PETpla.net Insider 03 / 2012

TRADE SHOW PREVIEW 40 PET planet insider Vol. 13 No. 03/12 www.petpla.net MHT Mold & HoTrunner TecHnology Dr. Ruben-Rausing-Str. 7 | D-65239 Hochheim/Main Tel. +49(0) 6146-906-0 | www.mht-ag.de Make the most of your machine – with a mold from MHT! For many machine types, we supply the mold with the highest cavitation, thereby enabling optimum preform output. For the Husky HyPET machine, we offer an upgrade set for 33% more preforms, without refitting on the machine! • 60 cavities for Netstal PETline 2000 • 96 cavities for Husky HyPET 300, • 112 cavities for KraussMaffei 350 Engineering made in Germany 128 for HyPET 400 Booth 55009 Moretto SpA Hall D | Booth 6485 Compact minidryer Italian company Moretto S.p.A. will present new versions of its X Dry-Air minidryer, which is equipped with an OTX hopper and has a compact design. The company guarantees performance up to –72°C of dew point. Two models are available: XD0, with a 1.5dm 3 hopper and processing capacity of 0.5kg/h; and the larger XD1, which has a 6.0dm 3 hopper and hourly throughput of 2kg/h. Both models are available in a ‘Mirror’ version with a Pyrex OTX hopper, which is aimed at the medical and optical sec- tors. Standard equipment includes an integrated Venturi control; touch screen control; automatic airflow; Antistress system; USB port; and Mowis control system. www.moretto.com New features in extrusion lines, filtration and measurement Gneuss will be showing a com- plete MRS 130 extrusion line with a Multi Rotation System extruder, an RSFgenius 150 fully- automatic filtration system with the option for an automatic backflush material ejector, and a VIS online viscometer. The company says that the main advantage of the MRS extruder is that it permits the processing of PET or PLA without pre-drying. The Filtration Technology division will present its Rotary Melt Filtration Systems, with various new features. An SFXmagnus 90, an RSFgenius 75 and an RSFgenius 200 will be displayed. The Measurement Technology division will show a new multipoint calibration system, with measuring accuracies of 0.15% in specific applications and the facility to set the sensor’s maximum accuracy individually to the operating range. A harder membrane coating, suitable for very abrasive media such as WPC (Wood Plastic Composite), is now available. A high-accuracy melt temperature sensor has been added to the existing range and a photo-eye option is available for the auto-zero function for sensors with integrated amplifier (4-20 mA; 0-10 V output). www.gneuss.com Gneuss, Inc. West Hall | Booth 6685 Engel Hall A | Booth 943 All-electric for high precision and short cycle times Engel’s e-cap 3440/460 US, on display on its Packag- ing Business Unit stand, will be demonstrating cap produc- tion with cycle times of less than three seconds and injection speeds of 450mm/second. The capacity of the unit is notable because it is claimed to reach levels previously possible only with accumulator machines and the e-cap 3440/460 US is an all-electric moulder. The company says that its machine is designed to achieve both high output and process stabil- ity, while saving both energy and cooling water. The machine uses fully electric drive technology combined with an injection unit and a rapid clamping drive. Alongside the e-cap display will be an electric e-motion 740H/310W/180 T combi machine, which will demonstrate production of thin-wall caps for a new range of ice-cream boxes, using two-component injection moulding with in-mould labelling. www.engelglobal.com