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Abril de 2006


 

PLAST 06, Milan :
“Observatory of the Plastics Technology”
By Engº José Ferreira


Entrance of one of the eight pavilions of Plast 06

       Under a lot of snow in Milan from February 14th to 18th took place PLAST 06 the 14th International Plastics and Rubber Fair, in an area of 65.545 m2, with 3.000 machines in exhibit and 1551 exhibitors from 50 countries. According to Mr. Claudio Celata, General Manager of ASSOCOMAPLAST that organizes the exhibit, the fair offers the visitors from the raw material to the final product. The sector of machines for the plastics industries is the only one in which the Italian industry is at the top of the world classification, and this sector in Italy grew 3,2% in 2004, reaching a total value of 3,87 billion euros, corresponding to 13,4% of the world production. According to Riccardo Comerio, president of ASSOCOMAPLAST, the sector of machines for plastics in Italy is the second most important in the world classification right after Germany, but before USA, China and Japan, with 1,5 million employees, with a production for Europe of 160 billion Euros/year. The exhibit presented from the manufacturers of machines for plastic processing to the raw materials and additives, and manufacturers of products and components. According to Claudio Celata it is important the use of machines that reduce the energy consumption, and on the other way also the reuse of plastics through the recycle in order to reduce the consumption of virgin plastic. Four themes were the main in the various seminars during the event: energy conservation, nanotechnologies, recycling and environmental compatibility and sustainability of the plastic products. The Italian exports of plastic machines had an increase of 2 to 3 % per year in the last 3 years.



Internal aerial view of one of the eight pavilions of Plast 06

        This edition of PLAST’06 took place simultaneously with the IPACK-IMA exhibition, dedicated to packing technologies. This modification aimed to benefit the exhibitors and the visitors, which can mow visit the two fairs at the same time. The next edition of Plast 2009 will also be held together with IPACK-IMA from March 10th to 14th 2009.


At right, Mr. Claudio Celata, General Manager of ASSOCOMAPLAST, at left Mr. Riccardo Comerio, President of ASSOCOMAPLAST, during the press conference.


         The Brazilian Association of Plastics Industry, ABIPLAST, was represented by Mr. Merheg Cachum, and in the same stand there were also representatives of Brazilian Association of Chemical Industry, ABIQUIM, Brazilian Association of Machinery Industry, ABIMAQ, and the Plastic Resins Manufacturer Syndicate SIRESP. The sole Brazilian company in the fair was the extruder manufacturer Carnevalli that is present in all editions of the PLAST fair. Other Brazilian companies were represented by their representatives in Italy as CROMEX, NITRIFLEX e POLICARBONATOS.

“Inter-enterprise Seminar AL-INVEST III Network”.

According to Mrs. Dora Maria Peñaloza Yabur, director of ABCNET from Rome, Italy, company that organized the event, the objective of the Seminar was to easy the entrepreneur interchange among the companies in Latin America and Europe, through sectorial meetings for business discussions. According to Mrs. Francesca Arra from INSME, the same team is also organizing the International Conference on Technology Transfer to SME, that will take place in Montevideo, Uruguay from April 24 to 26, Still according to Mr. Alessandro Rami Navarrini, director of ABCNET, the AL-Invest network is split in 2 parts, being one the European part named COOPECO, and the Latino-American part named Eurocentros. Mr. Maurizio Queirazza, director of the AL-Invest program, explained that nowadays in Brazil there are 18 Eurocentros, and that the AL-Invest is the biggest project yet don e with Latin America, having a provision of 600 subprojects, assisting 40.000 beneficiary companies, and with an investment of 52 million Euros. According to the Camera Italiana no Rio Grande do Sul the gaucho companies Europlásticos, Plastrela, Plásticos Itália, Multisul, Anodilar e Autotravi participated in the event. ”


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Two moments of the AL-Invest III Technology Seminar

 

 
 

Jing Day
Jing Day company presented the Rubber Injection machine JDR-3000 with injection capacity of 2,5 a 4,5 l, and clamping force of 580 ton and cycle time of 2 to 10 minutes, and a table of 0,70 x 0,85 m, injecting bicycle tires, supermarket car wheels, and auto parts. Presented also the vacuum thermoformer JD-MU200 for the production the O rings and computer keyboards with 200 ton of clamping force, and cycle time of 4-5 minutes, and a table of 0,65 x 0,65 m.

