PETpla.net Insider 10 / 2018

35 TRADE SHOW PREVIEW PET planet Insider Vol. 19 No. 10/18 www.petpla.net TRADE SHOW preview FAKUMA 2018 Fakuma will take place in Friedrichshafen Exhibition Centre from 16 th to 20 th October 2018. More than 1,900 exhibitors will present their international offerings at this technical event for industrial plastics processing. Attention will be focused on the latest technologies which promise advantageous benefits, as well as processes and tools for efficient plastics processing by means of injection moulding, extrusion, thermoforming and 3D printing. Fakuma sees itself as the number one technical event for injection moulding. The injection moulders with flex- ible options and ever more efficient processes are clearly in the majority as compared with 3D printing, foaming, extruding and thermoforming. The trade fair, which is seeing continuous growing international recognition, attracts numerous exhibi- tors who want to take advantage of the fair to unveil their new products to a broad-based audience for the first time. www.fakuma-messe.de Fast cap production At the Fakuma trade fair, Engel will demonstrate a fur- ther reduction in cycle times for the production of caps. An all-electric Engel e-cap 2440/380 will be used to produce 26mm caps, including tamper-proof bands made of HDPE, at a cycle time of under 2 seconds under realistic manufac- turing conditions. The optimised movement of profiles allows an increased output. The Engel e-cap 380 with 3,800 kN of clamping force can provide a dry cycle time of 1.4 s. This e-cap machine is the only cap machine on the market providing all-electric operation with a clamping force range as high as 4,200 kN. The e-cap, due to be showcased at Fakuma, needs around 0.4 kWh of electricity to process a kilogram of plastic granulate. Integrated systems solution to unlock full potential A 72-cavity mould from z-moulds (Dornbirn, Austria) will be used at the trade fair. The exhibit will also include a dry air system from Blue Air Systems (Kundl, Austria) and a camera inspection system from IMDvista (Brügg, Switzerland). As a system solutions provider, Engel delivers fully-integrated and automated manufacturing cells around the world from a single source. Efficiency potential is maximised and overall energy consumption is kept to a minimum as the injection moulding machine, mould and peripheral systems are properly coordi- nated from the start of the project. Alongside energy efficiency, the all-electric e-cap machine’s main feature is extreme pre- cision. This ensures the greatest possible number of good parts, even in the production of demanding lightweight caps. www.engelglobal.com www.imdvista.ch www.z-moulds.com Innovative recycling technology The focus of Erema Group´s trade fair appearance at Fakuma is technologies that aim to further improve the qual- ity of recyclates. These include:  the recycling and compounding technology Corema  ReFresher (together with the proven Intarema TVEplus machine) - an anti-odour technology for odour-optimised premium recycled pellets directly from contaminated post- consumer material  QualityOn for continuous quality monitoring of colour and MVR values  Re360 - the Erema Manufacturing Execution System for real-time production and machine data  Erema´s business unit Powerfil, presenting the Erema filter systems, that are also suitable for existing extruders  Pure Loop, presenting ISEC evo, the integrated shredder- extruder combination. www.erema-group.com Hall A5, booth 5204 Hall A6, booth 6314