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What a Show! K 2010 proves a huge success

By K Advisor Staff November 3, 2010

With attendance through Tuesday evening hitting 207,500 unique visitors, the K tradeshow once again worked its magnet-like pull on the industry’s experts, bringing processors together from around the world to discover the best the suppliers have to offer. Needless to say, exhibitors are thrilled at the strength of the show. “Fantastic!” was the response that KSD staffers heard at stands large and small, and across all processes.

Graham Packaging building all-electric blowmolders in Poland

By Stephen Moore November 2, 2010

Through a licensing agreement with Japan’s Tahara Machinery, Graham Packaging is manufacturing ESM series all-electric extrusion blowmolding machines at its affiliate in Poland. The second machine manufactured by Graham Packaging Poland is on show at K at The Japan Steel Works (JSW) booth (Stand 14C37-1). JSW is the parent company of Tahara.

Hosokawa Alpine promotes five-layer system’s flexibility

By Tony Deligio November 2, 2010

To display the flexibility of its extrusion technology and the structure of the film, Hosokawa Alpine (Stand 16D6) has run three different versions of a five-layer film structure at its booth during the show, using polyolefins from ExxonMobil Chemical, Nova Chemicals (Stand 6A43), and Sabic (Stand 6D42), all without edge trim.

Sales up, new machines sold at Nissei ASB

By Matt Defosse November 2, 2010

“The K is where we launch the majority of our products,” said Jamie Pace, VP and general manager of Nissei ASB Company, the Atlanta, GA-based subsidiary of Japan’s Nissei ASB (Stand 14B38), and this show is no exception, with two new machines on the company’s stand.

Recycling system tackles challenging materials

By Stephen Moore November 2, 2010

Recycling multilayer, heavily printed film, moist materials, and highly contaminated plastics into pellets suitable for use in high-quality film products is now possible with the Erema TVEplus series from Erema Engineering Recycling (Stand 9C05). On show at K is the 1310 version with screw diameter of 100 mm with capacity up to 650 kg/hr.

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Tech Point

Gneuss Rotary Filtration Systems

Gneuss Rotary Filtration Systems enable fully-automatic, process and pressure constant melt filtration.

Reducing Costs in Thermoplastic Compounds Using Process Additives

Struktol Company of America is a leading supplier of Intelligent Additive Solutions to the global polymer industry. In today’s economy, there are a number of factors that can lead to an increase in raw material costs for processors.

Compuplast

For over 20 years, Compuplast has provided advanced CAE tools and services to the polymer processing industry, worldwide. The Compuplast®, Virtual Extrusion Laboratory™ Suite of CAE tools (VEL™) allows designers to evaluate the performance of their designs, in a virtual environment, before they go to the expense of manufacturing and performing physical experiments.

NEW SoftGate® Valve Pin Control for Sequential Molding

INCOE®’s new patent pending SoftGate® hot runner valve pin speed control is a highlight of innovative developments on display at K2010. With precisely controlled opening of the valve gate nozzles, the process offers new reliability for surface quality in sequential injection molding applications.

High Barrier Films through Double-Bubble Extrusion

Macro's DXL Series of double bubble lines for biaxially oriented film is the ideal solution for processors seeking to produce high performance tubing for multilayer barrier shrink bags.

Increase Your Precision Injection Molding Productivity by 23%

The DME Company Electric Valve Gate Hot Runner System is ideally suited for high-precision and cleanroom requirements of the medical, food and pharmaceutical markets; and it also offers greater process windows for all molding applications. The EVG produces a positive valve shutoff, up to 35,000 psi of closing force for optimum part quality, faster speeds and ultimate versatility.

White Paper: Process Management in Pouch Making; Measure and Control for Verifiable Quality

As the flexible packaging market began to grow and stretch it’s boundaries into food, beverage and medical applications, end-users demanded higher levels of quality and, in some instances, full validation of the sealing process.

NEW! EXTRUSION TOOLING SERIES

Utilizes State of the Art 3D CAD, CFD and FEA software for the latest in Extrusion Tooling.

Direct-Flo™ Gold hot runners for efficient molding performance

INCOE® ‘s Direct-Flo™ Gold hot runner nozzles now include increased length heating elements. This reduces the area necessary to accommodate wires previously on the outside of the heater along the entire length of the nozzle. DF Gold systems are designed for technical applications using engineered resins in any part size category.

Struktol Engineered Products for Processing and Physical Enhancements

Struktol Company of America is a leading supplier of Intelligent Additive Solutions to the global polymer industry. Struktol’s new line of Engineered Products enhance the processing and physical properties, but can also provide outstanding surface finishes, flame retardancy and product durability.