Current News Articles - page 33
Daily updated information and news from the plastics industry.
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CMS system, optional supplement to injection molds Wittmann Battenfeld, informed about the condition of your machines
CMS sensor systems for condition monitoring (CMS = condition monitoring system) have been in use in large-scale production plants for many years to minimize profit losses through production downtimes and costly maintenance work. Application examples are rotary kilns in cement plants, conveying...
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Piovan Group wins the IF Design Award 2019 with Aquatech’s Easytherm temperature control unit
- 06.05.2019
- Plastics recycling
- Control technology
Top players in design from right across the world came together again for their annual gathering in the prestige setting of the BMW Welt in Munich. It is a major event for entrepreneurs and designers. This year Easytherm, the product designed by MM Design for Piovan Group company Aquatech, was...
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Strength, design and speed have come together at the prestigious Auto Show 2019 in Bratislava
- 03.05.2019
- Services
- Events
- Autosalon
- Photo reportage
After a year, the attention of cars enthusiasts will once again focus on the capital city. Central Europe's most awaited car event is set to meet the expectations of all car fans about the exceptional automotive experience. The Bratislava Motor Show brings not only a lot of interesting news. This...
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Design of molds with the help of CAD / CAM Cimatron in Konštrukcia Pittner
- 02.05.2019
- Plastics Moulds
- CAD/CAM
- Software for industry
Juraj Pittner has been in the world of injection molds for 20 years and since 2011 he has his own design office. He worked as a technologist and constructor in the German company Meinecke Formenbau GmbH. For his work he uses the Cimatron CAD / CAM solution, which is primarily intended for...
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MOL’s 2019 Annual General Meeting Approves HUF 107 Billion Dividend
MOL Plc. held a successful Annual General Meeting in Budapest. The General Meeting accepted the Board’s proposal for the distribution of profits through a dividend payment of HUF 107 bn, a significant increase compared to last year. Shareholders approved the report of the Board of Directors...
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Synventive Introduces eGate® 2.0 – Advanced Electric Actuation for Large Part Applications
- 26.04.2019
- Plastics Moulds
- Standardized parts
- Peripherals
Synventive, a business within Barnes Molding Solutions strategic business unit, is pleased to announce the release of eGate® 2.0, the latest addition to its activeGate control technologies. eGate delivers complete pin movement control for large part sequential valve gated...
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Slovakia and its readiness for global trends in the automotive industry
- 25.04.2019
- Services
- Events
- Automotive
In the near future, the automotive industry is expected to see significant changes, which will also have a strong impact on Slovak companies. In the coming years, we will see an increase in the production of cars for alternative propulsion, and electric cars on the hydrogen...
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Extrusion of Plastic Sheets, Additional Program, by Aquatec VFL s.r.o.
Aquatec VFL s.r.o. based in Dubnica nad Váhom, based on many years of experience of the international team of wastewater treatment workers, has brought an innovative and unique model of home wastewater treatment plant, which is also the main point of its production program, within which it offers a...
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HRScool enables hot runner systems with uncooled cylinder
- 23.04.2019
- Plastics Moulds
- Hot runners
- Injection molds
HRScool is an innovative solution for hot runner injection molding, in which the otherwise necessary water cooling of the corresponding actuator can be dispensed...
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MOL Group enters into recycled plastic compounding by acquiring Aurora Group
MOL Group announced that it has signed a sales-purchase agreement to acquire Aurora, a recycled plastic compounder with production plants located nearby automotive manufacturing and plastics conversion clusters in Baden-Württemberg,...
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Netstal honored as a manufacturer of the best injection molding machines in 2019
- 16.04.2019
- Machinery & Equipment
- Injection molding machines
Netstal is awarded the title of "Best injection molding machine" at the 2019 Manufacturing and Packaging Awards from Global Health and Pharma. The awards ceremony honors the innovative capability of the medical packaging industry in more than 50...
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3D printing has been around for 30 years now fascinates more and more
- 15.04.2019
- Plastics Processing
- 3D technology
What is almost 30 years old but looks completely new? Believe it or not, it's 3D printing. Yes, additive manufacturing technology appeared at the time of US President Ronald Reagan. In the following section, we present a brief history of 3D...
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DATALAN Quality Instruments sro: You can produce almost anything, without molds and tools
Technologies that attract attention are additive manufacturing, 3D printing. We talked about the possibilities and benefits of this technology with Mgr. Martin Balog, CEO of DATALAN Quality Instruments...
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Use of thermocouple temperature measurement - thermograms - for thermoplastic injection molding and thermoplastic composite materials, part 1
Injection is a discontinuous production process - it is a cyclical production and therefore a prerequisite for quality production is process stability, while maintaining other optimized parameters. Therefore, it is necessary to ensure that each subsequent injection cycle has the same course as the...
