Processing

06-19-2019

Personnel Changes at BASF

New Managers in Various Business Areas

Martin Jung will, as President, succeed Raimar Jahn effective September 1, 2019.   more

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06-12-2019

Report from the Plastics Industry Association’s Committee on Equipment Statistics

Decline of Plastics Machinery Shipments in the First Quarter

As reported by the Plastics Industry Association’s Committee on Equipment Statistics (CES), which collects monthly data from manufacturers of plastic injection molding, extrusion, blow molding, hot runners and auxiliary equipment, the shipments value of primary plastics machinery in North America declined in the first quarter of 2019.   more

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06-12-2019

20 Years BBG

Anniversary with Product Premieres

Together with around 100 guests and partners from Europe, Asia and North America BBG celebrated its the 20th anniversary in mid-May. At the event that was organized at the company's headquarters in Mindelheim in the Unterallgäu region the specialist for the plastics processing industry presented a large number of new products.   more

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Published on 05-20-2019

Precise Simulation of Thermal Behavior

Cooling Simulation with Temp-Flex Hoses

Users can now precisely simulate and design the mold temperature control already at the planning phase.   more

Simcon GmbH

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Published on 05-14-2019

Rapid Reporting from the Dynamic Zone

Thermal Sensor Offers Greater Precision in Cyclic Temperature Control

A new thermal sensor with extremely short response time increases the process accuracy of the Z-System for partial and cyclical mold temperature control   more

Hotset GmbH Heizpatronen + Zubehör

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Published in Kunststoffe international 2019/05

Turbo among Plasticizers

Elatur DPT Based on Pentanols for PVC Applications

Produced from pentanols sourced from the C4-production-Verbund, the plasticizer improves interaction with PVC due to its polar character and thus accelerates processing.   more

Evonik Performance Materials GmbH

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Kunststoffe international 2019/05, PAGE 43 - 46

Nozzles Regulate Thickness

Adaptive Flow Resistors in the Spiral Mandrel Tool Compensate for Volume Flows

Wall thickness fluctuations often occur during the production of blown films. Spiral mandrel dies with adjustable nozzles can balance the...   more

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Kunststoffe international 2019/05, PAGE 32 - 35

Everything Keeps Flowing

Structured Surfaces in Injection Molds Allow for Longer Flow Paths

The filling of injection molds with plastic melt depends, among other things, on the surface quality of the mold cavity. An...   more

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Kunststoffe international 2019/05, PAGE 40 - 42

From the Vertical Machine into the Car Door

Assembly of Higher Integrated Car Window Modules through Injection Molding

The integration of individual parts to a multifunctional assembly is one of the important innovation potentials of plastic injection...   more

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