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Daily updated information and news from the plastics industry.
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DESMA Xpertforum: Digital Openhouse replacement with positive results
After exactly 25 days, with more than 1,300 registered persons and more than 16,000 page views, Klöckner DESMA Elastomertechnik GmbH in Fridingen is ending the first digital in-house exhibition called Xpert...
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ENGEL's virtual trade fair sets new standards
True passion, real innovation, virtual experience – this was the message which ENGEL put out for the first edition of the ENGEL live e-xperience in mid-October 2020 – and ENGEL was true to its word. Several thousand customers, partners and interested parties from 90 countries took part in the...
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News from the manufacturer BCN3D
- 09.11.2020
- Machinery & Equipment
- 3D technology
The Spanish company BCN3D Technologies has introduced several new products. Specifically, the new generation of the Epsilon series - the Epsilon W27 and Epsilon W25 printers, as well as the Sigma D25 printer. A pleasant surprise is the brand new Smart Cabinet, which simplifies everyday work and...
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1.PLASTCOMPANY new website & Technical center Dr. Boy
Every year for our company, 1.PLASTCOMPANY was annually associated with the International Engineering Fair in Brno. This year was canceled due to the unfavorable pandemic situation, as well as the German fair FAKUMA. We at 1.PLASTCOMPANY want to be always in touch with you, our customers and...
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Stepanek3D: What is topological optimization?
- 04.11.2020
- Services
- 3D technology
In short, it is a method for designing the most suitable geometric shape of a body or assembly under known boundary conditions. In practice, we can use it to design the shape of the product with significant savings in volume and therefore...
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Quality analysis of nitriding surfaces of plastic screws from DATRIA s.r.o.
- 02.11.2020
- Machinery & Equipment
- Extrusion
From time to time, we hear doubts about the quality of nitriding steels, or the quality of nitriding surfaces of screws produced by Hayeur from nitriding steels used in Asia. It can be assumed that these doubts are mainly used by some local sellers as a sales argument. But did anyone ever find out...
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MOL has completed the construction of a plant for the production of rubber asphalt from used tires at the Hungarian Zala refinery
- 30.10.2020
- Suppliers of raw materials
- Business economics
The MOL Group has completed the construction of a rubber asphalt plant at the Hungarian Zala refinery for approximately USD 10 million. The plant can produce 20,000 tons of rubber asphalt per year. In addition to recycling 8-10 percent of used tires in Hungary, the new plant will contribute to the...
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Plastics saves the future through spiral economy
One of the big and important issues for both industry and individuals is how we can increase sustainability and recycle the material that exists today. One solution is to create new life for previously used material. Scanfill calls it a spiral...
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Significant improvement of the quality of glued joints or printing with the use of plasma pretreatment of the material surface
- 28.10.2020
- Services
- Surface treatment
Use in all types of production with the need for gluing, printing or other adhesive joints. Surface pretreatment before applying adhesives, eg threaded caps, handles, frames, seals, parts for automotive, glued joints PE/PP + PU, treatment before using tampoprint,...
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The production of road vehicles is catching up with the spring losses
- 27.10.2020
- Services
- Automotive
The production of road vehicles in the Czech Republic in the third quarter of the year will catch up with the losses caused by spring outages. Production in the summer months and in September contributed to the gradual easing. Since the beginning of the year, a total of 835,082 road vehicles...
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Packaging machines PENTA - servis for special prices + iPad as a GIFT
- 26.10.2020
- Machinery & Equipment
- Packaging
We offer you a unique opportunity to purchase an automatic packaging machine by the end of this year and get the latest iPad for free. The offer is valid until the end of 2020, so do not hesitate and ask for a packaging machine...
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Cabinets and warehouses for hazardous substances from DENIOS
Do you need to store hazardous or flammable substances directly in production areas or existing warehouses? We have professional and sophisticated solutions for...
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K.D. Feddersen – your distributor for engineering plastics from Teijin
K.D. Feddersen CEE GmbH is the distributor for Teijin’s PC and PC/ABS for Central Eastern Europe in the countries Austria, Switzerland, Poland, Hungary, Romania, Czech Republic and...
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Quick-action clamping systems for STRACK molds from VMM
- 20.10.2020
- Plastics Moulds
- Maintenance of injection molds
- Cost savings
- Injection molds
- Injection molding machines
Our innovative solution to reduce set-up costs and to increase flexibility due to fast and easy tool change on your injection moulding machine. The proven mechanical tool quick clamping system for injection moulding tools from STRACK NORMA is suited for two- and four bar versions of all...
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Rack- and spiral gears from KNARR
Double the output volume while using the same tool and machine size and with reasonable investments and significantly lower unit costs? To ensure that this idea does not remain an illusion, some injection moulders rely on stack moulds, especially for flatter plastic...
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MCAE Systems printed sculptures of the last prehistoric people for the ULTRASUPERNATURAL exhibition
- 16.10.2020
- Services
- 3D technology
- Exhibitions
Thanks to MCAE Systems, life-size monumental statues of the indigenous people of the Papuan Yali Mek tribe can be seen at the ULTRASUPERNATURAL exhibition, which is the result of a nearly a quarter-century project by Czech artists Barbora Šlapetová and Lukáš Rittstein. The exhibition at the DOX...
