British Plastics & Rubber articles from April 2002

British Plastics & Rubber archives from April 2002

Academics endorse pulsed mould cooling. (Injection Moulding).
April 1, 2002... RE Promotion Services has for many years preached the benefits of pulsed heating and cooling of injection moulds. Now at this year's Antec conference in the USA research programmes from three universities, Bradford and Brunel in the UK and Penn...

Toy-making quality extended to plant containers. (Injection Moulding).(Geobra Brandstatter)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... GERMAN toy manufacturer Geobra Brandstatter, which makes the Playmobil figures, has diversified into plant pots. Not just ordinary plant pots, but pots with a built-in irrigation system which have dictated a move into sandwich moulding. ...

Controller watches for idle moments and cuts the power. (Injection Moulding).(advertisement)
April 1, 2002... A [pounds sterling]150 DEVICE which detects when an injection moulding machine is not being used and shuts down the hydraulics, heaters and associated equipment including the mould temperature controller, hot runner control or air compressor is...

Integrated robot option now lifts more, does more and has full CNC control. (Injection Moulding).(advertisment)
April 1, 2002... ARBURG introduced its Multilift integral robot system a couple of years ago. Most installations have so far been in Germany, although a few British moulders have bought them. Now the scope has been extended with the introduction of a new...

Star now uses Fanuc robots. (Injection Moulding).(advertisment)
April 1, 2002... STAR Automation Europe and Fanuc have reached an agreement giving Star the authority to use Fanuc robots in its automated systems for handling and assembly of injection moulded parts, adding six-axis capability to Star's own ranges of...

Insert moulding brings motor industry success. (Injection Moulding).
April 1, 2002... INSERT moulding is helping specialist cable manufacturer EC Hopkins meet cost reduction demands by the motor industry. The company's wire winding and flocking division in Bilston, West Midlands, makes Hopflex helically-wound flocked cables...

Negri Bossi buys BM Biraghi.
April 1, 2002... CONSOLIDATION in Italian injection moulding machinery manufacture has taken another step with the purchase by the Sacmi Imola group, through Negri Bossi, of a majority share in BM Biraghi. This brings under one roof the brands of Negri Bossi,...

And now for the good news. (Injection Moulding).(Statistical Data Included)
April 1, 2002... With so much gloom and despondency in manufacturing we asked companies in the injection moulding sector for some good new to balance the bad. We were not overwhelmed, but there were certainly encouraging significant things are not as bleak as...

Improved static control for medical moulding cleanroom. (Injection Moulding).(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... TO SATISFY demands from Japanese customers for medical and pharmaceutical products, Sovrin Plastics has installed Meech static control devices into its cleanroom production and assembly facilities, to ensure particle free production. ...

Find out how good you are -- in the quiet of your own home. (Injection Moulding).(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... Free self-assessment analysis of injection moulding skills is offered by Polymer Training. Visitors to the company's web site may grade their knowledge and establish where there are gaps. Summarised responses can be returned by e-mail or post....

More accessability, less floorspace for new corner jointing machine. (Injection Moulding).
April 1, 2002... A REDESIGNED corner jointing machine has been developed by Maplan to meet increasing demands for a downstroking top injection design. The new TT-model is noted for its accessibility to the strip intake, which can be mounted at the rear or...

QMC is no good without efficient fluid management. (Injection Moulding).(Staubli fluid connectors)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
April 1, 2002... FLUID connectors from Staubli have helped keep down mould change times at the new moulding shop at Triumph Motorcycles in Hinckley -- which luckily escaped damage when the assembly plant caught fire last month. Triumph set up the plant...

Dedicated electric machine for LCD light guides. (Injection Moulding).
April 1, 2002... PRODUCTION time for the light guides used in the liquid crystal displays of notebook computers has been halved by a new machine from Nissei. Nissei has been building hydraulic machines specifically for moulding light guides for mobile...

Stadium Plastics sold. (Injection Moulding).(Stadium Group)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
April 1, 2002... THE plastics interests of the Stadium Group, put up for sale in order for the group to concentrate on electronics, have been bought by two Birmingham entrepreneurs in association with Invex Capital Partners. Stadium Plastics, which has a...

