Machinery

PRO300 chiller: precision temperature control and data networking Use of the environmentally friendly and natural R290 refrigerant Energy-efficient mini chillers for analytics, medical engineering and laser technology   At this year’s Engineering Design Show 2023, technotrans focuses on cooling and temperature control solutions that use natural refrigerants. An exhibition highlight…

    New technologies, changed requirements in production and ever more frequent product changes, but also more strict specifications with regard to occupational and environmental protection are significantly changing many production processes. Five trends in mechanical process engineering show this by way of example. Process intensification Forward-looking technologies in process…

ST BlowMoulding was established in 1980, and today, on the occasion of its 40th anniversary, we are pleased to dedicate a thought to those who took part in its history. It has been 40 years of goals, choices and sometimes daring changes, constant commitment and a lot of satisfaction. One…

Visual defects on plastic pellets, like black specks or discolorations, do not affect the functionality of the final product itself but its optic. Ultimately, the size of a contamination determines if it is still visible after the melting of the material. Metallic contamination, however, always poses a risk for plastic…

Film/Sheet Extrusion With the trend moving towards POD lines, India’s Evo Ultra Flat PlusRajoo Engineers will exhibit its Heptafoil sevenlayer blown film line that is able to switch between barrier film and POD processing, with an output of 450 kg/hour. It will also show a twin-screw sheet line for PET.…

US extrusion firm Davis-Standard has introduced the latest option in its award-winning feesdcrew line, the DS-Blend. This patent-pending design improves the performance of a single screw extruder for demanding applications by providing distributive and disipative melt mixing. The two-stage approach achieves outputs similar to those of a single-stage barrier screw,…

UK’s independent providers of materials and product qualification testing, Element Materials Technology, has integrated into its company Admaterials Technologies, a Singapore-based business that provides testing to the construction sector, as well as chemical, environmental and mechanical testing and certification services. This represents the final stage of an extensive integration program…

As it boosts its home-grown space technology capabilities, India has become the fourth country in the world to have launched a rocket to the moon, says Angelica Buan. All this bodes well for the country and preceding aerospace sectors, notwithstanding criticisms from home and abroad on money being channelled to…

Japanese airline JAL’s A350 XWB aircraft, Airbus’s new-generation extra-wide-body midsize jetliner is incorporating chemical firm Teijin’s Tenax TPCL carbon fibre thermoplastic consolidated laminate. The aircraft with primary carbon fibre-reinforced thermoplastic (CFRTP) parts was delivered to JAL recently. As a supplier to Airbus for over 30 years, Teijin says it has…

In keeping with the company’s move to maintain its production in Germany, injection moulding machine maker Arburg officially marked the start of construction on a new assembly hall with a ground-breaking ceremony. With the new building, production capacities for large Allrounder injection moulding machines and turnkey systems are being further…