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Under different flags – technology always close to the wind

When talking about 40 years of the Hamburg company Corpoplast, the question arises:
What are the roots of this company? How did it all start? What did the competitive environment look like back then? Let us take a look back with an employee who was there at the start and has dedicated his entire... Read more

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Created by Erin Fortin, HUSKY Injection Molding Systems | | TWO:15

The evolution of mold cleaning

Molds have to be cleaned. There’s no way to avoid it. Molds need vents large enough for air to escape the cavity but small enough so the plastic won’t, so they are small and prone to clogging. Clogged vents result in trapped air, and trapped air results in part defects.
Created by Michael Heinzlreiter Next Generation Recyclingmaschinen, Austria | | TWO:15

New technology

Rethinking the next generation of PET recycling

Introducing new technology in the field of plastics-recycling has always been the aim of Next Generation Recyclingmaschinen GmbH from Austria. The LSP process (Liquid State Polycondensation) for PET recycling combines the increasing of Intrinsic Viscosity (IV), excellent decontamination properties...
Created by Dr. Gerd Fuhrmann, Jan Uphues INTRAVIS, Aachen, Germany | | TWO:15

Quality inspection

From sorting out faults to finding errors before they occur

For a long time quality inspection just meant: sorting out bad parts. When the first vision inspection systems inspected plastic packages in the 1990’s, the upmost goal was to find the defective ones. But it soon turned out that this was not the whole task: A high “false alarm rate” could easily...
Created by Georg Wolfe, Agr International Inc. | | TWO:15

Total Process Control Part 2: Optimizing the Hot Mold Process with Chemometrics

In Part 1 of “Total Process Control” (comPETence ONE:15) we discussed the challenges of optimizing the re-heat stretch cold blow molding process with the current quality processing paradigms. The hot mold process, though very different at the molecular level, is similar to the cold mold process...
Created by Otto Appel | | TWO:15

The global approach to saving raw material in the bottle base - Part 2: Preform solutions offered by the industry today

In general, PET lightweighting initiatives help packaging businesses be more economical and also sustainable. Lightweighting helps to improve the environmental footprint of PET packaging and reduce the amount of resin usage. But: Lightweighting also has an influence on the bottle performance. In...

Table of Contents

EDITORIAL
IN DIALOGUE
IN FOCUS
Analysis on recycled polyester fiber market sentiment
Cao Wenting China Chemical & Fiber Economic Information Network (CCFEI)
Outlook of BGPET market in ChinaOutlook of BGPET market in China
Chu Jianying, China Chemical & Fiber Economic Information Network (CCFEI)
IN DETAIL
Rethinking the next generation of PET recycling
Michael Heinzlreiter Next Generation Recyclingmaschinen, Austria
Base and Wall Thickness Measurement
Chris Freshman, Torus Measurement Systems, Telford, United Kingdom
From sorting out faults to finding errors before they occur
Dr. Gerd Fuhrmann, Jan Uphues INTRAVIS, Aachen, Germany
The evolution of mold cleaning
Erin Fortin, HUSKY Injection Molding Systems
IN BUSINESS
PET Bottle to Bottle Recycling with the MRS Extrusion Concept
Dr. Axel Hannemann Gneuss Kunststofftechnik GmbH
OUT OF ROUTINE
4,000 A day on Allalinhorn
Dr. Christian Detrois, Nestle

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