Thermocouple sensors for cavity temperature control. (Injection Moulding).(Priamus System Technologies)
April 1, 2002... TO ACHIEVE better control of injection moulding Priamus System Technologies advocates the combination of cavity temperature and pressure measurement rather than by pressure alone. Shrinkage of a part cannot be controlled by cavity pressure...

Letters.
April 1, 2002... Cavity temperature control is not a hot runner panacea With reference to your article Monitoring cavity temperature maintains hot runner balance in the March issue of British Plastics & Rubber, I have no doubt that your explanation is...

Photo quality printing for bottle tops. (Injection Moulding).
April 1, 2002... A NEW type of pad printer made by Printing International has been designed specifically for printing bottle caps with photographic images. The Orion 8 is capable of printing all types of bottle cap at rates up to 80,000/hr with a resolution of...

Twinshot -- on the market and in action. (Injection Moulding).(plastic co-injection process)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... THE Twinshot Technologies co-injection process that uses a bored out main screw to carry a second melt stream to the front of the barrel, is now more widely available through a licence agreement with international screw manufacturer Spirex...

Gas Cleaner sucks out the volatiles. (Injection Moulding).(Nissei)
April 1, 2002... NISSEI has introduced a system known as Gas Cleaner for the extraction of air and gases from molten material in the barrel of an injection moulding machine. It is aimed particularly at mouldings in PA, PPE and alloys in order to reduce the...

Hasco adds hot runner controllers. (Injection Moulding).
April 1, 2002... HASCO has introduced a new series of temperature control units for hot runners and heated nozzles. The Z 122/1 can control up to nine circuits each with a power consumption of 3.6 kW while Z 123/1 and Z 123/2 multi zone controllers for multi...

Electronic unit kills scale for Richco. (Injection Moulding).(cleaning machinery by Environmental Treatment Concepts)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... US-BASED fixings and fastenings specialist Richco has installed the Scalewatcher-Enigma electronic descaling system from Environmental Treatment Concepts at its plant in Gravesend, Kent to prevent the scaling-up of its 21 injection moulding...

2K with LSR. (Injection Moulding).(Bayer U.K. Ltd./General Electric Company PLC/Krauss-Maffei contract to research)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... BAYER, GE Bayer Silicones and Krauss-Maffei have started a programme of research into the two component moulding of nylon, PBT and polycarbonate with liquid silicone rubbers.

Business blossoms by encouraging inventors. (Injection Moulding).(West Alloy Group joint ventures with KP Manufacturing Co. to produce collapsible vase)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... THE Folding Vase, a flat pack product for florists, has been developed following the merging of the design and toolmaking skills of the West Alloy Group with the moulding capacity of its KP Manufacturing company. The pair offer services to...

Internet ordering for Arburg spares. (Injection Moulding).(Arburg GmbH und Co. online)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... SPARES for Arburg machines can now be ordered directly from Germany over the internet. Users enter their e-mail address and password, and can identify a component by its own part number, or by identifying it as part of a machine by quoting the...

More money for plastics recycling research. (Reclamation).(Waste and Resources Action Programme, United Kingdom)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
April 1, 2002... THE Waste and Resources Action Programme (WRAP) is inviting proposals for projects aimed at increasing the use of recycled materials in the UK. The organisation has a [pounds sterling]10 million rolling R & D programme to fund research...

Setting standards for recycled scrap. (Reclamation).(Plastics Recycling Council, United Kingdom)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... THE Plastics Recycling Council has started a project to generate a range of standards for plastics recycling. The project, which is funded by the DTI, Biffaward, EMR and ICL, aims to create new standards for the waste plastic which is the...

Report details problems and potential of bottle recycling. (Reclamation).(Waste and Resources Action Programme www.wrap.org.uk)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
April 1, 2002... ONE of the key plastics recycling targets in Britain is the plastic bottle. While it is a readily identifiable component of the waste stream, the reclaim rate for the bottle is markedly disppointing. Of the 500,000 tonnes of post-consumer...

Recycled rubber crumb -- a growing market in safety surfaces. (Reclamation).(Statistical Data Included)
April 1, 2002... John D Peel of Industrial Copolymers describes uses for sports and safety surfaces made of recycled rubber, and how they are formulated for different applications. AT ANY one time there are 800 million used tyres scattered across America....

Taking the dust out recyclate conveying. (Reclamation).
April 1, 2002... CONVEYING recycled materials can present difficulties in dealing with dust, which is why Kongskilde has introduced its Multievacuator. Capacities are up to 8 tonnes/hr and operation may be by vacuum or a combination of vacuum and pressure. ...

