Features
Articles about plastics processing, technologies, recycling and companies in the plastics industry
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K 2019 Düsseldorf: The World of Pioneers
- 20.09.2019
- Services
The K 2019 - the world's leading plastics and rubber fair - has long been sold out. More than 3,200 exhibitors from over 60 countries will participate. Suppliers from Europe, in particular Germany, Austria, Switzerland, France and Turkey, and non-European countries, mainly from the USA, are...
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Interview with Schier Technik Slovakia, s.r.o. director Ing. Radoslav Zavřel about news and plans of the company
- 19.09.2019
- Services
Company Schier Technik Slovakia s.r.o. was the first official seller of SOLIDWORKS 3D CAD system and related applications in Slovakia. The company boasts a large number of satisfied customers, as well as the highest levels of certification from DS SOLIDWORKS Corp., as well as a reseller with the...
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MSV 2019 will be a fair of technology and innovation for the industry of the future
- 18.09.2019
- Services
The 60th International Engineering Fair will once again show visitors the latest innovations and trends in industrial technology. From 7 to 11 October 2019, more than 1,600 exhibitors from dozens of countries around the world will be exhibiting in Brno. In addition, an interactive exhibition...
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ENGEL at K 2019 with new automation products
- 17.09.2019
- Machinery & Equipment
ENGEL develops custom-built automation solutions, from simple product removal and depositing to highly integrated and networked production processes. A comprehensive range of robots and high levels of special automation expertise are the essential ingredients for combining top quality with...
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KUBOUŠEK s.r.o. link the path production process with the final product
- 16.09.2019
- Machinery & Equipment
KUBOUŠEK s.r.o. will be presented at MSV in Brno for the twenty-eighth time since the opening of the fair. Last year, the company opened a virtual window to the Technology Center directly from the fair stand. This year, KUBOUŠEK s.r.o. intends to unconventionally link the long way of the production...
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EMO Hannover 2019 - network infrastructure changes industrial production
- 13.09.2019
- Services
EMO will be held from 16 to 21 September 2019 in Hannover, Germany. The world's leading metalworking fair will once again be held in Germany, the world's third largest machine tool market. „In Hannover, all important manufacturers of manufacturing technology present themselves at the largest and...
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Research of technological parameters of injection with ambiguous influence on shrinkage of injection molded plastics
- 12.09.2019
- Plastics Moulds
The main objective of the research was to obtain knowledge about the influence of process parameters on local dimensioned changes of injection molded part made of selected materials. The results should confirm current known theoretical knowledge and at the same time find an optimal combination of...
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ENGEL inject 4.0 to achieve new milestone at K 2019
- 11.09.2019
- Plastics Moulds
At K 2019 in Düsseldorf, Germany, between October 16th and 23rd, for the first time anywhere in the world, ENGEL is exhibiting its iQ weight control intelligent assistance system for injection moulding processes with a recycled material application, making the great potential inject 4.0 offers for...
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The success story continues - a strong first half year of 2019 for Polykemi AB
- 10.09.2019
- Suppliers of raw materials
After several years with strong growth, Polykemi AB continues to deliver very strong results. During the first half of 2019, the company has gained 71 new businesses. We actually are at all time high levels and are so pleased to be able to keep on delivering that kind of figures, informs Mr Mattias...
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Product Relationship Management - an active Industry 4.0 application in real life
- 09.09.2019
- Plastics Moulds
MLIT is PRM (Product Relationship Management) - an active Industry 4.0 application in real life. Unlike standard CRM, where support is client-bound, the MLIT support and tracking always links to the product. Tracking and communicating on a project from the entire production chain cannot be defined...
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Arburg at K 2019: Two views of one world
- 06.09.2019
- Services
Arburg's presence at the leading international trade fair K 2019 from 16 to 23 October 2019 in Düsseldorf, Germany, will focus on the topics of digitalisation and circular economy. With "arburgXworld" and "arburgGREENworld", Arburg provides answers to important and pressing questions for the world...
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Werth TomoScope XS Plus – compact machine with large measuring space
- 05.09.2019
- Machinery & Equipment
Powerful and high-precision computed tomography coordinate measuring machines are now available at a favorable price. The new Werth TomoScope® XS Plus allows larger parts up to 450 mm in length and smaller, high-resolution objects to be measured in a short...
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Who is behind Expect the Unexpected and what do these meetings bring?
- 04.09.2019
- Services
Each of us wants to understand the future ahead of us in business or personal or social life. The most read periodicals write how many of the existing occupations are lost and how many people lose their jobs. It raises fear naturally. New and more demanding conditions arise for people at work, for...
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LASCAM systems s.r.o.: cutting and cleaning in the plastics industry in top quality
- 03.09.2019
- Plastics Moulds
Technological progress also brings higher quality requirements. Manufacturers are looking for ways to streamline production. It is also associated with the purity of the forms, which ensures that there are no visible marks on the final products. Laser technologies provide solutions for these...
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Project Dragonfly – ZKW is developing headlights for autonomous driving
- 02.09.2019
- Plastics and Rubber products by Industry
Following intensive research and development work, ZKW presents “Project Dragonfly” for autonomous driving, which was developed in cooperation with partner companies. As part of this concept, the lighting systems specialist has built a demo vehicle in a number of expansion stages, integrating...
