PETpla.net Insider 04 / 2017

60 TRADE SHOW PREVIEW PET planet Insider Vol. 18 No. 04/17 www.petpla.net The new Zhuli underwater pelletising system Maag, a Dover company and leading manufacturer of gear pumps, pelletising and filtration systems and pulverisers for demanding applications in the plas- tics, chemical, pharmaceutical and food industries will be displaying a number of its technologies. The highlight of the show for Maag will come when the company unveils its new Zhuli underwater pelletising system. The Zhuli system combines Maag’s best existing pelletiser, waterbox bypass, pro- cess water and dryer technologies. Other Maag products that will be on display at Chinaplas 2017 include:  Pearlo underwater pelletiser: Designed to process spherical pellets for raw materials, compounds, masterbatches, engineering plastics, wood and nature filler-filled polymer composites, ther- moplastics elastomers, hot-melt adhe- sives and gum bases at capacities that can reach 36,000kg (79,200lbs.) an hour.  CSC series screen changers: Features a double-piston design that allows tailor- made adjustment of the filtration unit per the user’s specific process require- ments while allowing the use of five different filter-cavity shapes within the same screen-changer housing: circu- lar, oval, arched, leaf-disc and candle.  x6 class gear pump: Offers improved volumetric efficiency and pressure capabilities that allow it to be oper- ated at reduced rpms, shear rates and temperatures, resulting in reduced residence time and energy consump- tion with improved production rates, polymer quality and pump life cycle.  Baoli S strand pelletiser: The Baoli S builds on the standard-setting Baoli pelletiser model with its automated cutting chamber interlock system able to deliver increased performance, higher productivity and reliability, improved handling, greater flexibility and an optimised cost/benefit ratio in critical strand-pelletising applications. www.maag.com Hall 5.1 - Booth S61 High quality injection moulds Following the successful trade fairs in 2015 and 2016, the Swiss firm company Otto Hofstetter AG will be present with its own booth. Otto Hofstetter AG will show customers the complete portfolio of high quality injection moulds. Besides these well-known high quality injection moulds, the company will also be giving information about the full portfolio of services, which start from a basic idea of the project, continue with a consultation process and finally conclude with the design of the actual product. Once the injection mould is built, the after sales service will round up the complete package. Otto Hofstet- ter AG is well known for PET preform moulds from 2 up to 192 cavities, as well as for injection moulds for thin walled packag- ing application and in mould labelling solutions. Otto Hofstetter AG will present products for the thin-walled packaging industry as well as demonstrating the company’s technical competence in complete systems for producing silicone cartridges with IML. www.otto-hofstetter.ch Hall 4.2 - Booth E45