Plastics News 2017 Show Daily - October 20, 2017 - 6

6 * Plastics News, October 20, 2017

FAKUMA SHOW DAILY

By Frank Esposito
Plastics News Staff

Lubrizol Corp.

Lubrizol Corp. is at Fakuma with
a full lineup of thermoplastic polyurethane materials.
"We have a lot of versions so
we can adapt to our customers'
needs," Europe/Middle East/Africa
distribution manager Fabio Morelli
said at Fakuma, where Lubrizol is
exhibiting with distribution firm Velox GmbH.
"We can adapt the material to the
process that's being used, whether
it's injection molding or extrusion
or another type of process," he added. "We're the only [TPU] supplier
with this philosophy and with a
broad portfolio."
Materials in focus for Wickliffe,

Hall B5, Booth 5001
Ohio-based Lubrizol at Fakuma include BounCell-X TPU microcellular
foam made with Trexel Corp.'s MuCell technology. The foam can be
used in thicker parts with low density for markets such as footwear,
sports and recreation and industrial applications, Morelli said.
BounCell-X technology also contains no extra chemical additives,
which officials said makes it a good
fit for brands with sustainability
goals and post-consumer recycling
programs.
Lubrizol also is focusing on lowsmoke, zero-halogen flame-retar-

dant grades of Estane-brand TPU
for wire and cable applications.
New grades can meet robotics and
Industry 4.0 requirements such as
a superior flexibility and durability.
Morelli said TPUs initially were
replacing PVC in wire and cable
applications but now are replacing
older grades of TPU.
Distribution firm Danquinsa is
showcasing Lubrizol's non-yellowing aliphatic TPUs at Fakuma. The
materials were part of Lubrizol's
2011 acquisition of Spanish TPU
maker Merquinsa.
Non-yellowing characteristics are
needed in paint protection films for
cars, planes and other vehicles, Morelli said. They're also being used in
flooring systems, he added.
Outside of plastics, Lubrizol is a
global leader in lubricant additives.

Plastics News photo by Caroline Seidel

Lubrizol TPUs aim to meet market needs

Fabio Morelli from Lubrizol Corp.
The firm, a unit of investment company Berkshire Hathaway, employs

8,300 worldwide and posted sales
of $6.5 billion in 2016.

Collin shows restructured portfolio

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By Karen Laird
Plastics News Europe
When, in 2014, the new owners
took over Collin Lab & Pilot Solutions, a family-owned company
headquartered in the Bavarian city
of Ebersberg, one of the first goals
was to expand, restructure and
modernize the company's product
portfolio.
The results were amply demonstrated at Fakuma 2017. CEO Friedrich Kastner pointed to various new
developments on display, emphasizing that at Collin, the common
denominator and key theme behind
all developments, was modularity.
"We produce lines of different
sizes - our range goes from smallscale lines for basic research and
medical technology and pilot lines
up to production lines. What our
customers want is upscalability.
Essentially, we deliver plug-andplay systems. You can start with an
installation for producing five-layer
film, but, because of our modularity, extruders can easily be added to

Collin Lab &
Pilot Solutions
Hall A6, Booth 6305
go up to nine layers."
One of the latest developments
is a blown film line that has been
completely updated and technically optimized, Kastner said, and is
equipped with a new take-off unit,
lay-flat unit and winder.
The company was also showcasing its PolyTest line of inspection and testing devices. Kastner
demonstrated the "multi-inspection" unit, consisting of a chill roll
unit with a roll mill for optical and
mechanical film inspection including a film winder and optionally an
upstream rheological measuring
section. It allows for real-time monitoring of the melt viscosity, statistical error in the film, color monitoring, detection of foreign polymers
by NIR analysis and determination
of stress-strain values in a film ten-

sile test.
"The line is used for the analysis
of different plastics material and
mixtures, but also for the processing of virgin materials, compounds,
masterbatches or the analysis of
recycled plastics material," Kastner said.
"It's ideal for testing recycled
material. It provides continuous
sampling and online analysis of the
material, which, after all, is usually
made up of a mixture of post-consumer waste. It shows the different
material fractions, calculates the
e-modulus and much more. We've
also targeted it, cost-wise, at the
typical recycler, so the price is an
accessible one," he explained.
The last stop on the stand was
at the new die, designed for modular, flexible use.
"This die is used to produce
medical strands and catheter
tubes. Because it is flexibly designed, customers can use it for
the production of a wide variety
of blown films," Kastner said.

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Visitors to the Fakuma stand of
Dr. Boy GmbH & Co. KG see eight
molding demonstrations, plus another six at the Fakuma booths of
partner companies.
At the Boy booth, the company
is showing its new tabletop injection press, the Boy XXS, with just
6.3 tons of clamping force, molding
small carabiner clips on a mold with
metal inserts
made via 3D
Dr. Boy
printing.
GmbH
The mold
clamping
& Co. KG
system
of
the Boy XXS
Hall A7
allows very
Booth 7101
short setup
times, a key
feature for small-series production
and prototype molding.
Boy also is molding PEEK into
a diode holder on a 10-ton Boy XS
press, which also can use 3D printed mold inserts. Boy officials said

Plastics News photo by Audrey LaForest

By Bill Bregar
Plastics News Staff

Dr. Boy GmbH & Co. KG is making LSR baking molds.
that using an automatic tooling
system, where you just change the
mold inserts, can cut costs.
Boy also is molding liquid silicone rubber baking molds to make
the Dutch muffin-style treat, poffertjes, on a 45-second cycle. An
Igus rotolink 5 robot removes the
part from the mold and puts on a
conveyor belt for cooling.
Another demonstration at Fakuma is a 100-ton Boy 100 E, with
a double servo-hydraulic pump,
which enables parallel buildup of
nozzle-contact pressure and high

pressure at the beginning of the
molding cycle. At the end of the
cycle, the double-pump allows simultaneous movements of mold
opening and part ejection. That
cuts cycle time.
Boy presses also are running at
FH Nordschweiz (Hall A2, Booth
2222), Ultra Systems SA (Hall A7,
Booth 7120), Proll KGF (Hall A4,
Booth 4123), geba Kunststofftechnik GmbH & Co. KG (Hall B4, Booth
4212), Farrag Tech GmbH (Hall A3,
Booth 3205) and AC Mold & Die Co.
(Hall B5, Booth 5325).

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