Agent for Canadian shredders. (Reclamation).(Shred-Tech)
April 1, 2002... RECYCLING Systems (Europe) has been appointed UK and Ireland agent for Shred-Tech, a Canadian shredding machine manufacturer whose range of 15 models includes twin shaft high torque types and new single rotor shredders specifically designed for...

GW takes a harder line on plastics recovery. (Reclamation).(GW Plastics Recycling granulators)
April 1, 2002... SINCE its formation in 2000, GW Plastics Recycling of Daventry has solely reclaimed soft materials such as shrink and pallet wrap but, in response to customer demand, it has now purchased a Weima SMW 400/600 granulator to recycle hard plastics....

Varied toolbox for taking out metal contamination. (Reclamation).(advertisement)
April 1, 2002... THE ERIEZ metal separation module comprises ferrous and non ferrous separators with an in-line detection and separation unit as a final quality check. A typical module has four magnetic separation stages. Material is fed evenly by a variable...

Granulator dedicated to optical disc sprues. (Reclamation).(CONAIR)
April 1, 2002... CONAIR is the latest granulator manufacturer to add a model for CD/DVD sprue scrap reclamation to its range. The CR66-CD machine has a stainless steel rotor and cutter housing with six rotating and two fixed knives. Hole size of the stainless...

Coloured PET has more value in pallets. (Reclamation).(Remaplan Anlagenbau GmbH)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
April 1, 2002... COLOURED PET flake is more difficult to dispose of than clear material because there are fewer re-use applications available for it. Remaplan has an answer with its equipment to mould heavy duty pallets. The pallet is 1,200 x 800 x 155 mm...

Swedish brewery buys British for bottle scrap reclamation. (Reclamation).(Spendrups Bryggeri AB installs UPM system)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... SPENDRUPS Brewery in Sweden has installed a UPM system for reclaiming post consumer PET bottle scrap. Regrind is sold to a processor for reuse as insulation for duvets and anoraks. The system deals with bulk bins of bottles returned to the...

Reclaim system handles edge trim without MFI degradation. (Reclamation).(GAMMA Meccanica)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
April 1, 2002... GAMMA Meccanica reclamation systems are designed to avoid increasing the MFI of materials being reprocessed. The company's new Refil line is for PE edge trim reclaim and has a capacity of 60 kg/hr. The special shredding device incorporated...

Mini Munchy does 40 kg/hr. (Reclamation).(Munchy K40 Aqua reprocessing system)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
April 1, 2002... MUNCHY is claiming that its minimum operating area of 6 [m.sup.2] makes the Munchy K40 Aqua reprocessing system the smallest of its type available. Average power consumption is 12 kW and output 40 kg/hr. Variable speed drive is incorporated...

Shredders deal with baled scrap. (Reclamation).(advertisement)(advertisment)
April 1, 2002... HR series single shaft shredders have been introduced by Herbold Meckesheim for the reduction of bales of film, purgings, large parts, thick walled pipes, cables and post consumer waste. Noise and dust levels are low because of their slow...

Curv now available in commercial quantities. (Composites).(British Petroleum starts up commercial line)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... BP has started up a commercial line for the production of Curv self-reinforcing polypropylene composite sheet at its fabrics and fibres division site at Gronau in Germany. Curv is an attempt to improve the mechanical properties of...

Compounder builder concentrate on long fibre thermoplastics. (Composites).(Coperion Holding GmbH, Berstorff GmbH, J. Dieffenbacher Gesellschaft mit beschraenkter Haftung und Co.)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... Compounding lines for the production of long fibre thermoplastics have been introduced by Coperion and Berstorff, while press manufacturer Dieffenbacher has combined compounding with press feeding. The Coperion technology covers a number of...

Big Shelley former destined for concrete shuttering. (Film & Sheet).(Cannon Shelley to supply thermoforming machines to Grupo Valero)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... CANNON Shelley is to supply one of the largest fully automatic thermoforming machines to be built in Europe in recent years to Grupo Valero of Alicante in Spain, a supplier of decorative cornice and fascia moulding systems for buildings. It...