RAMBALDI Babyplast
Rambaldi company produces small size injection machines with proportional hydraulics named Babyplast horizontal 6/10 P and vertical 6/10V, that inject 0,01g to 15 g with clamping force of 85 to 2650 ton. These machines are microprocessor controlled for the management of movements, times, temperatures, and the phases of the production cycle. Rambaldi presented also a line of injection modules UAI10P that works directly in the mould of another injection machine to avoid purchasing of another co injection machine. They also manufacture moulds for their own machines.

DEGA
The company DEGA assembles in Italy the Biaxial robots HRX de 50 t a 1200 ton from Harmo, and also the anthropomorphic Denso robots. The robots can be programmed or learn the movements by repeated action. All robots presents were very silent, one of them played diverse melodies in a xylophone, and the other also played various melodies in a flute. The robots are totally electric and pneumatic, and the control is installed on the robot machine itself, not needing a remote control station.


Robot plays diverse melodies in a xylophone, with a drumstick.
 

Robot plays various melodies in a flute, with an air jet.


MIR
 The company Mir presented one more of its gigantic injection machines, injecting beautiful garden benches for two or three people.

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SAGA
The company SAGA prepares projects and moulds for auto parts, electro-electronics, and household appliances. It has also the capability of producing fast prototypes and silicones moulds for producing models in small amounts.

Moretto
The Company Moretto established 25 years ago, and the 5th World biggest producer of peripherics for the plastics industries, presented in this edition of Plast, it’s new X Drier, for the pre-injection, and pre-extrusion with a great energy reduction in the drying process. According to the president Mr. Renato Moretto, they expect to reach the world dryer production leadership, due to the radical modifications made in the project of the new drier. It supplies also platforms, ladders, recipient’s e coolers, vacuum pumps and export 70% of the production.

 

Moretto stand overview, at left showing the driers.



Raima
The company Raima presented the models MCA, MCS, MCX, MCS2 of thermoplastic soldering machines, ultra-sound, hot-plate for polyolefin’s, vibration soldering for polyamides, rotofriction for circular parts, ultra-sonic pistols with digital modulation, e heat impulse riveting.

Tecnomagnete
The company Tecnomagnete presented its line of neodymium magnets that they invented and patented in the 70 and 90, to be installed in the fixed or moving plates of injection machines 50 a 5500 ton to help in the quick change of the moulds, reducing the exchange time of the moulds in 60% or higher for the bigger machines. Besides that, it reduces the deformation that frequently happens during the closure, in the middle of the mould. The company has thousands of clients worldwide

Haitian Europe
The company Haitian Europe Italian Chinese manufacturer started up its operations 3 years ago, and offers Chinese manufactured machines installed with renowned European components as Vickers, Controllers Rexroth, hydraulic motors Gefran, and inverters ABB. In this edition of Plast presented the models HT650, HT300T, HT60T. HT650T. The company produces machines up to 4000 ton.

Euroviti
The company Euroviti presented cylinders and screws for injection and extrusion machines single and twin screw from 18 mm to 400 mm diameter and length up to 10 meter with parallel or conical screws made with nitride or hardened steel or coated with Stellite or Colmonoy.

CC Elettronica
The company CC Elettronica manufactures electronic system for plastic mould control, multi-zone temperature control, sequential valve gate control, plastic leakage detector and mould conditioning control and also represents in Europe Polimold from São Paulo, in its hot runner product line. CC Elettronica represents also for Europe, North Africa, Middle East the company Garboni from Petropolis, manufacturer of bottle lids for food, beverages, cosmetics, and lubricants. Contact Mr.Conti.

 

C.C. Elettronica S.R.I.


Branson
The company Branson presented various models of de Ultra-sonic Solders, vibration solders among which the model 2000 AEMC Digital Ultra-sound with 20, 30, 40 kHz, 800A e 400W and performing statistical control.

 AMUT
The company AMUT presented its twin screw profile extruder BA76 (screw diameter in mm), equipped with tool handler 4m length. AMUT presented also a single screw Extruder EA-75. Besides that, presented also a co-extrusion head for the production of 5 layer pipes for hot water transportation. Presented also a thermoformer off-line FFQ-900 with 50 cycles/min able to process PP/PS/PET/PVC.

