Extrusion International 2-2018

PREVIEW 48 Extrusion International 2/2018 GN Thermoforming Equipment www.gncanada.com Booth West 1283 GN Thermoforming Equipment, a leading manu- facturer of servo-driven, roll-fed thermoforming machines for the production of plastic packaging, will showcase its new GN800 Thermoformer for the first time in North America at the upcoming NPE2018. Following a highly successful launch at K2016 in Dusseldorf, GN will highlight the unique capabili- ties of the GN800 Thermoformer at the largest plas- tics trade show event in the U.S. The GN800 offers many standard features to ensure manufacturers’ needs are met in today’s changing marketplace. These include such benefits as form- ing capability of 5-in above and below the sheet line, in-mold-cut capability, auto-grease, heavy-du- ty bearings in the toggle system, and high-efficien- cy SOLAR heaters. Among the top priorities of GN’s customer-focused approach are improving productivity and ensuring that customers produce the most finished parts per pound of sheet. Over the years, GN has perfected common-edge-cut tooling technology for their contact-heat series of thermoformers. Common- edge tooling offers the ability to form a series of square or rectangular trays in a row or multiple rows while eliminating all web between the edges of the products. Among their sustainability goals, Consumer Pack- aged Goods (CPG) companies are looking to their suppliers to reduce packaging weight. The GN800 is designed to work with minimal thicknesses of plastic materials and in combination with the com- mon-edge system, it significantly increases finished part output per pound (kilo) of material. At NPE2018, the company will demonstrate a com- mon-edge-cut tool that was developed for the GN800 thermoformer in collaboration with Gra- volab, a toolmaker from Romania. GN will run a meat tray in PET/PE laminate with a 12-cavity mold while maintaining a reduced scrap rate of 18%, said Jerome Romkey, GN’s Business Development Manager. High-Speed Form/Cut/Stack Thermoformer