Extrusion International 2-2017

CONTENT Maag, a leading manufacturer of gear pumps, pelletizing and fil- tration systems, and pulverizers for demanding applications in the plastics, chemical, pharmaceutical and food industries, is pleased to announce that it will be displaying a number of its technologies at Chi- naplas 2017. Page 12 The X-ray measuring system X-RAY 6000 PROmeasures precisely and in real time the wall thickness, the in- ner and outer diameter and eccen- tricity of up to 3 layers of different material. Page 11 Launch of five-strand laboratory LFT lines for end users 16 Klöckner Pentaplast to present Pentafood ® Hotfi ll PET 16 The best of both worlds: “Flowing Metallics” 17 ICE Europe 2017 closes with increase in international attendance 18 Ettlinger’s high performance melt filters in Turkey 19 Firms in this issue 6 Imprint 7 Industry news 8 Calendar 8 For pipe production in Venezuela 8 Transam Extrusions Continues to Invest in Davis-Standard Technology 11 SIKORA LASER diameter gauges determine the wall thickness 11 Maag Set To Display New Product 12 DC-A Control Extended to Mid-Size Conair Dryers 13 Zumbach Electronics at the Wire Russia 2017 14 Robert Dages Joins Davis-Standard as Aftermarket Regional Sales Manager 14 GRAFE at the VDI Mannheim 15