Blown film production boost with new die head from W&H

Comptoir National du Plastique (CNP) in Tunisia increases production of its blown film line by 20% with a retrofit from W&H

Сase studies

Improving tolerances by 30% and achieving faster startups with EDI® Automatic Die from Nordson

Nordson's Autoflex™ VI-RE die yields more uniform film, enhancing the printing and heat shrinking processes used for labels in packaging

New Issue

19.09.2024

Extrusion 6-2024

Articles

New materials from non-biodegradable plastic waste

AIMPLAS forms part of the BioICEP project, which used an innovative cascade process by combining chemical and biological methods to turn plastic waste into biodegradable substitutes for packaging

Articles

Ampacet Introduces Medical-grade Antistatic Masterbatch

ProVital™ + Permstat is a non-migratory antistatic masterbatch developed to provide permanent antistatic properties to polyolefin films used in pharmaceutical processes

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Netzsch Introduces DSC 300 Caliris® Classic for the Quality Control of Polymers

Differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) is a well-known thermal analysis technique in materials science that has been proven over decades

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Novel high-performance polyamide tapes with glass fiber reinforcement

Glass-fiber polyamide tapes for use in innovative lightweight structures have been developed by DOMO Engineering and the Fraunhofer Institute for Microstructure of Materials and Systems IMWS

Articles

Canada researchers turn bitumen into carbon fibres

The solution of scientists from University of British Columbia uses melt spinning to produce two sizes of fibres cleanly and economically

Articles

Using the recyclates reduces the carbon footprint substantially

A study by Brückner Maschinenbau and envistra shows that the greater lever for reducing CO2 emissions lies in the raw materials used

Articles

7 Solutions to Common Plastic Recycling Operation Problems: A Stable Production Guide

In most cases, many common problems can be solved with minimum effort when you have user-friendly and flexible plastic recycling machines

Articles

Improvement of Mechanical Recyclate Quality Specifications

A new report, published on behalf of the Alliance to End Plastic Waste, calls for urgent industry-aligned quality specifications to be developed and adopted for mechanical recyclates

News

News 07.10.2024

Placon announces new medical packaging line

The product line includes pouches with and without flaps, and a variety of tip protectors to safeguard rough and sharp medical components

News 07.10.2024

NEW 500 Series Rubber/Silicone Extrusion Crosshead

Guill Tool introduces the NEW 500 Series crosshead with MAGS gum space adjustment

Case studies

Сase studies

Examining raw materials for adhesive tapes

The RAYCON X-ray system from Sesotec is a highly efficient device that detects all foreign objects

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Completely customized vision inspection system

Intravis helps to Implement quality assurance for medical desiccant parts at Aptar CSP Technologies

Videos

Stadler sorting plant for plastic bottles and film

This is the biggest sorting plant for plastic bottles and film of Italy and was planned and built by STADLER

Videos

HMG Extrusions – Shredder / Crusher for large pipe sizes

Final product is a perfect clean 8mm granule size, which can be easily added to the extruder