Environment Recycling News WRAP trials produce black plastics recycling breakthrough September 29, 2011 by plasticsinfomart Recycling black plastics and other complex polymers may soon be feasible due to breakthrough trials which have identified for the first time reprocessing methods capable of separating them out. Over a million tonnes of plastics packaging still ends up going to landfill because of the difficulty of collecting and recycling films, challenges in detecting and […] Read more »
Category Menu Product News Injection molder Value Plastics introduced new medical connector range September 29, 2011 by plasticsinfomart Value Plastics, an injection molder of plastic tubing connectors that we visited earlier this year, has expanded its product range with its new MQC Series of connectors as an alternative to luer connectors. The ISO 9001-2008-registered company, based in Fort Collins, Colorado, molds millions of components/month in a Class 14644 cleanroom, with average part size […] Read more »
Environment Recycling News Recycling methods developed for landfill plastics September 28, 2011 by plasticsinfomart The trials, which were funded by the UK government backed Waste and Resources Action Programme (WRAP), were able to identify methods of recycling materials such as black plastics, complex laminated plastics, plastic films, and polypropylene (PP). Each year, more than 300,000 tonnes of plastic packaging is collected and recycled, but over a million tonnes, much […] Read more »
Category Menu Product News Plastic Rims for Cars September 28, 2011 by plasticsinfomart While the engineers in the video make some backhanded references to the mass of the rims, the point that is missed is that the moment of inertia for these wheels versus metal is much lower, so that the car will accelerate faster. Let me explain with an example. Back when I used to race bicycles, […] Read more »
End Markets Processes BOY 22E low clamping force injection machine to debut at Fakuma 2011 September 28, 2011 by plasticsinfomart The new BOY 22E with servo-motor pump drive will make its premiere at Fakuma 2011, scheduled to take place in Friedrichshafen, Germany from October 18-22. According to its producer, Dr Boy GmbH & Co KG, a manufacturer of injection molding machines with a clamping force below 1,000kN, the latest drive technology equipped on the 200kN […] Read more »
Category Menu Product News New battenfeld-cincinnati KryoSys PO extrusion line shown in Vietnamese pipe factory September 28, 2011 by plasticsinfomart battenfeld-cincinnati said in a statement on September 22 that its new KryoSys PO pipe extrusion line was displayed at Vietnamese pipe producer Tien Phong Plastic Joint Stock Company’s open house event from August 4-5 in Haiphong. During the event, a battenfeld-cincinnati 1,200mm GreenPipe extrusion line with a maximum output of 1,400kg/h was seen producing pipes […] Read more »
Category Menu Machinery News KraussMaffei introduces new MX650+ injection molding machine for packaging industry September 28, 2011 by plasticsinfomart On September 22, plastics processing machines manufacturer KraussMaffei has introduced the new MX650+ injection molding machine which can offer injection rates of up to 700mm/s for the packaging industry. As said, the MX650+ can cope with different mold installation heights using large molds containing a large number of mold cavities, thus attaining precise platen parallelism […] Read more »
Environment Recycling News Sonoco Recycling Introduces Sonoco Sustainability Star Award Program September 27, 2011 by plasticsinfomart Sonoco Recycling, a wholly owned subsidiary of Hartsville, S.C.-based Sonoco, has launched its Sonoco Sustainability Star Award program. Sonoco says that the program was created to recognize customer and Sonoco facilities for achieving significant milestones in landfill diversion and waste stream reduction. The program is comprised of three tiers: * Gold recognizes facilities that have […] Read more »