In a latest development in the field of plastics machinery industry two of the well-known names in the field Euromap and United States based SPI inks free trade partnership to boost their operation and strength. According to reports from various sources the partnership will benefit the plastics machinery industry as a whole and it will […]
June 17th, 2014 – Three high performance thermoplastics from Victrex have been added to a leading material and modelling database called Digimat-MX to accelerate the application development process while helping to minimize component weight and costs. The material modelling data stored on the database helps engineers investigate and predict the behaviour of composite materials. These […]
Kierspe/Germany, October 2013 –At K 2013, gwk (www.gwk.com), a leading supplier in the areas of cooling technology, temperature control, water treatment and mould technology, will be demonstrating, how significant savings in energy consumption and cost as well as reductions in cycle times can be achieved in the injection moulding process by using advanced cooling and […]
A collaborative project LIPA (Lightweight Integrated Process Application) betweeen a number of companies is now resulting in the series production of lightweight fibre composite parts.The project combines fabric-reinforced thermoplastic thermoforming with long-fibre direct injection moulding. Tepex fabric-reinforced thermoplasticsheets are cut to size and then pre-heated and then placed in the mould, where they are thermoformed […]
Kaufmann: Varysoft for quality parts with high visual and feel appeal Busslingen, October 2013. – Georg Kaufmann Formenbau AG, Busslingen/Switzerland, has now improved its Varysoft process for the production of soft-touch parts such that their surfaces are even more pleasant and softer and feature a much better grip. The nucleus of this improved process is […]
The German company JELU has developed a fully decayablebiocomposite for industrial processing. The new material made from thermoplastic starch (TPS) and wood fibres is a wood plastic composite (WPC) that fulfils the European Standard for Compostability DIN EN 13432. It can be used with injection moulding and extrusion techniques, and is suitable for conventional plastics […]