Slider zips beat other resealables, say consumers. (Film & Sheet).(advertisements)
April 1, 2002... A SLIDER closure system for in-line application using form-fill-seal and bag conversion machinery is being launched in Europe by Supreme Plastics. Slider style bags are popular in the USA for products such as cheese and wet wipes, where...

Parkside Flexibles to buy BP's Performance Films business. (Film & Sheet).(BP Chemicals)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
April 1, 2002... BP CHEMICALS has found a buyer for another part of its Plastic Fabrications Group, which it decided to divest a year ago to concentrate on its core chemicals business. It is to sell its Performance Films business to Parkside Flexibles,...

Air control improves tool temperature balance. (Film & Sheet).(advertisement)
April 1, 2002... Thermoforming toolmaker Marbach of Germany, has developed novel air control technology to improve tool temperature balance, with resultant benefits in product quality and cycle times. The company s compressed air feed process allows higher...

Welsh rigid PVC film producer doubles capacity. (Film & Sheet).(G-Plas)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
April 1, 2002... G-Plas, which describes itself as the fastest growing supplier of rigid packaging film to the UK market, has commissioned a fourth production line that doubles its capacity. The expansion forms part of a [pounds sterling]3 million investment at...

Rexam sells flexible packaging plants. (Film & sheet).(to Amcor Ltd.)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
April 1, 2002... AUSTRALIAN-based packaging producer Amcor is buying Rexam's Ledbury and Thetford flexible packaging plants for Eur 17.9 million. The plants had combined sales of Eur 68 million in 2001 and combined net assets of Eur 24 million at the end of the...

AC vector machines installed to improve quality control. (Pipe & Profile Extrusion).(advertisement)
April 1, 2002... WINDMILL Extrusions has added a Boston Matthews 60 mm AC vector extruder with ExtruPro Plus control system and an AC vector caterpillar haul-off to its 20 extrusion lines, running 24 hours a day to make components for Data-Strip and electronic...

Tooling for coextrusion of plastics and rubber. (Pipe & Profile Extrusion).(Guill Tool and Engineering Co.)(Advertising)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
April 1, 2002... SYNCROFLOW tooling for coextrusion of plastics and rubber materials introduced by Guill Tool of the USA promises the potential of novel composite products. The plastic layer can be run on the inside or outside because the tooling has a barrier...

Improved wear resistance for barrels. (Pipe & Profile Extrusion).(Advertising)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... WEAR resistance at lower cost is being offered by Screwtech for twin screw extruder barrels. This is ST4, a new lower cost steel that Screw-tech believes gives very similar wear characteristics to CPM9V and has the added bonus of significantly...

Plastics/metal composite pipe market is growing. (Pipe & Profile Extrusion).(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... GROWTH in the market share of aluminium/plastic composite pipe for heating and sanitary operations is predicted by Battenfeld to rise from the current figure of 10 - 15 per cent to between 15 and 20 per cent by 2004. It is to meet this...

Milacron buys German extruder manufacturer. (Pipe & Profile Extrusion).(Compounding Processing Machinery GmbH)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... GERMAN parallel twin-screw extruder manufacturer Compounding Processing Machinery has been bought by Milacron and added to its Extrusion Tek business. CPM will become CPM Milacron and will be marketed globally from both the USA and Europe. CPM...

Extrusion line designed for the physically disabled. (Pipe & Profile Extrusion).(Environement Handicap Plasturgie)(Battenfeld UK)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... In a departure from the normal idea of a 'customised' extrusion line, Battenfeld has built a PE reclaim line for a French company, modified to a lower height format to enable it to be operated by people in wheelchairs. EHP (Environement...

Slabstock process can be filled without blocking the metering system. (Reaction Processing).(Hennecke)(Advertising)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
April 1, 2002... The apparent impossibility of making filled slabstock foams using [CO.sub.2] as a physical foaming agent has been overcome with new technology from Hennecke. The problem arises because of the way in which [CO.sub.2] is introduced to the...

Foam manufacturer uses gaseous not liquid [CO.sub.2]. (Reaction Processing).(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... AN American supplier of polyurethane equipment has installed a system for foaming polyurethane using gaseous [CO.sub.2] to an undisclosed company in Britain. Linden Industries/EMB, installed three units at the company, which adds sound...

