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Kunststoffe international, From the Vertical Machine into the Car Door
... range of variation. Rotary-Table Plant is Part of an Integrated Production UnitThe result was a configuration specified as VCRS 2500/SP 2000 b II. 2500 kN clamping force hit a 2-station rotary table (180°) with 2577 mm outer turning circle and a thermoplast injection unit with 2000 cm³ shot volume. The safety guarding around the work area offers an ergonomic beneficial 600 to 800 mm wide access on both sides along the turntable. Towards the front, the working area is safeguarded by means of a f...

Kunststoffe international, 2005-11-21, Homogeneous Separation of PET
...ics of their home countries. The above-described situation requires the development of a recovery and treatment technology tailored to the materials collected in Germany. A novel separation system meeting these requirements has been developed by STF Thermoplast GmbH, Aicha vorm Wald. The resulting treatment plant makes use of different flow conditions in the separating unit to separate PET from other polymers, and to produce a clean and homogeneous PET regrind by means of special washing operati...

Kunststoffe international, 2005-11-21, Model Test Systems: Wear Testing on Plastics processing Machines
... 18 (1972), p. 354. 4 Knappe, W., Mahler, W.D.: Modellversuche zum Verschleiß in Kunststoffverarbeitungsmaschinen, Kunststoff-Rdsch. Vol.19 (1972), p. 45 5 Mosle, H.G., Schmidt, H.F., Schröder, J.: Bestimmung der korrosiven Wirkung von Thermoplast-Schmelzen auf Stahl, Kunststoffe/German Plastics 67 (1977), p. 220 The Authors Dr. rer. nat. Michael Rudschuck, born in 1966, has been head of the group on wear at the German Institute for Polymers (DKI) in Darmstadt since January 2003; MRudschuck@dk...

Kunststoffe international, 2005-11-21, Multi-component Technique: Safeguarding the Future through Process Integration
... at trends and new developments in the multi-component injection moulding of rigid/flexible combinations and the possibilities for combining the processes. Positive-joint Composites with Rigid/Flexible Applications Through the use of materials like thermoplastic elastomers (TPE) and liquid silicone rubber (LSR) in multi-component injection moulding, it is possible not only to manufacture a wide range of new products, but also to shorten the process chain and cut the number of process steps at t...

Kunststoffe international, 2005-11-21, Natural Fibre/PP Injection Moulding: The Up-and-Coming Material Group
...years but until quite recently this was always in the form of compression moulded parts. The classical thermoset processes, which use wood fibre or reclaimed cotton as a reinforcing and filler component, are currently being used less and less, while thermoplastic and thermoset compression mouldings with bast fibres such as flax, hemp, jute, kenaf and sisal are enjoying greater use. Even with these fibres, however, the compression moulding process is subject to the usual constraints in terms of t...

Kunststoffe international, 2005-11-21, Radical Changes in the Plastics World
...an 160 million tons, plastics now pervade our daily lives some 60 years after their widespread launch onto the market (Fig.1). Aside from those plastics which have always been termed commodities, it is possible to regard the majority of engineering thermoplastics, on the basis of volume and with regard to the laws of the market, as commodities too. They contrast with the heat-resistant thermoplastics, which have defied all the forecasts by remaining specialities – and will probably continue to d...

Kunststoffe international, 2005-11-21, Recycling of PVC/PET Composites
... solution. The precipitation method and precipitating agent can be chosen in order to control which substances precipitate and which remain in solution. The Recycling Process The principle was implemented using roofing sheet production waste from Thermoplast-Bernsdorf GmbH, Bernsdorf. Fig. 1 shows the flow diagram for the process. First the edge trimmings and offcuts are shredded and subdivided into a fluff-like fraction and particle fraction by air classification and sieving. The particle fra...

Kunststoffe international, 2006-01-31, LFT Parts: Local Continuous-fibre Reinforcement
Composite Materials Local Continuous-fibre Reinforcement LFT Parts. Long glass fibre-reinforced thermoplastic parts (LFT) are characterised by their high impact resistance and strength compared with short fibre-reinforced thermoplastics. At the same time they offer an outstanding price/performance ratio. Embedding local continuous fibre reinforcement permits a significant improvement in part properties with only slight weight increase. Wenzel Krause Oliver Geiger Frank Henning Long glass fibre-...

Kunststoffe international, 2007-08-14, Conductive Plastics
... values close to those of pure metals, is currently undergoing intense investigation [6]. It consists of a combination of low-melting-point metal alloys (e.g. Sn/Zn alloy with a melting point of 199°C from HEK GmbH) and metal fiber-filled thermoplastics (e.g. copper fibers from Deutsches Metallfaserwerk GmbH). In spite of the high filler content of 85 wt.-% (44 vol.-%), the material can be processed via injection molding, since the metal alloy is molten during compounding and subsequent processi...

Kunststoffe international, 2010-09-24, Elastic Diversity
Thermoplastic elastomers, as well as long-established conventional elastomers, are undergoing continual further development. They are increasingly fulfilling higher requirements such as enhanced heat resistance and freedom from halogens. They are also becoming electrically conductive and eco-friendly. These properties are opening up new applications for these materials in cables, the engine compartment and medical technology. The diversity of applications is continually growing, which will be ap...

Kunststoffe international, 2011-01-25, Appealing to (almost) all the Senses
... their limits. Visitors to K2010 were able to see a wealth of new products alongside many improvements to existing grades. Biopolymers Improve CO2 Footprints DSM Engineering Plastics Europe, Mechelen, Netherlands, were promoting their Arnitel Eco, a thermoplastic copolyester (TPC) that is based on 20 to 30 % of rapeseed/canola oil derivatives. The rapeseed/canola used for this is grown exclusively on agricultural land previously not used for the food chain. Over the product life cycle a reductio...

Kunststoffe international, 2016-10-17, Polycarbonate (PC)
...sion of capacities, currently taking place exclusively in China. Polycarbonate (PC) is offered in the market in powder and granulate form or – following an additional processing step – as semi-finished films or sheets. It is among the technical thermoplastics with good growth rates. These however are somewhat lower compared to prior years. Several factors are responsible for that. CDs, DVDs, and Blu-Ray discs for instance are increasingly being replaced by electronic storage media, cloud storag...