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Arburg: Injection moulding processes for efficient production of lightweight parts
Several innovative injection moulding processes are available for the production of lightweight plastic components. The potential of lightweight construction can be fully exploited through the interaction of process-oriented design, adapted mould technology and optimised process control. Arburg...
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A new research center for drive by wire is being set up at FEL ČVUT
Top experts, financial investments and big ambitions are behind the newly established Smart Driving Solutions Research Center at the Department of Control Engineering of the Faculty of Electrical Engineering, ČVUT. A team of 13th scientists, led by Tomáš Haniš, aim to change the thinking and...
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New UV/TS stabilization packages - GRAFE optimizes masterbatch performance for automobiles
The demands of the automotive industry on component quality, while at the same time saving costs, are constantly increasing and are higher than ever due to the current market...
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Technology Days 2019: Heading for the future with Arburg on the Road to Digitalisation
The Arburg Technology Days have been around for 20 years now. Between 1999 and 2019, more than 93,000 invited guests from all over the world attended the highly regarded industry event. Between 13 and 16 March 2019, more than 6,000 visitors from 54 countries joined the event. Around 660 actively...
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MCAE Systems s.r.o. uses the additive production to the full
Stratasys has launched advanced elastomers and forward materials for its front 3D printers FDM and PolyJet. This allows customers to use additive manufacturing methods to quickly produce prototypes, tools, and parts by 3D printing. The FDM elastomer solution provides manufacturers with a new level...
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FORT-PLASTY s.r.o. produced for TON a.s. plastic washing box for the production process
- 01.04.2019
- Plastics and Rubber products
- Plastic products
In 2018, FORT-PLASTY s.r.o., a long-term business partner of TON a.s. from Bystřice pod Hostýnem wanted to design a washing box solution that will be used for cleaning pickling baths before changing colors in furniture...
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Ideal transport box Magnum Optimum 1208 from Schoeller Allibert for industrial production and transportation
- 29.03.2019
- Plastics packaging
- Plastic packaging
Schoeller Allibert comes with a brand new type of folding container (FLC) Magnum Optimum. Type 1208 is made specifically for industrial product logistics. This type of container meets the highest requirements in storage and transportation, and is one of the most advanced shipping packaging of this...
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Multidose from Stäubli have received excellente customer references
- 27.03.2019
- Plastics Moulds
- Injection molds
The Siemens Mohelnice plant is the largest European plant for the production of low-voltage asynchronous electric motors, which was founded in 1904. Siemens also manufactures electric motors in the Drásov and Frenštát pod Radhoštěm...
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Nordson EFD offers OptiMixer, a static mixer that allows more accurate dispensing of two-component liquids.
- 26.03.2019
- Machinery & Equipment
- Dosing equipment
Nordson EFD, the world's leading manufacturer of reliable dispensing systems for precision fluid dispensing, introduces OptiMixer, a revolutionary new 2K static mixer that delivers excellent mixing features and dispensing efficiency for two-component liquids. OptiMixer can improve product quality...
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Cimatron CAD / CAM solution in practice
- 25.03.2019
- Services
- CAD/CAM
- Software for industry
Na tému NC programovanie a NC programovanie s pomocou CAM alebo CAD / CAM softvéru toho bolo napísaného už veľmi veľa. Dnes sa ale skúsme pozrieť na celú problematiku z iného...
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SPUR a.s. thinks ecologically
We have an exclusive interview with Mr. Ondrej Kratka from SPUR a.s. about new packaging of LDPE from renewable natural...
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Ing. Lubomír Zeman: Technological possibilities of design of thermoplastic mouldings
The chain of operations preceded the actual series production of thermoplastic mouldings represents one of the most important, if not the most important stages of their...
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MCAE Systems presents the pioneer of a new era in 3D production of metal parts
- 20.03.2019
- Plastics Processing
- 3D technology
- Cost savings
Patented technology of Layer Powder Metallurgy (LPM) from Stratasys, which focuses on manufacturing cost-effective, industrial, metal parts for smaller scale...
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Durable surface treatment of metals for the chemical industry and waste economy
- 19.03.2019
- Plastics Processing
- Surface treatment
Thermoplastic metal coatings are not only used in exterior but also because of their properties they are an excellent solution even in aggressive environments. An example is the surface treatment of the wastewater treatment...
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Baton change at WITTMANN BATTENFELD
As of March this year, DI (FH) Rainer Weingraber, MBA, has taken over the management of WITTMANN BATTENFELD in Kottingbrunn. He succeeds the company’s long-standing Managing Director and CEO, Mag. Georg Tinschert, who will retire at the end of...
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