PETpla.net Insider 10 / 2017

44 TRADE SHOW PREVIEW PET planet Insider Vol. 18 No. 10/17 www.petpla.net TRADE SHOW preview Full house! The 25 th birthday of the Fakuma international trade fair for plastics process- ing will be celebrated at the Friedrichshafen Exhibition Centre: some 1,700 exhibitors from 35 countries will be present in the fully booked exhibition centre on Lake Constance. Fakuma will open its doors from the 17 th to the 21 st of October, 2017. Launched initially in the old Friedrichshafen Exhibi- tion Centre, Fakuma has evolved from small beginnings into the number two plastics technology trade fair in worldwide rankings, and number one in the field of plastics processing by means of injection moulding. The exhibition now covers more than 85,000m 2 of overall exhibition floor space, and takes up all available exhibition halls as well as the East and West foyers. More than 40,000 industry professionals from 120 countries are expected to visit the fair. Attention will be focused on the latest technologies which promise significant benefits, as well as processes and tools for efficient plastics processing by means of injection moulding, extrusion, thermoforming and 3D printing. Erema founds Powerfil business unit With the founding of the Powerfil busi- ness unit, Erema, the manufacturer of plas- tics recycling systems, extends its portfolio and now also offers the proven melt filter as individual components for existing extrusion plants. Technical modifications were made to the filter systems prior to the foundation of the business unit. Erema Laserfilter for PET With the Erema Laserfilter, a continu- ous filter system with screen fineness of 70μm will be in operation for the first time. A gentler filtration process has been made possible by rheological optimisation of the support breaker plate, enabling a reduction of flow resistance. Inquiries for the Laserfilter, which is already established in the post-consumer field, are also increasing from customers in the PET sector. The reason for this is that the increased use of rPET in end products requires high process stability despite higher degrees of contamination at times. The Laserfilter processes input material with a degree of contamination of >1% without any difficulty. The functional principle avoids dead spaces and makes for short dwell times which in turn prevents “black spots” with PET. Thanks to the newly developed discharge unit, melt losses are reduced from the normal 1 to 2 % with piston filters down to a tenth. “At Erema it has always been clear: melt filters are a decisive component in reaching top standard material quality. With Powerfil, recyclers and producers can benefit from Erema’s 30 years of development work and upgrade their existing extrusion unit quickly and easily,” says Robert Obermayr, outlining the advantages. The new business unit will be launched on the Erema stand at the Fakuma show. www.erema.com New underwater pelletising system Maag is formed by four successful and experienced companies: Maag Pump Systems, Automatik Plastics Machinery, Gala Industries and Reduction Engineering Scheer have joined forces to help custom- ers in plastics processing.The highlight of the Maag booth will be the new Pearlo Underwater Pelletiser: Designed to pro- cess spherical pellets for raw materials, compounds, masterbatches, engineered plastics, wood and naturally filled polymer composites, thermoplastics elastomers, hot- melt adhesives and gum bases at capacities up to 36,000kg/h. www.maag.com Hall A6 | Booth 6314 Erema Hall A6 | Booth 6202 Maag