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Thermoplastic composites: Ensinger commissions new prepreg facility
- 15.10.2020
- Machinery & Equipment
- Composites
Since 1966, Ensinger has been active in the field of engineering polymers. Today, the corporate group’s range of products and services covers the entire value added chain – from compounding and extrusion, injection moulding and stock shapes through to finished...
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Cryogenic flow removal on thermoplastic and elastomer products from Messer Technogas s.r.o.
In many cases, there are thin overflows/burrs on the finished parts produced on the injection molding machines, which must then be removed. However, the use of traditional deburring methods is often problematic, as surface damage to parts or imperfect overflow removal often...
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Puzzle floor from TOMIRTECH, s.r.o.
The puzzle floor is made of recycled SBR rubber granulate, which is glued with polyurethane glue. Its density is up to 1000 kg/m3 and can withstand a really extreme load of up to 290 t/m2 at a thickness of 8 mm. The coefficient of friction of 0.81 (according to VDI 2700 p.14) guarantees a perfect...
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Is it worth automating?
- 12.10.2020
- Machinery & Equipment
- Automation
- Robotics
At a time of labor shortages and high labor costs, the Covid-19 pandemic has complicated the situation, but paradoxically it can also be a motivation for more consistent automation. Investing in sensible robotization of industrial plants is now an economically advantageous solution that can pay off...
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Efficiency of plasma treatment depending on the distance of the discharge from the substrate - atmospheric plasma nozzle
- 09.10.2020
- Surface treatment
Customer-oriented research in the field of using a plasma atmospheric nozzle (Gliding arch discharge) for products with variable shape deviation was performed on PP boards in order to modify the surface properties. The influence of the distance of the discharge from the substrate on the final...
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SUBTER PLUS s.r.o. - From rubber and plastic mixers through presses and extruders to 100% optical inspection
- 08.10.2020
- Services
- Automation
- Mold cleaning
- Cleaning granulate
- Finishing machines
- Extrusion
- Rubber
- Quality control
- Testing of plastics
- Injection molding machines
SUBTER PLUS supplies its customers in Central and Eastern Europe with both traditional machines and new technologies for the rubber and plastics industries. Recently, the topics of Industry 4.0 and process automation have been much discussed. This is where these new technologies find their...
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The summer months brought a revival of production in the Czech Republic
- 07.10.2020
- Automotive
Motor vehicle production in the Czech Republic is only very slowly catching up with the losses caused by the coronavirus pandemic. From the beginning of the year to the end of August, a total of 691,889 motor vehicles were produced, ie 26.9% less than in the same period of 2019. This trend...
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PET sheet lines: Fit for recycled material thanks to retrofitted line components
The demand for PET packaging sheet, which contains a high proportion of recycled material or is even made of 100% of it, has recently increased enormously due to public discussion and legal...
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Gorilla Machines s.r.o. presents: Complex central transport systems VISMEC
- 05.10.2020
- Machinery & Equipment
- Conveyors
The heart of VISMEC central transport systems is the central control microprocessor unit FW 50 enabling the control of up to 48 sampling points together with one vacuum source and the possibility of an emergency backup system. The system is connected via the Visnet-Bus-communication...
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Allrounder 1300 T: Next-generation rotary table machine
- 02.10.2020
- Machinery & Equipment
- Injection molding machines
With the Allrounder 1300 T, Arburg is significantly expanding its range of vertical rotary table machines to include a 1,300-mm table diameter option. Compared to its predecessor, the 1200 T, this new machine offers more space for heavier moulds – and with a significantly reduced installation...
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Unipetrol also completed the second part of the new polyethylene unit
Unipetrol has completed the highest ever investment in the Czech chemical industry. Following the completion of the respective tests, the company took delivery of the second part of the new polyethylene unit, PE3. The first part of the unit producing natural polyethylene (the Natural Line) was put...
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A miracle called stretch film from the company PENTA - servis spol. s.r.o.
- 30.09.2020
- Plastics packaging
- Packaging
Why a miracle? Stretch film is an absolutely versatile packaging material and its use is possible in any industry you can think of. Stretch foil not only fixes the goods reliably, but to a certain extent protects it from damage or adverse weather and...
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Innovation of PLASTIKA a.s. in industries
- 29.09.2020
- Machinery & Equipment
- Surface treatment
- Research
Plastika a.s. is intensively and long-term preparing for the upcoming changes in the industry. Much of the innovation concerns digitization in manufacturing and logistics activities. We try to make the most of digitization to best suit our technologies and specific market...
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Production of molds for processing thermoplastics and thermosets from Linaset a.s.
- 28.09.2020
- Plastics Moulds
- Injection molds
On the one hand, more than 50 years of production tradition, on the other, state-of-the-art machinery and construction software. This is the production of injection and direct molding molds for the processing of thermoplastics, thermosets, BMC and SMC at Linaset. The company is able to produce...
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