The biennial event, which returns to Montréal on Nov. 30, features equipment, products and services geared to the needs of plastics processors along with an educational program covering industry’s hot topics.
Normally, going from a year of double-digit growth—19.5% in 2015—to a projected 5.7% in 2016, would send palpitations through the boardroom, but Wittmann Battenfeld General Manager Michael Wittmann was cool, calm and collected at a press conference at K 2016 yesterday. “Yes, 2015 was an exceptional...
First shown at NPE in Orlando, FL, last year, a new, improved version of the R-PRO conveying system from Conair (Cranberry Township, PA) makes its European debut at K 2016, which started today and runs through Oct. 26 in Düsseldorf, Germany. Conair’s Doug Brewster, Product Manager, Conveying,...
Fiber-reinforced thermoplastics coupled with the use of laser transmission welding are opening up entirely new possibilities of functionalization and design in lightweight automobile construction according to German firm LIMO Lissotschenko Mikrooptik GmbH (Dortmund). The company recently developed...
Describing a new technology as “wobbly” typically is not an endorsement. But according to laser systems developer LPKF (Fürth, Germany), a wobbly laser beam is actually worth celebrating, especially if you’re joining large components for automotive applications. LPKF CEO Lars Ederleh was visibly...
Davis-Standard (Pawcatuck, CT) customer Maxi-Blast (South Bend, IN) recently installed six Davis-Standard Thermatic extruders at its new 40,000-square-foot facility in St. Petersburg, Florida, which is 25,000 square feet larger than its previous plant. This is the latest extruder addition for Maxi-...
In coordinate measuring technology with computed tomography (CT), the dimensional analysis of workpieces made of multiple materials is particularly challenging. Werth Messtechnik (Giessen, Germany) has developed a unique solution: Multi-Spectra-CT. By combining several CT measurements (A and B)...
Meusburger (Wolfurt), an Austria-based manufacturer of standard components, now offers an optimal solution for core pullers and slides for injection molds and dies: The E7055 locking cylinder. A large surface on the slide or core puller results in high forces, which typically can only be absorbed...
