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TECHNOLOGY NEWS

rotary die. minute. be the first U.S. showcase of the
• Conair is showcasing it’s Profile- • Addex is debuting its first-ever VarDAR Upper Cooling Air Ring.
Master, a complete line of down- blown film air ring with a single- • Milacron is debuting an updated
stream profile extrusion process- inlet plenum design. extruder, control and die head
ing equipment for small to large • Brueckner Group USA is introduc- packages and also demonstrating
profiles. how cobots can be used to auto-
ing newly developed local services
• Sikora will be showcasing a range for film-stretching lines as well as mate pipe production.
of cutting-edge equipment de- digitalization solutions, both pro- • Versa Machinery’s Caterpillar
signed to meet the high standards viding a service platform for the pullers are designed to pull pliable
of the hose, tube and pipe extru- full life cycle of a film stretching materials without product defor-
sion industries. line. mation.
• Reel Power Industrial has in- • Hosokawa Alpine American is • Processing Technologies Interna-
troduced an Automatic Cut and highlighting some of its latest ad- tional (PTi) is displaying for the
Transfer system (ACT-26) for coil- vancements in blown film extru- first time its eG-Series Roll Stand.
ing and spooling up to 1,000 feet/ sion, including what’s believed to
Source – Plastic Today

Electric fine-shredder from M&J Recycling

he F240e has a special cutting
system. Once the rotor blades
and static knives are set, fre-
quent adjustments are no
longer necessary. The system is said
to not only reduce operating costs, but
also maximise uptime, with the F240e
shredding waste with a particle size of
up to 10 mm.
Source – Recycling Magazine

ZenRobotics to achieve higher purity for US-Based metals recy-

cler

nder this agreement, three jected to double by 2050, the demand maintain the quality of their steel prod-
ZenRobotics Heavy Pickers for efficient metal sorting has never ucts. To meet industry standards, steel
will be deployed to effectively been more pressing. However, the ris- producers typically require recycled
separate copper from its fer- ing copper content in shredded scrap steel to contain less than 0.1–0.2%
rous metals stream. metal presents a considerable chal- copper content, without resorting to
With the volume of scrap metal pro- lenge for steel producers striving to additional virgin pig iron. Conventional

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