Industry Amcor Rigid Plastics is National Sponsor of America Recycles Day 2013 November 19, 2013 by plasticsinfomart MANCHESTER, Mich., November 12, 2013 – Amcor Rigid Plastics, the world’s leading producer of rigid plastic packaging, has announced its participation as a national sponsor of America Recycles Day 2013, a national initiative of Keep America Beautiful, a U.S.-based non-profit organization that focuses on consumer environmental education and awareness. Amcor – one of the world’s […] Read more »
Breaking News Category Menu Solvay's Ixef® PARA Selected Over Metal in New Disposable Laparoscopic Dynamic Retraction System November 19, 2013 by plasticsinfomart ALPHARETTA, Ga., November 12, 2013 – NovaTract Surgical Inc., Madison, Conn., has developed the NovaTract™ Dynamic Retractor, a unique disposable 5-mm laparoscopic rectractor that helps increase visualization and easy manipulation of organs for general, colorectal, gynecologic, urologic, and robotic-assisted minimally invasive surgery. The retractor’s trigger is molded of Ixef® polyarylamide (PARA) resin from Solvay Specialty […] Read more »
Material News VICTREX PEEK Exceeds NORSOK M710 Qualification and Demonstrates Further Testing in New White Paper November 19, 2013 by plasticsinfomart WEST CONSHOHOCKEN, PA USA –In response to standardization requirements of the oil and gas industry, Victrex Polymer Solutions contracted MERL to perform an investigation to evaluate the compliance of VICTREX® PEEK to the NORSOK M-710 Standard for sour (H2S) aging at 1,450 psi (10 MPa) and test temperatures of 175°C (347°F), 195°C (383°F) and 210°C […] Read more »
Industry New generation of powerful, precise laser marking workstations November 19, 2013 / March 7, 2017 by plasticsinfomart Selmsdorf/Lüdenscheid, November 2013 – With its compact workstations in the M-Series, M2000-B/P and M3000-B/P, FOBA Laser Marking + Engraving presents a new generation of flexible laser marking machines for the precise, quick and economic processing of geometrically complex workpieces of varying sizes as well as small and large batches of parts. The M2000 and M3000 are available in […] Read more »
Industry Automation with FIPA:Customised gripper protects employees’ backs November 19, 2013 / March 7, 2017 by plasticsinfomart FIPA GmbH (www.fipa.com) has developed a gripper for AUMA Riester GmbH & Co. KG that considerably improves ergonomics in the workplace. The gripper makes it easier to handle electric motors, shortens cycle times and offers a high degree of process reliability.AUMA has been developing and producing electric actuators and valve gearboxes for over 45 years. Today, the company […] Read more »
Category Menu New standardised hot runner manifold concept November 19, 2013 by plasticsinfomart HASCO is presenting a completely revised hot runner concept for the first time at K2013. This offers a very wide range of options for the layout of a hot runner system, despite the different, standardised outside dimensions of the manifold blocks. Not only can the hole distances for the nozzles be freely selected within the […] Read more »
Category Menu Thinky mixer from Intertronics provides rapid one step dispersal/degassing in production sized material quantities November 19, 2013 by plasticsinfomart The Thinky ARE-500 mixer from Intertronics is a high performance industrial non-contact “planetary” mixer that is suitable for all engineering compounds – liquids, pastes and powders. It mixes, disperses and degasses materials in seconds to minutes, in a sealed or lid-less container such as a jar, beaker, syringe tube or cartridge using a non-contact mixing […] Read more »
Industry ENGEL Receives State Prize for Innovation November 19, 2013 by plasticsinfomart ENGEL AUSTRIA is one of the 2013 winners of the Upper Austrian State Prize for Innovation. Thanks to its new all-electric and tie-bar-less injection moulding machine, the ENGEL e-motion 30 TL, ENGEL secured second place in the large-scale enterprise category.This innovative machine again pushes Austria into the focus of the global electronics industry, thus safeguarding […] Read more »