Speciality machine from SIG for polycarbonate water cooler bottles. (Blow Moulding).(SIG Blowtec)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
April 1, 2002... A NEW machine has been introduced by SIG Blowtec to make 20 litre polycarbonate water cooler bottles as an alternative to blowing them on the technical BlowTec 2-20 machine. BlowTec machines are in use around the world for water cooler...

Prototyping blow moulder now has electric drive. (Blow Moulding).(Advertising)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... THE MCP 50 prototyping blow moulding machine has been upgraded with an electric screw drive to reduce noise levels and cycle times. The higher torque available on the MCP/50E compared with previous models is said to enable a wider range of...

Sidel settles with Milacron in a quid pro quo. (Blow Moulding).(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... THE last of the current round of patent suits by Milacron against companies using personal computers to control plastics machinery has been settled. Sidel has made a one-off payment to purchase a licence. Unlike the previous list of companies...

Special dryers for PET blow air. (Blow Moulding).(polyethylene)(Hankison UK)(Advertising)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
April 1, 2002... REFRIGERATED compressed air dryers and filters specifically for treating the air used to blow PET containers have been introduced by Hankison UK. The HPET series dryers are designed for 50 bar operation with a 3 degC dew point. They are...

Big bag discharger 'is dust free'. (Blow Moulding).(Flexicon (Europe) Ltd.)(Advertising)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
April 1, 2002... A NEW FIBC discharger from Flexicon (Europe) for use inline with pneumatic conveying systems is claimed to eliminate escape of dust during untying, discharge and removal. A Spout-Lock manual clamping ring above a Tele-Tube pneumatic telescoping...

PVC blending plant upgraded. (Blow Moulding).(polyvinyl chloride)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... ADVANCED Bulk Systems has upgraded the PVC blending plant of the Dolphin Division of Sealed Air Corporation, Poole, Dorset, and enabled production to be increased by 50 per cent. Rigid thermoforming film up to 1 mm thick is produced for the...

Laser marking PET bottles improves on ink jet without weakening. (Blow Moulding).(polyethylene)(Alltec)(Advertising)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... PET bottles can be market by laser without risk of damage to the material which might risk leakage of product or loss of gas, says Alltec, which makes laser marking equipment. Marking can be performed at high production rates without...

Hot competition in finite element flow analysis. (Software Review).
April 1, 2002... Moldflow was the first to go commercial with computer programs that simulated injection moulding. That was almost a quarter of a century ago. Moldfiow was first, too, with finite element methods. Since then it has absorbed its main competitor...

emould@work aims to improve mouldmaking collaboration. (Software Review).(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... AN exciting new project now under way will have a significant impact on all mouldmakers. The aim is to develop new software for web-based mouldmaking management. It is an acknowledgement that in the modern world, mould design and production for...

Cimatron automates mould design tasks. (Software Review).(advertisement)
April 1, 2002... CIMATRON E is a CAD/CAM environment developed in Israel with the tooling industry in mind and boasting more than 14,000 installations worldwide. It is an ACIS-based application with a unified solid-surface-wireframe modelling environment. ...

'Single solution' for plant floor SPC. (Software Review).(advertisement)
April 1, 2002... ADEPT Scientific has released version 2.2 of Quality Monitor, the plant-floor data collection and SPC charting package developed by Northwest Analytical. NWA Quality Monitor is an off-the-shelf program that is configurable to provide...

Mold-Masters offers Moldflow studies. (Software Review).(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... HOT RUNNER specialist Mold-Masters has set up a flow analysis service for its customers worldwide. The company will use Moldflow's Plastics Insight analysis suite to simulate the injection moulding process and will work with customers to...

Delcam upgrades electrode program... (Software Review).(advertisement)
April 1, 2002... DELCAM is upgrading its PS-Electrode module for the rapid and automated design of mouldmaking electrodes. One new option allows users to check the quality of the imported model and adjust tolerances between the edges of the various surfaces...

Omnexus TechCenter. (What's New on the Web).(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... Omnexus has added a free ask-the-expert Tech-Center to its ever-expanding web resource. The service is staffed by experts from more than 20 leading plastic industry suppliers allied to Omnexus. You can search the knowledge base to see if your...

Tool & MoldMakers. (What's New on the Web).(directory of tool and mold makers)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... What is claimed to be the world's first sourcing directory of tool and mould makers will appear both on the web and in print. The database will cover companies in Europe, North America and the Asia-Pacific region. The aim is to provide buyers...

