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

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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

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News 16.11.2023

Kiefel: New Thermoforming Machine KMD 78.2 Premium

This new machine for polymer packaging production is equipped with a bigger vacuum and forming air system than its predecessor

News 11.11.2023

Borealis and TotalEnergies Start Up Polyethylene Unit in Texas

The new PE unit, referred to as Bay 3, increases the Baystar site’s total production to over one million tons per year, which includes two legacy polyethylene production units

News 11.11.2023

Amcor and Nova Chemicals Announce a Supply Agreement

The supply agreement will enable Amcor to purchase SYNDIGO™ rPE resin, manufactured at NOVA’s first mechanical recycling facility in Connersville, Indiana, which should be in operation in 2025

News 11.11.2023

Asahi Kasei to expand coating capacity for battery separators

New coating lines will be installed at existing Asahi Kasei LIB separator facilities in the United States, Japan, and South Korea

News 10.11.2023

Tomra presents the new flake sorting solution

The enhanced features of the new INNOSORT™ FLAKE enable simultaneous flake sorting by polymer, color and transparency achieving unmatched quality even from highly contaminated inputs

News 10.11.2023

HB-Therm unveils extension to Thermo-6 temperature control range

The latest models of the Thermo-6 size 62 are available in variants that enable main-line temperatures of 100, 140 and 160 °C

News 09.11.2023

To identify the filament directly in the plastic

In cooperation with Tailorlux, GRAFE launches a masterbatch for the identification of materials in industrial 3D printing

News 09.11.2023

Avient and Coloro: Collaboration for Sustainable Fiber Colorants

The colorant is in the form of concentrate pellets added to the polymer pellets during the extrusion and melting process

Articles

Preheater Range for Wire and Cable Manufacturing from Zumbach

The range is built around an innovative intelligent induction power controller, ensuring stable and linear heating of conductors.

Articles

How To Replace PFAS in Medical Technology

A team at the Fraunhofer Institute IFAM has succeeded in developing solutions that hold great promise of targeted substitution for PFAS in fields including medical engineering

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Sikora's X-RAY 6000 PRO for quality control by Huacheng Cable

The system allows inline measurement of wall thickness, eccentricity and diameter of up to three material layers

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Sikora inspection and measuring systems ensure the HV and EHV cables

HV and EHV cables place the highest demands on their function and their production

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Bausano Twin Screw Extruder MD 75-30 in the extrusion line

The line is equipped also with a cooling and calibration pipe tank, Digital Extruder control 4.0, degassing unit and pressure transducer

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Mflow extrusion plastometer from ZwickRoell

ASTM D1238 Melt flow plastometer is designed for MVR measurements according to method A