Thermoformer in 3 stations for PET-PS-PP-PVC-PLA

 

Primac
The Italian manufacturer Primac produces a whole line of peripherics for the production of profiles for roofing, straight and corrugated piping. The plant in Brazil is located in Santo Amaro. The line of peripherics includes drafting units with two track haul-off, automatic in line equipment for jointing corrugated piping, cooling tanks for corrugated piping cooling, drainage, slotting, and perforating automatic machines for corrugated pipes, sizing tanks for pipes.

Termostampi
The company Termostampi manufactures for 30 years thermoform moulds for the production of packing, cups, pots, margarine boxes, yogurt pots, for any kind of thermoforming machine. The company will participate in the next Brasilplast 2007.

ISRA VISION
The company ISRA produces plastic films inspection systems.

Rigo
The company RIGO presented thermoforming equipment for the production of refrigerator cases, Shower Box flooring, TV set cabinets and bathtubs. In the case of the bathtubs that injected in ABS, co extruded with PMMA in order to have a better shine, the bathtub is finished in the inner side and reinforced in the outer side with fiber glass. Presented also inline Thermoformer of the Milano brand for the production of packaging, cups, and pots, able to process PS, PP, PET, PVC, OPS, and BOPP producing 1500 unities/hour. The company informed that the extruders have energy consumption 20% less than the competitors.

Tecnomatic
The company Tecnomatic presented among others the robot Xlargo 3AXU Eletricop with brushless servomotor 50 a 4000 ton to be programmed by free guided programming or by self teaching by operator manual movement. The company presented a total of 12 models of robots of medium and compact sizes.

CORELCO
The French company CORELCO presented among other products of its manufacture Plastic Nettings, Warning Nets, and all other types of plastic nets.

Bausano (Brasil/Itália)
The company Bausanno with production units in Brazil, in Italy and in China presented its twin screw extruders, and installations for granulations and installation for production of PVSC and PP pipes and profile lines. Presented also BIVITE + extruder with a diameter of 72 mm loaded for the production of Polywood. Besides that, presented also BIVITE + extruder with a diameter of 125 mm and with L/D = 1,30 for the production of granules, pipes and profiles. For the production of Polywood may be used wood powder up to: for PVC up to 80% of the mixture, and for PP up to 60/70% of the mixture.

Fong Kee
The company Fong Kee presented the double head extrusion blow molders HBA 654/20 – SDGV, able to blow 5 liters jars for lube oil at the 480 pcs /hour feeding 150 kg/h of resin.

Sorema
The company Sorema is a division of the company Previero produces size reducers and mills for the reduction of granulometry. Sorema is specialized in installations for washing, granulation, and densification of PET from bottle to bottle, from bottle to fiber and from bottle to film. Also designs the treatment for the post consumption of agricultural films, and stretch films. Produces also turn key installations for the recycling of bottles, films, pre wash, densification, extrusion, and recovery of heterogeneous plastics.

Carnevalli
The company Carnevalli presented the extruder COEX Polaris 3PO1800 with two extruders Polaris Magnum 60 and one extruder  Polaris Magnum 75, operating with LDPE 300E and Dowlex NG 5056.01G. The extruder has computer management system and has a “Multipoint” automatic control system for the thickness of the film and cage with carbon fiber stems, in order not to damage the film in production. After launching in Plast 2006 these novelties, management system and the automatic control system, will also be shown at Brasilpack 2006.

Cibra Nova
The company Cibra Nova presented its new model Guantestar for the production of short gloves in PE and PE-EVA. It is able to produce 4300 a 4500 gloves/hour for the medical, cosmetic, pharmaceutics markets, that require a better quality than the one required by the supermarkets usage. It has various units installed in SC and SP.

TRIMEC
The company TRIMEC presented a co-rotating twin-screw extruder for the production of 400 Kg/h of master batch, additives and load concentrates preparations, and also for adding fiberglass and carbon reinforcement and liquids. The new generation gear-box is "high-torque" performances, suitable to drive the two screws up to 800 R.p.m

Longinotti Recycling
The company Longinotti Recycling produces machines for production of plastic poles, garden benches, walls, floorings, e recycled plastic material pallets.

