goldsberry

Nominal Controls Inc. (Toronto, ON) has introduced True-Melt pressure transducers that feature advanced temperature compensations that automatically correct for zero-shift errors.

Inline system monitors diameter, wall thickness and potential sagging in large-diameter pipes in real time

February 13, 2019

Extrusion: Pipe & Profile

Auxiliaries, Building & Construction

PlasticsToday Staff

Because it is positioned directly after the first vacuum tank on an extrusion line, the CenterWave 6000 millimeter-wave based system from Sikora AG (Bremen, Germany) enables centering of extrusion tools, if needed, early in the process.

IMM robotics company makes North American debut at PLASTEC West

January 28, 2019

PLASTEC West

Automation

Auxiliaries, Injection Molding

PlasticsToday Staff

Hahn Plastics Automation Inc., based in Avon, CT, is the newly established U.S. division of Hahn Group (Rheinbollen, Germany), representing injection molding machine (IMM) automation specialists Waldorf Technik and Geku of Germany and Wemo of Sweden.

Toshiba EC110SXIII injection molding machine

Toshiba to run medical molding cell at MD&M West/PLASTEC West

January 25, 2019

PLASTEC West

Medical

Automation, Auxiliaries, Injection Molding

PlasticsToday Staff

Toshiba Machine (Elk Grove Village, IL) will conduct live demos of an automated medical molding cell at the heart of which is the EC110SXIII, a 110-ton, all-electric injection molding machine equipped with the new Injectvisor V70, the company's most powerful controller to date.

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