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PLASTICS

as alternative industrial materials

Polymers, elastomers, duroplastics, thermoplastics, polystyrene, etc. extend the service life of your newly developed products.

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Plastic: News for the alternative material plastic

Even if Plastic has a rather bad reputation today, so rejoice plastics increasing popularity in industry. Plastics are light, low-maintenance, durable, environmentally friendly and inexpensive. In addition, plastics offer further positive properties compared to other materials, which can also be explicitly generated in their composition. They can be made particularly break-proof, elastic or temperature-resistant. Parts made of plastic are manufactured using the plastic injection molding process.

The Plastics industry is booming and is developing more and more new compositions such as polymers, elastomers, thermosets, thermoplastics, polystyrene and many others - you too can extend the life of your new development with products made of plastic.

Brand new plastic technology

Here you will find new developments in plastics technology. Find out about the alternatives material Plastic for your efficient construction!


Spacer made of bio-based plastic

NSK KGT spacerNSK presents a world first with the spacer element for ball screws made of 100% bio-based Plastic. Compared to a spacer element made of fossil plastic, the CO2-Footprint by 90% reduced over the entire life cycle. The developers have the bio-based high-performance for thispolyamide Ecopaxx selected by DSM. 


Infrared heaters increase energy efficiency in tool production

Heraeus Noblelight HepworthHeat is not just heat. Infrared emitters make the difference. This shows an example of the British company Hepworth drainage: The use of infrared emitters here improved a process in plastics processing, in which parts of an inspectiontoolss for ducts made of polypropylene. Various tubes are to be connected to a base unit. Hot glue was used for this in the past. Hepworth was looking for more efficient solutions to save money and protect the environment.


Technology center showcases Barnes Group injection molding expertise

Gimatic Barnes Technology CenterThe division Molding Solutions of the Barnes Group expanded the Foboha technology center for injection molding in Haslach in 2021. The technical center imparts injection molding expertise all year round and is available to customers for tests. In addition, small series can be produced here if necessary and customer events can be held. Included are the grippers and Vacuum Technology from Gimatic.


Find the right plastic plain bearing with the Iglidur configurator

Igus IglidurWhen it comes to wear-resistant tribo-polymers, users have Igus the agony of choice. For small series or series production in injection molding, a prototype from the 3D printer or semi-finished products, the plastics specialist has now developed an offline configurator for its 39 Iglidur standard materials: The user can determine the appropriate material using templates. An Iglidur expert system is also available for the selection and calculation of the service life.


Karl Späh

Karl Späh is further expanding its plastics processing capacities. With a new generation of multifunctional plotters, precise plastic parts up to a size of 3 x 2 m and a maximum thickness of 70 mm can be produced for all areas of industry and technical trade. And this in any desired shape and quantity from batch size 1. The milled parts can be made from all common plastics such as PA, PC, PE, PEEK, POM, PP, PS, PTFE, PVC and many more.

submarine cableMachine and vehicle parts are manufactured with the highest precision. Even the smallest scratches can impair the function and lead to complaints. To avoid this, quality management should always include transport protection for components with sensitive surfaces. As a solution, "Poly-Net" interlayer grids for load carriers from the North German submarine cable works offer themselves.

Sonderhoff1018The new FIP CC technology (Formed-In-Place Closed-Cell) from Sonderhoff brings together the high water resistance of the silicone world and the attractive material costs of the polyurethane world. The foam seals "Fermapor CC" based on PUR are room temperature crosslinking 2-component systems that use the FIP CC foaming process to form a very fine-cell, predominantly closed-cell, soft foam seal.

Rampf0119Rampf Tooling Solutions presents the brand new flame retardant plate "Raku Tool FP-0590". The semi-finished product made of polyurethane is certified according to the European fire protection class C-s2, d0, EN 13501-1 and UL94V0-2mm *. With its flame-retardant properties, it is particularly suitable for the production of interior fittings, wall cladding, ceiling and decorative elements as well as furniture.