MACCHI
The company MACCHI presented the COEXFLEX 3 extruder that uses gearless technology with defect identification system that automatically informs the computer of defects. It has also installed an automatic adjusting system called “cling free” that performs the film thickness measurement without contact with the film. It has also installed a polycarbonate balloon protection, and also an automatic roll discharge and in line film cutting.



COEXFLEX 3 Extruder from Macchi


Electronic Systems
The company Electronic Systems presented equipment for measurement and regulation of thickness, weight, density, of LDPE, blown or extruded plastic film, rubber, non woven, paper, PVC. The company presented also equipment for defects detection. This equipment can be installed by the processor directly or by the extruder manufacturer.

Munchy
The company Munchy presented a total recycling system from the film to the grain for the recovery of production scraps. It is able to recycle film rolls out of specification, as well as the start and stop of the production films, processing 40 a 2000 t/h of resin.

CMA ROBOTICS
The company CMA ROBOTICS presented the anthropomorphic robot Greensir that is able to perform the fiber glass spray reinforcement in PU bath tubes. The robot learns by auto teaching after 3 or 4 repetitions.

Raschig
The company Raschig GmbH from Ludwigshafen, Germany, belonging to the PMC group of the American entrepreneur Philip E. Kamins, presented its Thermosetting Moulding compounds in granular form such as MELOPAS (Melamine/Melamine-Phenolic) for the application of electrical engineering, relays, switches, switchgears, safety switch housing, power current engineering, oven handles and knobs or pot handles, AMPAL (Melamine-Polyester) for car ash trays, contact terminals, lamp sockets, switches or housing for thermostats and RALUPOL (Polyester) for irons, electrical engineering and electronics, contact terminals, weak current engineering or coil former. Synres-Almoco BV, the Dutch subsidiary of Raschig, manufacture Moulding compounds for the electro-technical and electronics industry as well as specialty products for use in the civil- and military aircrafts, but also in automobiles, telecommunication systems or professional computers. The product range includes AMC (Alkyd), Epoxy, DAP (Diallylphthalat), Silicone Moulding compounds and PiMC (Powder in Mould Coating). PiMC being a Polyester based powder suitable to be applied as a coating (in automated, robotized, spray gun operations) for parts like kitchen sinks or seats in undergrounds/subways made from SMC (Sheet Moulding Compounds) and BMC (Sheet Moulding Compounds).

Cossa Polimeri
The company Cossa Polimeri presented breathable films for diapers and sanitary napkins made of LLDPE and named Estalene Breathable. These films were developed 10 years ago and have the advantage of causing a sensation of dry in contact with skin. The water content of the film reaches as low as 120 ppm.

SER/EPICHEM
The company SER/EPICHEM works with the materials PET/HDPE, PC, ABS, NORYL (PPO), PA6.6, recycled, transforming them in granules used to make gasoline gallons, motorcycles helmets, etc.….

Matrec
Matrec is a data base of Assocomaplast that contains the producers of recycled products worldwide. It shows recycled products and its technical characteristics and photography. Besides that it contains also recycling and treatment technologies. Curiously there are some Brazilian companies listed as for instance one from Paraná named Amazonas World, from Londrina, PR.

SUPRESTA
The company SUPRESTA presented a complete line of plasticizers and fire retardant additives for PVC, PU, HIPS, PET, ABS, PC, all halogen free. All the phosphor made plasticizers and fire retardants are made in Netherlands.

Kraiburg TPE
The company Kraiburg TPE world leader in the manufacture of TPE based on Bloc Styrene Copolymer hydrogenated received the Frost & Sullivan 2005 R&D prize for plastics. The prize was awarded for TPE applications in the sports field, due to the substitution of silicone for TPE Thermolast K that is cheaper. Some types of TPE are injected and can be used in 200 different formulations.


Overview of the Kraiburg Stand

Wacker
The company Wacker presented its new family of silicone foaming agents called Elastosil AUX BTB that should be added in the proportion of 1 to 2 %.

