Extrusion International 6-2016

17 Extrusion International 6/2016 Materials handling – advanced innovations to be distinguished motan holding gmbh has announced and honoured the winners of the competition mia – motan innovation award 2016 – which began roughly 10 months ago. A top-class jury evaluated in advance the nominated solutions intensively and detailed in regards to level of innovation, relevance for practical application in the plastics industry, and technical feasibility and market potential within materials handling. Instead of the usual three, four innovations for different functions of material logistics and handling have made it onto the podium: Along with first and second place, the jury awarded two third places. Prize money of over 20.000 euro was donated by motan holding gmbh. 1st place: Ludwig Reissner. With the Matrixkoppler, an automated material station for small conveying systems, Ludwig Reissner has made material changes even more efficient and safe. Conventional material stations require manual switching of the hoses leading to the material loaders during material changes. The Matrixkoppler auto- mated the material allocation with a newly designed mul- tiple switch. This way, contamination from neighbouring lines can be prevented. 2nd place: Team Fabian Kienzler. Together with Arnulf Hört- nagl, Marc Hiefer, and Oscar Lattner, Fabian Kienzler has de- veloped an alternative method for drying of granules. At the core of the innovation is the use of an inductive heating ele- ment – for energy transfer via radiation. Here, pre-warmed air flows through the granules to extract moisture. This new automated drying is efficient and can be controlled precisely. The idea was born while searching for a dew point sensor. 3rd place: Peter Haupt. Energy which is used for drying and dosing in usual material flow constellations, is used more than once by the dry dosing unit developed by Peter Haupt. The idea is focussed on dramatically reducing energy con- sumption – and therefore costs. Operation can then also be designed more ergonomically. 3rd place: Karl Wolfgang. Better utilisation of material and increased cleanliness are the benefits of using the Octa- Flow-Bag by Karl Wolfgang. If octabins are emptied with an automated conveying system in production, then mate- rial normally remains in the corners and must be sucked out manually. This new development transports remaining ma- terial automatically into the middle of the octabin, where it can be removed easily. The prizes were awarded by Sandra Füllsack, CEO of motan holding gmbh, as well as the four jury members. The submis- sions for the next mia 2018 awards will start in January 2017 and the prize giving ceremony will take place in two years’ time at the Fakuma exhibition in October 2018 in Friedrich- shafen. 0 X O W L 6 W U D Q G ( [ W U X V L R Q / L Q H + ( / , % $ 5 7 ( & + 1 2 / 2 * , ( 2QH VWHS PXWOL H[WUXVLRQ +LJK IOH[LELOLW\ )HZ IORRU VSDFH UXH GX 0DLQH :,77(1+(,0 7pO )D[ ZZZ NRPD[ SUR LQIR#NRPD[ SUR www.motan-colortronic.com Trophy of mia innovation award mia 2016 (image: motan)