Machinery News Flexicon Discharger Dust Hood Contains Bag Spout Leaks and Spills November 12, 2013 by plasticsinfomart BETHLEHEM, PA- A new Dust Hood for Flexicon Bulk Bag Dischargers contains spillage and dust that can escape through seams in the bag and folds in the spout.The six-sided enclosure seats against the rim of a hopper or flange of downstream equipment, and is equipped with an exhaust port for dust collection and a hinged […] Read more »
Category Menu Highest precision from the moulded part to the complete module November 12, 2013 by plasticsinfomart Halver/Germany, November 2013 – Systems supplier Mayweg Kunststofftechnik can offer a beneficial combination of leading-edge plastics technologies, encompassing all common processes and materials, in-house mould construction as the foundation for a tight interlocking of design and production, and integrated module assembly right up to packaging and shipment, from which customers can benefit. Cost-efficient multi-component injection moulding […] Read more »
Material News DSMs Stanyl ForTii used in breakthrough LED array holder November 12, 2013 by plasticsinfomart Royal DSM, the global Life Sciences and Materials Sciences company, announces the use of Stanyl® ForTii™ in a breakthrough LED array holder. DSM developed a special grade of its high performance polyamide 4T, for the one of the first ever integrated plastics holder for a LED array. LEDs are setting designers free to create new […] Read more »
Industry Clariant unveils first AddWorks solutions for plastics industry November 12, 2013 by plasticsinfomart AddWorks® application-oriented solutions address needs in defined segments (automotive & transportation; agriculture; packaging; building & construction; E&E; textiles & fibers) AddWorks® LXR™, a new range of Polymer Additives solutions are designed to provide particular effects in a wide variety of applications, across industry segments AddWorks® range enables energy savings, improved productivity and processing, and polymer […] Read more »
Industry Web based Usability, Target Engineering and Customised Energy Saving Solutions November 12, 2013 by plasticsinfomart Maplan banks on process-oriented automation of the elastomer process, quality improvements and a new C6000.web machine controller which is a premiere Ternitz (A) 17. October 2013: At K 2013, Maplan showed a representative cross-section of solutions for elastomer processing. The focus was on semiautomate and fully automated manufacturing concepts, systems for energy-efficient production of moulded […] Read more »
Market News Has the bottom neared in Asian PET markets? November 12, 2013 by plasticsinfomart In Asia, PET prices have been declining since the middle of August in line with the weakening upstream costs and thinning demand as per the pricing service of ChemOrbis. This past week, price ranges on FOB China basis tracked a stable to softer trend while export prices out of South Korea retained their previous week’s […] Read more »
Industry Open House in Kempen and K show 2013 in Düsseldorf both very successful November 11, 2013 by plasticsinfomart Hands-on efficiency The management team around CEO Jürgen Arnold gives a positive account of both the K and the Open House: “We are enthusiastic about the enormous interest shown in our technology at the K, and during the Open House event at the battenfeld-cincinnati facility in Kempen as well. With our new developments we have […] Read more »
Material News BASF to set up Electronic Materials R&D Center Asia Pacific with South Korean university November 11, 2013 by plasticsinfomart BASF is planning to set up a new Electronic Materials Research and Development (R&D) Center Asia Pacific in partnership with Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU) in Suwon, South Korea.A letter of intent was signed on November 7 at a ceremony in Brussels, Belgium, in the presence of Korean Minister of Trade, Industry and Energy, Yoon Sang-jick. The […] Read more »