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DOSS Visual Solution camera systems from SUBTER PLUS s.r.o. support Industry 4.0
- 28.08.2019
- Machinery & Equipment
The engineering industry is developing and placing increasing demands on all its segments. The ongoing automation trend is called Industry 4.0, and of course this direction of development also places extreme demands on the quality...
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DOPAG introduces: Liquid silicone dosing comfortably, reliably and flexibly with silcomix PE200/20
- 27.08.2019
- Machinery & Equipment
Silcomix PE200/20 is a compact, electrically driven dosing and mixing device with a piston pump. It is used for continuous processing of 100: 100 silicone-based multi-component media. Dosing takes place directly from original 20 or 200 liter containers. Liquid plastics are always transported to the...
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SIMCON has developed a single-stage production of metal / plastic hybrid products
- 26.08.2019
- Plastics Moulds
In the "Medimold" research project, Simcon worked with research partners to develop a single-stage production process for metal/plastic hybrids. Metal/plastic hybrids are used for printed-board circuit tracks, for example. The new process reduces setup and assembly times for production as well as...
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GF Machining Solutions s.r.o. as part of the Technology Days program, has introduced a number of new features
- 22.08.2019
- Machinery & Equipment
GF Machining Solutions s.r.o. as part of the technology days program, it introduced a number of innovations from its portfolio to domestic customers, including a laser texturing machine and a new production center for additive metal parts...
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Lifocolor Farben is building a new production site and headquarters in Lichtenfels
- 21.08.2019
- Suppliers of raw materials
Lifocolor Farben GmbH & Co. KG KG, a manufacturer of masterbatches in thermoplastics, will invest 20 million EUR to expand its parent plant in Lichtenfels. The first excavation took place in July 2019 and is scheduled to be completed in 18 months. The production plant in Lichtenfels (Oberfranken),...
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Why do Cartesian robots predominate in the plastics industry?
- 20.08.2019
- Machinery & Equipment
The plastics industry is an industry in which linear robots for plastic mills are the first choice, as opposed to other industries where 6-axis industrial robots dominate. Why is this...
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Stäubli shows the power of robots
- 19.08.2019
- Machinery & Equipment
At the end of June was at Pardubice the biggest Czech Stäubli event called Technology Days. On 1300 sq. was possible to see many robots in interesting applications from Stäubli and their partners. It was much bigger than the first year (2017) and we can say even more...
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At the MSV 2019, Digital Factory 2.0 will be unveiled like never before
- 15.08.2019
- Services
Progressive digitalisation in all areas of human activity brings ever more new, more advanced yet realistic production models. In fact, a large part of the public, and often a part of the professional community, do not know what to really imagine under the name Industry 4.0. Therefore, the...
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Compact design of single valve system - closed VeriShot single nozzle
- 14.08.2019
- Machinery & Equipment
VeriShot is compact, precise, greatly reduces the height of the mold and also works as a positioning collar for a perfect fit between mold and injection molding. VeriShot offers advanced heating technology that provides optimum control and provides exceptional thermal performance and part...
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Resolving plastics - a holistic approach to the future
- 13.08.2019
- Suppliers of raw materials
Together with its sister companies K.D. Feddersen, M.TEC and PolyComp, as well as its own branches AF-COLOR and BIO-FED, the compounder AKRO-PLASTIC will show at K 2019 under the banner of “Plastics Solutions” what the companies of the Feddersen Group have to offer in the field of...
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LONTECH introduces a new generation of products for intelligent static control
- 12.08.2019
- Machinery & Equipment
Simco-ION introduces a new generation of products for efficient static elimination, electrostatic charging and static electricity metering called IQ Easy. It is possible to monitor and control all connected devices from a single location with the LCD touch screen controller. The entire IQ Easy...
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Mould filling simulation: Allrounder injection moulding machines even smarter
- 08.08.2019
- Machinery & Equipment
Arburg has set a new milestone in assistance functions: the integration of a mould filling simulation in the Gestica control system of its Allrounder injection moulding machines. What this feature fundamentally entails was already demonstrated at the Fakuma...
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Adiabatic cooling helps in the production of plastics
- 07.08.2019
- Machinery & Equipment
High air temperatures are a big problem in the plastics industry when injecting plastics together with high process temperatures. Especially during the summer season, the climate is very unpleasant due to the high outside temperatures. This makes it harder for employees to work on machine...
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FORT-PLASTY s.r.o. realized the production of air conditioning for the ÚČOV Prague
- 06.08.2019
- Plastics and Rubber products by Industry
The production of air-conditioning ducts and custom production of plastics makes FORT-PLASTY s.r.o. Kromeriz has been working for more than 20 years. Many times they were approached in the implementation of various projects, some of which were a real...
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When saving money means to remake or challenge one technician
- 05.08.2019
- Services
For several years now Mr. Szczecin from technology-support s.r.o. moves as an application technician and trainer in companies and has noticed an interesting thing. When a milling cutter comes to a supervisor or a business owner that he needs a new tool because the old one is no longer working, a...
