March 2012 Plastics Engineering E-Newsletter: Trolling for New Technology at ANTEC; Driven Linear System Optimizes Mandrel Reeling

Maag Automatik to Display at NPE 2012 in Orlando Next Week

In 2010, Maag Pump Systems AG merged with Automatik Plastics Machinery GmbH to form The Maag Group—now the leading provider of integrated downstream equipment for the plastics processing industry. Maag Automatik’s portfolio encompasses gear pumps, screen changers, feed blocks, sheet and film dies, melt coolers, and all varieties of pelletizing systems. The company sells into the plastics, rubber, and chemical industries. It is also uniquely positioned to provide optimal engineered systems for extrusion, compounding and polymerization applications.
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Plastics Engineering Blog: Trolling for New Technology at ANTEC 2012

ANTEC, the world’s premier plastics technology conference, turns 70 this year. Co-located with the National Plastics Exposition April 2-4 at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Fla. (www.antec.ws), it will present 600 technical papers, three plenary sessions, three New Technology Forums, and the Fundamentals Fellows Forum (www.4spe.org/sites/default/files/antec12-finalprogram.pdf). Here’s a look at some of the new technology highlights.
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S.I.S.E Exhibiting at NPE 2012

At NPE 2012, SISE will exhibit its line of Valve Gate Controls for sequential molding applications. As customers demand sophisticated designs and rugged performance, molders increasingly search for methods to improve design and functionality. Our line of IS Cabinets can control up to 20 valve gates and command up to 5 openings/closings per cycle. Additionally, the IS’TECH can recognize up to 128 molds and store up to 48 sequence files. Lastly, with 6 mold sensors, we can capture information from inside the mold, allowing molders to precisely monitor valve gates, resulting in products with higher quality and better finish. Whether we’re controlling temperature with our World Series modular system, programming valve gate sequences with our IS’Basic, or monitoring production efficiency with Cyclades, SISE has “Plastics Technology Under Control” SISE Plastic Control Systems, Inc www.sise-plastics.com, (404) 784-8676

High Moment Load, Driven Linear System Optimizes Mandrel Reeling

The problems that occur when reeling in a garden hose after use equally apply to the reeling process involved in flexible mandrel production. If the hose isn’t guided effectively it tends to build up on one side of the reel, coil too loosely, tangle, kink or jam. This is precisely what was happening to mandrel manufacturer, Bell Plastics, with its original guiding mechanism.
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