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Drying material with Luger s.r.o. - thanks to stable conditions ATTN and Eta+
- 13.04.2015
- Plastics Processing
In the manufacturing of plastics material moisture has decisive influence on process safety and product quality. Quality issues of finished parts need not necessarily be visible. Hidden defects, for example. reduced mechanical strength can often reveal a costly analytical...
Cleaning technologies of extruders using purging compound Ultra Plast
- 08.04.2015
- Plastics Processing
- Purge Compound
Manufacturing plant Festo Production Ceska Lipa is engaged in production of hoses for industrial automation with a tradition since 1998. The approximate monthly output hoses of different versions is 4,500,000 meters. Hoses are extruded to a total of 16 production lines, of which 11 were treated...
Radiation Crosslinking � way to improve the properties of polymers, Part 3
- 02.03.2015
- Plastics Processing
- Radiation technologies
The last part of the article about the method for improving the properties of polymers - radiation crosslinking, the first part was published on February 16, 2015 and the second part was published on February 23,...
Radiation Crosslinking � way to improve the properties of polymers, Part 2
- 23.02.2015
- Plastics Processing
- Radiation technologies
Continuation of the article on methods of improving the properties of polymers - radiation crosslinking from...
Radiation Crosslinking � way to improve the properties of polymers, Part 1
- 16.02.2015
- Plastics Processing
- Radiation technologies
eBeam-treatment is a versatile and efficient method to improve the performance of polymers used in various technical applications. The cable industry utilizes this technology since many years to improve the performance of cable insulations. Chemical processes induced by ionizing radiation can be...
Composites with thermoplastic matrix and automotive, Part 5
- 12.01.2015
- Plastics Processing
- Automotive
- Composites
Dry granulation - in hygroscopic matrices and reinforcing fillers is necessary before the injection process technology operations include drying the granules. Of course, the granules supplied from the manufacturer in a dry state, this operation is omitted. But always be dried granules uneaten after...
Composites with thermoplastic matrix and automotive, Part 4
- 05.01.2015
- Plastics Processing
- Automotive
- Composites
Abrasiveness, increased injection pressure - of course also affect the design of injection molds for processing composites LFT, especially the selection of appropriate materials, shapes and forms part of the dimension in terms of...
Composites with thermoplastic matrix and automotive, Part 3
- 29.12.2014
- Plastics Processing
In relation to the environmental efforts of car manufacturers to reduce their weight, carbon footprint, emissions, including the production of electrically driven, respectively hybrid cars coming to the fore as the use of composites filled with carbon...
Composites with thermoplastic matrix and the automotive industry, Part 2
- 22.12.2014
- Plastics Processing
Generally, the term composites, composite comprising heterogeneous systems consisting of at least two phases. More phase materials, which rank among the composites have certain...
Composites with thermoplastic matrix and automotive, Part 1
- 15.12.2014
- Plastics Processing
An Economic Assessment Study of Low Carbon Vehicles in March 2013 set out by experts from consulting firms Cambridge Econometric and Ricardo - AEA, and commissioned by the Nissan Group, European Association of Automotive Suppliers, General Electric, European Trade Union Federation of Industry All...
Types of conductive thermoplastics - replacement of metallic materials in engineering structures, part 4
- 03.11.2014
- Plastics Processing
In the last section, we will discuss the magnetic properties of thermoplastics and draw...

Types of conductive thermoplastics - replacement of metallic materials in engineering structures, part 3.
- 27.10.2014
- Plastics Processing
Heat conductive thermoplastics are used in the construction of various devices, most car lighting systems, LED lighting, cooling systems, and the like. are replaced by aluminum and its...
Types of conductive thermoplastics - replacement of metallic materials in engineering structures, Part 2
- 20.10.2014
- Plastics Processing
The main way to increase the thermal conductivity of polymeric materials is the way of composite materials with the appropriate polymer matrix and a suitable conductive...
Types of conductive thermoplastics - replacement of metallic materials in engineering structures, Part 1
- 13.10.2014
- Plastics Processing
The structures of various machinery and equipment, including means of transport most commonly found with metal...
Thermoplastic Foam Injection Molding
- 08.09.2014
- Plastics Processing
Savings in weight and material, dimensional stability plus higher productivity are aspects that fire the imagination of developers. All the more surprising is the fact that injection molding specialists have dealt with the physical foaming of thermoplastics rather hesitantly in the past. Especially...
IRISA celebrates 60 years of existence
- 06.08.2014
- Plastics Processing
Plastic molding in Irisa has been working for 60 years. What was worth the plastics industry in the birth of Irisa How to molding the team developed what preceded and what was his path to...