K-Mold Care. (What's New on the Web).(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... Korea CAD/CAM Solutions has launched this English-language site to support users of its K-Mold 3D mould design software. The site includes an online user manual, training material, K-Mold tips, an explanation of functionality, a knowledge base,...

Rexam Engineered Films. (What's New on the Web).(Web site covers available services)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... This new web site details the full range of coating, laminating and converting services offered by Rexam Engineered Films. Sections cover plant capabilities and processes, development and technical support, quality and process control, and...

SolventCentral. (What's New on the Web).(Web site, solvents information)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... Plastics people often have a need for solvents and are finding that the old favourites will not do any more because of the need to avoid volatile organic compounds. SolventCentral could be the answer. This free resource helps you to select...

...and partners with SensAble. (Software Review).(Delcam International PLC PowerMILL software)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... SENSABLE Technologies, the developer of the FreeForm touch-based modelling system, has selected Delcam's PowerMILL package as the preferred machining software for use with FreeForm. A global partnership between the companies enables SensAble to...

Hawes signs up for infor:com. (Software Review).(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... Infor:swan Business Solutions has landed its first UK client for infor:project, a company-wide ERP system specially designed for project-based manufacturing and plant engineering. Hawes Signs has purchased a 75-user system for its...

Waste minimisation tools: the last in the series by Dr Robin Kent intended to help the plastics industry reduce costs through waste minimisation. (Waste Minimisation).(Brief Article)(Column)
April 1, 2002... THE key tools in waste minimisation are the 'waste tracking model' and the 'cause and effect diagram'. These help to find both 'fast starts' and to develop a systematic approach for long-term savings. The waste tracking model To...

Adhesives for watersports. (Adhesives).(by Dunlop Industrial)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
April 1, 2002... Dunlop Industrial has produced new adhesives to meet the severe challenges posed by watersports applications. These range from the construction of vessels to the manufacture of specialised clothing, and call for a high level of performance,...

On-line porosity testing. (Porosity).(on-line multi-chamber porometer by Porous Materials Inc.)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... Filter materials can be tested without damage and without having to cut out samples by a new On-Line Multi-Chamber Porometer developed by Porous Materials of New York, USA. The filtration medium simply slides through the sample chamber...

Vacuum cast prototypes for hot spots. (Prototyping Materials).(resins by MCP Equipment)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... The latest vacuum casting resins from MCP Equipment are described as having excellent heat deflection temperature characteristics that make them suitable for under-bonnet prototypes and other applications exposed to heat. MCP 2185 has a...

VIP becomes latex distributor. (Agency Update).(Vita Liquid Polymers distributes for PolymerLatex GmbH und Co.)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... Vita Liquid Polymers, a custom compounder of liquid polymer systems including PVC plastisols, natural and synthetic latex compounds and ancillary dispersions, has now become a latex distributor. PolymerLatex of Germany, which is jointly...

Conair adds agents. (Agency Update).(Europe)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... Ancillary equipment supplier Conair has extended its European penetration with the appointment of agents in Poland and Ireland. Last year it opened offices in France and Germany. The Irish agent is Technical Marketing Services of...

Perrite takes on DSM HDPE. (Agency Update).(JGP Perrite distributes DSM Engineering Plastic Products Inc. polyethylene)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... JGP Perrite, a division of Vita Thermoplastic Compounds, is now distributing DSM's Vestolen and Stamylan high density polyethylene for blow moulding and injection moulding. Factfinder 115

Force profiling for ultrasonic welding. (Assembly).(advertisement)
April 1, 2002... Rinco Ultrasonics of Switzerland has developed a new control concept for its ultrasonic plastics welding machines -- programmable force profiling. It is incorporated in the new Dynamic 3000 which is a 20 kHz machine compatible with generators...

Quick release coupling eliminates cross connection. (Fluid Couplings).(advertisement)
April 1, 2002... A new quick release coupling from Staubli is said to offer a number of significant and worthwhile benefits on connection systems for all types of fluids. The new HCB coupling is compact and has a flush-faced non-spill design, preventing...

Compact pellet screener. (Pellet Handling).(advertisement)
April 1, 2002... Rotex Europe has developed a plastic pellet screener specifically intended for screening smaller volumes very efficiently. It uses a long-stroke horizontal gyratory motion that spreads the pellets evenly across the full width of the screen then...