Nachmann
The company Nachmann manufactures fire retardants halogen free for PE and PP.
It offers also cleaning products for cleaning extrusion screws mono, or twin screws, intumescing fire retardant graphite, anti blocking microscopic silica, molybdenum disulfide for Teflon lubrication. It represents also the LAMIRSA Company for the anti-bacterial and anti-fungicide agents and fire retardants.

 

NPC
The trading manager of company that has the biggest petrochemical project portfolio in the world, the state company NPC, National Petroleum Company of Iran, gave a very exclusive interview to Jornal de Plásticos, informing how the performance of the projects in the country is.

Stand of National Petroleum Company of Iran.


Olefinas 5 will be a project of 500 KTA of ethylene and will be in Khargh and is a Technip project that will start up in 2008. Olefinas 6 was a Linde project of 520 KTA of Ethylene and 158 KTA of Propylene in Bandar Imam that already started up. Olefinas 7 is a Linde project of 1100 KTA of Ethylene and 200 KTA of Propylene in Bandar Imam that will start-up in 2006. Olefinas 8 in Bandar Imam is an ABB Lummus project of 1000 KTA of ethylene that will start-up in 2009. Olefinas 9 is a Technip project of 1000 KTA in Assaluyeh that will start-up in 2006. Olefinas 10 is also a Technip project of 1320 KTA of Ethylene and 300 KTA of propylene in Assaluyeh to start-up in 2010. Olefinas 11 is a Linde project of 2400 KTA of Ethylene with start-up foreseen for 2009 in Assaluyeh. Olefinas 13 of 490 KTA of Ethylene and 98 KTA of Propylene will be installed in Ilan with start-up foreseen for 2008 with Stone & Webster technology. Olefinas 12 with 1900 KTA of Ethylene and 845 KTA of Propylene in Assaluyeh is in international quotation and will start-up in 2009. Olefinas 14 of 1200 KTA of Ethylene in Assaluyeh are also in international quotation without production forecast. The occidental gas pipeline is under construction that will feed 14 other new derivatives plants.

Aromatics 3 in Bandar Imam with Krupp/Uhde, Sinopec, IFP technology already started-up, warranting a installed capacity of 180 KTA of benzene and 400 KTA of Para-xylene, with the production of PTA intermediate for the production of 500 KTA of PET fiber grade, POY and 310 KTA of bottle grade PET. Aromatics 4 in Assaluyeh with IFP e Toray technology will start-up in 2006. Olefinas 12 also will produce 386 t/a of benzene and196 t/a de Toluene. The Linear Alkyl Benzene production plant for detergents started-up in 2004 with a 50 KTA of LAB in Kermanshah with IFP technology.

The Methanol production also had an increase with the start-up of Methanol 2 with more 660 KTA in Kargh with Lurghi technology, and with the start-up of Methanol 3 with a production capacity of 1000 KTA using Haldor Topsoe technology in Bandar Iman. Methanol 4 and Methanol 6 plants are forecasted to start-up both in Assaluyeh, both with Lurgi technology and both with 1650 KTA production capacity and with start-up forecast of for 2006 and 2007 respectively. For 2008 is foreseen that start-up of a new Methanol 5 unit of 1400 KTA in Assaluyeh with Davy Powergas technology. The Methanol 7 plant is still without hired technology, but the start-up is forecast for 2010, with production capacity of 2600 KTA of methanol in Assaluyeh.”

Fainplast
The company Fainplast produces in Italy, fire retardants halogen free that is mandatory in some countries as Germany, France, Spain, and Switzerland, to be use in PE, EVA for the cable industry. The company produces also PVC compounds.

Cognis Oleochemicals
The company Cognis Oleochemicals is a joint venture of 50% Cognis (ex-Henkel) and 50% Golden Hope of Malaysia.  The company produces  additives based palm oil esters for PVC, PE, PP, PMMC, PC, PA. A novelty shown in Plast is the additives for production of Wood Plastics Compounds Edenol 9776 for wetting and dispersion, and Loxiol 3581 lubricant. With the use of these additives we can reach in the production of Wood Plastics Compounds 75% of the output of the extruder working on pure PVC. In Brazil the company is Cognis Oleochemicals do Brasil. Cognis Oleochemicals in plastics is market leader for lubricants, antifogging agents, antistatic for any type of plastics specially oriented in offering not only additives but solution   to improve processes of polymeric materials.

  

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