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Guill announces 800 series hybrid extrusion tooling

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Guill announces the introduction of a new version of its popular 800 series, known as the 800 Series Hybrid. In some extrusion applications that utilize crossheads and inlines, layers of the exact same material are applied multiple times, using a single die. This method is used to reduce the propensity for errors caused by gels breaking through a thin wall, weld lines, inconsistent wall thickness, plus material and process variations. Additional errors include difficult-to-process materials and demanding applications where there is zero fault tolerance.

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KraussMaffei bundles all extrusion technologies under one roof

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KraussMaffei Group has bundled its technological know-how and decades of experience in extrusion by merging its corporate extrusion operations at a single location. This strategic approach results in substantial product benefits for customers, valuable synergy effects for the company, and new opportunities and fields of research for the future. The highlight will be the world’s most modern extrusion research and development center currently built at the company’s new site in Laatzen on the outskirts of Hannover. The new plant is part of the largest investment program in KraussMaffei’s history. The relocation of the entire extrusion division is scheduled for the second half of 2022.

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Biesterfeld and Dow expand strategic partnership for moldable optical silicones

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Biesterfeld Spezialchemie and long-term partner Dow have extended their strategic partnership. With immediate effect, Biesterfeld will distribute the well-known moldable optical silicone product range SILASTIC™, serving the industrial, retail and consumer lighting industries. The distribution area includes the DACH region, as well as Northern and Eastern Europe.

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Silicone fabrics market worth $5.5 billion by 2026, growing at a CAGR of 6.8 percent

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The silicon coated market is dominated by large players, such as Elkem (U.S.), 3M Company (U.S.), Auburn Manufacturing Inc. (U.S.), Nott Company (U.S.), Mid-Mountain Materials, Inc. (U.S.), Newtex Industries, Inc. (U.S.), Precision Coating & Coated Fabrics (U.S.), Trelleborg AB (Sweden), Compagnie de Saint-Gobain S.A. (France) and Serge Ferrari Group (France). Expansions, acquisitions, joint ventures and new product developments are some of the major strategies adopted by these key players to enhance their positions in the silicon coated fabric market.

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Wickert Mashinenbau offers compact setup-free multifunctional gripper

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Wickert Maschinenbau has developed an extremely compact, setup-free multifunctional gripper for the handling of multilayer stacked or chaotically deposited components with layer separation.
The system is available with two different gripper types: A group of two to six fingers picks up work pieces and lifts them out of the transport container. As soon as one layer has been completely emptied, the separation sheet is removed by three close fitting, extendable vacuum suction elements on the gripper arm. The system is then able to access the next level of components.

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Quality versus quantity: How changes in EPDM polymer impact molding

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EPDM is a widely used polymer for many molded goods, as it is inherently water, ozone, UV and weather resistant, and generally recommended for temperatures ranging from -50°C to 150°C. EPDM can be a low cost material option, as it allows for high total loading and has a low specific gravity, yielding low pound-volume cost. EPDM responds well at various process temperatures, and is used in many applications, such as seals, gaskets, weather resistant parts, NSF 61 water potable applications, FDA applications, roofing components, electrical resistant compounds, and more

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Modification of fluoroelastomers based on TFE-P copolymer to improve cure speed, physical properties and mold release

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This article presents research conducted to develop modified TFE-P that improves curability and mold release, and provides good amine resistance and compression set. It is demonstrated that a cure site monomer can easily be copolymerized into the TFE-P backbone to solve the abovementioned performance problems, while maintaining original TFE-P characteristics of resistance to heat, steam, and organic and inorganic acids and bases. In addition, it is possible to color the material

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Achieving savings in the post-curing process of fluoroelastomer compounds prepared by injection molding

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Commonly, rubber compounds based on FKM elastomers are subjected to two stages of cure in order to optimize physical and mechanical properties. Compression set and tensile strength are the main properties usually improved by the post-cure stage. The initial stage is called curing, and is performed under pressure in a mold during the injection molding process. A secondary stage called post-cure is performed in an oven under air or nitrogen atmosphere in order to complete crosslinking reactions. This removes volatile by-products and additives to obtain enhanced, stable physical and mechanical properties

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ENGEL hands over 100th injection molding machine to MTA in Italy

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MTA relied on ENGEL tie-bar-less technology right from the outset. The very first ENGEL machine delivered to MTA in Italy in 1996 was a tie-bar-less model from the ES series, the forerunner of today’s victory machines. There are now nearly 60 ENGEL machines in Codogno. MTA operates other ENGEL machines in Slovakia, Morocco and Brazil. The victory is the machine model of choice in all plants. From tiny plug-in fuses, connectors, fuse holders and radiator caps to complete power distribution units, MTA covers a very wide range of electrical and electronic products for the automotive, motorcycle, commercial vehicle and off-highway verhicle industries. Set-up work is correspondingly frequent, and this is where the tie-bar-less clamping unit of the victory machines proves to offer a clear-cut efficiency advantage. The short set-up times lead to a high utilization of the machines

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