The NPE in Chicago closes with great satisfaction
51 Years old, the NPE exhibition in Chicago ended in June with a balance sheet rather than positive. For the first time surpassed the 93,000 m2 of exhibition area, there were more exhibitors than ever and the visitors turned out in droves. From the point of view of the exhibitors, as well as all the big companies, it highlighted the presence of Mateu & Solé, represented in the United States.UU. by Empire Technologíes. Brief way, here we present the highlights of the American classroom.
In the field of injection, Mateu & Solé is betting strong on the market in the United States.UU. At its stand visitors could see a Meteor 1060/175, in operation producing small plastic containers for medicinal use, with a mold of hot washing of 16 cavities.
Netstal came with a Synergy 2 c designed to produce complex parts of two colours or two components. The model 2 c 900-100, in operation during the fair, provides benefits such as cost reduction and greater ease of management, as well as rapid cycles which allow. There were also systems for the production of PET preform. Together with Sempac, he presented also a complete system of production of smart cards.
cincinnati milacron (Spain ferromatik milacron) featured seven updated models of the Elektra series of fully automatic injectors. One of the great innovations of the company, however, is the Maxima of 15,600 kN, with only two dishes. In this way Milacron joins the trend marked by other manufacturers to build machines with two dishes.
Engel (in Spain helmut roegele) Meanwhile showed a line of large machines of two dishes: the Duowith compact injection unit and an innovative closure of two dishes that makes possible a reduction of 20% in the space occupied by the machine. We offer two models of 4.400 to 35,000 kN with injection of two hidromecanicos dishes and a version fully hydraulic drive. The NEP was a Hydromechanical Duoof 17,700 kN.
As for krauss maffei (in Spain Coscollola commercial for injection), he had five machines running; from a fuel transfer of two dishes and two units of injection of 710 kN to work with a combination of polypropylene elastomer and thermoplastic, up to a machine of two plates of 8,900 kN, which occupies about 30% less space than the equivalent with three dishes.
In the sample of six machines of Battenfeld (injection) highlighted the model BA 10000/12000 of the HM series, with clamping force of 10,000 kN and a Unirob AS robot. This series already aired on the K95 in Europe and is now available in the United States.UU. with forces from 3,000 to 40,000 n Machines for medium and large force Battenfeld continues to use the hydraulic closing unit of three dishes, with a special parallelism of the dishes.
In another group of machines, the injection blow molding, Krupp corpoplast maschinenbau presented the Blomax 10 machine for an hourly production up 13,000 PET bottles for beverages. All of its stations blowing, feeds of air and water, groups of valve and heating boxes are of the same construction; the remaining modules are standardized, which reduces the cost of investment of the machine. Also showed an injection mould of 96 cavities, main protagonist of the system of injection molding Premax 96.
On the other hand, Krupp kautex presented as a world novelty molding extrusion-blown KEB 100 machine. The machine of the fair featured an extruder S60/20 and a double header for the production of 2.5 l drums. It is a machine designed especially for the production of standard containers.
Following the blowing of bottles, Jomar (in Spain, helmut roegele) had four machines in operation during the exhibition. The latest model of blower incorporates a process controller Allen Bradley SLC 503. It is the model 15, available with different spindles plasticizers: general spindle for PE, PS and PP; Special uses with PVC, PP and PC.
In the field of peripherals, especially of the equipment for testing, Ceast (in Spain, Martín and Aisa) presented the rheo index vs capillary rheometer, with an optimal relationship precio-prestaciones. Use standard procedures of measurement of index of fluidity to perform a curve reológica from a test only.
For its part, Maguire (in Spain, Alimatic) exhibited the smallest gravimetric mixer in the world, based on an innovative mixing technology. It is marketed under the name Micro-blender, offered yields of 25 kg/h and is designed to be used with injectors and extrusion machines small and even large machine working with low volume production.
From the point of view of the raw materials, Ticona, company that emerged from Hoechst, presented a new material of sintering. The new polyamine of phenylene (PPSO2) is marketed under the name ceramer and is used as an additive to improve resistance to wear and tear on the fluoropolímeros and improve the "metalizabilidad" of other polymers.
Dow reported on their new families of resin: polypropylene, crystalline polymers Questra, enhanced polyethylene Elite and interpolímeros of ethylene-styrene resins.
