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October 16, 2017 12:00 AM

Rubber at Fakuma 2017

Patrick Raleigh
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    Rubber and elastomer process and application technologies are a major feature at this year’s Fakuma exhibition, taking place 17-21 Oct  in Friedrichshafen, Germany:

    Hexpol bringing advanced TPEs

    Friedrichshafen, Germany –  Hexpol TPE will present an expanded range of products developed to meet increasingly stringent industry standards and emerging demands in the consumer, medical, packaging and automotive interiors markets.  Read more

    Momentive to demonstrate LSR capabilities

    Momentive Performance Materials Inc. will feature its Silopren liquid silicone rubbers (LSR) in live demonstrations in collaboration with other companies at Fakuma 2017. The demos will include moulding of medical tubes based on Silopren LSR 4650 using an eight-cavity mould. This will be conducted with an Engel emotion 50 injection-moulding machine using a mould made by Rico Elastomere Projecting...  Read more

    Wacker to debut heat-resistant silicone at Fakuma

    Munich-based Wacker will be premiering its highly heat resistant Elastosil R plus 4350/55 solid silicone rubber at this year’s Fakuma. Heat stabilizers enable the extrudable and addition-curing solid silicone to withstand temperatures of up to 300 °C for several days, without any substantial modifications to its elasticity or mechanical properties.  Read more

    Kraiburg TPE targets adhesion, surface properties

    Kraiburg TPE will highlight its latest developments in the field of thermoplastic elastomers (TPEs), including advanced materials for automotive and consumer applications, at Fakuma...  Read more

    Sigma advances autonomous moulding software

    Sigma Engineering GmbH is introducing a new release Sigmasoft v5.2, which includes a virtual, fully autonomous optimisation. The new tool has been developed to find out the optimum design and production conditions even before the mould is built, to ensure maximum profitability and part quality...   Read more

    Kistler advances system to optimise multi-part moulding

    At Fakuma, the Kistler Group will demonstrate the new functionalities of ComoNeo process monitoring and control system, which now has the ability to optimise multi-component moulding processes. Introduced two years ago, the system is used by injection moulders for monitoring and optimising their processes. With cavity pressure measurement as the basis...   Read more

    Barcode system can eliminate mix-ups during LSR moulding

    Elmet, an Austrian operating system supplier for the injection moulding of two-component liquid silicone rubbers (LSR) will introduce its standardised barcode system for drum labelling and recognition at Fakuma. The system, which is supplied as an integral part of the company’s TOP 5000 P dosing systems, is claimed to be unique in the industry.  Read more

    See ERJ Top 10 Technologies for more coverage of Fakuma..

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