New trends in injection molding after the K 2013, Part 3
- 30.07.2014
- Plastics Processing
The main directions of innovation are, logically, focused on reducing costs while ensuring the increased quality parameters of injection. This applies even for moderate injection molds, which can access the system, especially in serial production, generate significant savings, even in combination...
New trends in injection molding after the K 2013, Part 2
- 23.07.2014
- Plastics Processing
At K 2013, on newsstands European manufacturers of injection molding machines, the term "European" is not a guarantee that the machines or their parts have been produced in Europe are discovering all the three ways to drive injection molding machines. For these manufacturers, machine drive...
New trends in injection molding after the K 2013, Part 1
- 16.07.2014
- Plastics Processing
The world's largest trade fair focused on the production and use of plastics and rubber K 2013 (The word Kunststoff-plastic), held a three-year periodicity in D�sseldorf, Germany, in October last year celebrated 60 years of its existence. The first edition was held in 1963 under the slogan "Wunder...
CzechTech China Center opened in Suzhou
- 09.07.2014
- Plastics Processing
Czech business delegation led by Minister of Industry and Trade Jan Mladek went to ten million ancient city of Suzhou, which was once the capital cities of China. The morning meeting was performed with Shanghai mayor for the economy and local...
Injection molding, biodegradable plastics - bioplastics Part 3
- 16.06.2014
- Plastics Processing
Many see the future of bioplastics early, but technical - economic terms as stated vision, at present, premature. Generally, there is the issue of bioplastics considerable amount of unanswered questions, which will be gradually find concrete...

Injection molding, biodegradable plastics - bioplastics, Part 2
- 11.06.2014
- Plastics Processing
Generally speaking, that sustainable development not only as a concept but as a part of thinking and conducting a wide range of corporations and companies was accepted by them. Earlier struggle between firms and hard ecologists are moderated and environmentalism becomes part of company management...
Injection molding, biodegradable plastics - bioplastics, part 1
- 04.06.2014
- Plastics Processing
The first plastics suitable for injection molding-made in the late 19th and early 20th century, such as celluloid - first "plastic" commercially exploitable was discovered in 1855, in 1910, Henry Ford in the U.S. experimented with wheat and soy and 1915 is in series produced the Ford Model T...
No compromises thanks to Grivory GVX
- 09.01.2014
- Plastics Processing
The market launch of the Grivory GVX products a few years ago was a milestone in the development of high-performance plastics that are even more metal-like. Grivory GVX has a stiffness never before achieved by glass fibre reinforced materials and comes close to the property level of magnesium...
Mechanical Composites based on polypropylene (part 2)
- 07.01.2014
- Plastics Processing
One of the negative characteristics of PP is its low toughness at temperatures below freezing. To alleviate this property with designers moldings offer a variety of copolymers. The most frequently used can include copolymers of ethylene, in which there is an increase in impact resistance, while...
News for better results in the injection molding from SVOBODA Ltd.
- 31.10.2013
- Plastics Processing
Among the novelties SVOBODA Ltd. company presented at this year's International Engineering Fair in Brno the patented water distributors, including control valves with turbulent flow, pressure and temperature and system for preventing Diesel effect in the forms and...
Polyamide TechnylStar � from RESINEX to increase product quality
- 10.07.2013
- Plastics Processing
- PA Polyamide
RESINEX Czech republic s.r.o. is a polyamide TechnylStar� for excellent surface quality of injection molded parts, exceptional fluidity and possibility of high performance glass...
Direct injection of long fibers: new opportunities for the production of stronger, lighter plastics
- 02.07.2013
- Plastics Processing
- Injection molding machines
In general, the longer the fibers are injected, the better mechanical properties of the moldings receive. Direct injection of long glass fibers, however, until recently, could not be made due to the limitations of the material preparation and dosing, but also for the nature of the granules. You can...
Analysis of contaminations on a plastic part using the FT-IR microscope LUMOS
- 15.05.2013
- Plastics Processing
Contaminations of polymer products are often microscopically small and not easy to analyze. Without knowing the chemical composition of the defect, the determination of its origin is often difficult. FT-IR microscopy is an attractive tool for the analysis of contaminations, since this technique is...
Ultrasonic welding and cutting thermoplastics made by Belson
- 08.05.2013
- Plastics Processing
- Welding of plastics
Ultrasonic Welding and Cutting of Thermoplastic are widely used predominately in the area of consumer goods, electrotechnics and automotive industry, thanks to their advantageous mechanical and design...