Evosys Increases Efficiency With The Patented Welding Process

Evosys Laser GmbH recently started offering a fresh, patented welding process that leads to a significant increase in efficiency. With so-called Advanced Quasi-Simultaneous Welding (Aqw), designated plastics can be processed even more economically.

Laser welding of plastics with a modern approach is all ready to join. All the industries are tilting towards laser welding of plastic. The Evosys team of experts is constantly thinking of a modern improvement in the reliability and efficiency of laser welding. With the new, patented Aqw process, this has now been achieved for selected plastics.

Various test series have shown that welding times can be significantly reduced in some cases. The manner makes use of the absorption properties of the plastics and consolidates two different wavelengths that are alternately guided over the welding zone in a controllable pattern. Experience with Advanced Quasi-Simultaneous Welding shows an increase in process time compared to the standard process with only one laser source. The new approach can be applied to elements such as PC, but other common plastics are also conceivable in the future.

“Our customers can test the process extensively in our Technical Center at any time and use it later for their series production,” quoted by Frank Brunnecker, managing partner of Evosys Laser GmbH.

 A new method welding with Evosys Lasers GmbH, a true means of efficiency and convenience. This evolutionary step toward modern laser welding can be so much futuristic. The company offers inspiring and groundbreaking solutions for integration into automation solutions worldwide. A service package ranging from design consulting and sample production in the company’s own Technical Center rounds off the product range. 

For more details: www.evosys-group.com

The Color Deformation

Eth Zurich researchers have established a new type of laminate that changes colour as soon as the material is deformed. This way, the materials researchers can kill two birds with one stone: a lightweight composite material that inspects itself.

Researchers from the Complex Materials Group at Eth Zurich, working in collaboration with researchers from the University of Fribourg, have now adopted an approach that has recently garnered attention in materials research: they have created a lightweight material that uses a colour change to indicate internal deformation and thus possible material failure at an early stage. Composed of individual layers, their laminate is translucent, break-resistant, and yet very lightweight.

Artificial mother-of-pearl combined with polymer

The laminate is composed of alternating layers of a plastic polymer and artificial nacre or mother-of-pearl. The latter is a specialty of the Complex Materials Laboratory and is modeled on the biological example of the mussel shell. It consists of countless glass platelets arranged in parallel, which are compacted, sintered and solidified using a polymeric resin. This makes it extremely hard and break-resistant.

The second layer consists of a polymer to which the researchers added an indicator molecule synthesized specifically for this application at the University of Fribourg.

Fluorescence indicates overstressed parts

“We used fluorescent molecules because you can measure the increase in fluorescence very well and you don’t have to rely on subjective perception,” says Tommaso Magrini, lead author of the study, which was recently published in the journal Acs Applied Materials and Interfaces. The system could also have been set up to produce a colour change that would be directly perceptible from the outside. But: “The perception of colours is subjective and it is difficult to draw conclusions about changes in the material,” Magrini says.

With the help of fluorescence, the researchers can now identify overstressed areas within the composite material even before fractures form. This allows early detection of vulnerable areas in a structure before catastrophic failure occurs. One possible application of the novel laminate is in components in the load-bearing structures found in buildings, aircraft or vehicles, where it is essential to detect their failure at an early stage.

Though, it remains to be understood whether and how the substantial can be produced on a manufacturing scale. So far, it occurs only at laboratory scale as a proof of impression.

For more details: www.ethz.ch

Modern Technology For The Processing Of Polymers, For Apprenticeship, R&D

The Nga Group, continuously on the pulse of the time, recognized the great market potential as well as the need of the Indian industry for the latest leading-edge technology at affordable prices – and has founded Nga Plastic Technology Private Limited.

Nga GmbH holds 70 %, Tec science Service Pvt Ltd 30 %

The Austrian Nga GmbH holds 70 % of the Indian company, 30 % are held by Tec science Service Pvt Ltd, an Indian company, which, as a distributor, has been working together with Collin Lab & Pilot Solutions GmbH for more than 30 years.

The leading target of the new company is to provide rising markets with easy-to-handle test and R&D lines in laboratory-scale – based on the well-tried Collin technology, manufactured in India under the brand name “Collin Asia”.

Product portfolio – table-top machines from presses via extruders to pressure filter tests

The first series of machines will be introduced under the sub-brand Easy Line. Easy Line table-top machines are designed for the processing of polymers, for an apprenticeship, research, and development and include presses, extruders, compounders, blown as well as flat film lines, roll mills, and pressure filter tests.

Rajnissh Soodd, new member of team – target market development with direction South East Asia and Africa

In order to perfectly exhaust this potential, Nga decided to take the industry insider Rajnissh Soodd as Country Manager onboard. „From our branch office, besides the Indian market, we can also serve South East Asia and Africa perfectly “, explains Rajnissh Soodd, Country Manager Nga Plastic Technology Private Limited.

„The multilayered cooperation of Rajnissh Soodd with manufacturers of asset goods for the polymer industry for more than two decades and his closeness to different market segments, like compounding, masterbatch or petrochemical industry will help him to understand the dynamic requirements of the industry. And with his expertise, he will effectively position the range of products of Collin Asia in the target market segments. “, says Corné Verstraten.

Rajnissh Soodd is looking quite promising with his work and with years of experience in Nga Plastic Technology Private Limited.

For more details: www.nga.at

New Pet Recycling Facility To Be Constructed By Industry Partnership

Pact Group, Cleanaway, Asahi Beverages and Coca-Cola Europacific Partners (Ccep) have announced they have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (Mou) to form a joint venture that will build and operate a new PET recycling facility.

Under the MOU, the parties intend to come together to provide an industry model for recycling solutions in Australia. This will include the new facility as well as the PET recycling facility currently being built by Pact Group, Cleanaway and Asahi Beverages through Circular Plastics Australia (Pet) in Albury-Wodonga, which is expected to be completed later this year.

The proposed facility will provide a massive boost to Australian recycling by processing raw plastic material collected via Container Deposit Schemes and kerbside recycling. It is expected to process the equivalent of around 1 billion bottles each year to produce over 20,000 tonnes of new recycled PET bottles and food packaging. The facility will use state-of-the-art sorting, washing, decontamination and extrusion technology.

The cross-industry solution combines the complementary expertise of each participant to enhance their individual sustainability goals. Cleanaway will provide available PET through its collection and sorting network, Pact will provide technical and packaging expertise and Ccep, Asahi Beverages and Pact will buy the recycled PET from the facility to use in their respective products. The plant, when fully operational, will be run by Pact.

A decision on the plant’s location is anticipated in the coming months and construction is expected to be complete by 2023.

Ccep and Asahi Beverages, while competitors in the beverage market have, for the purpose of this joint venture, joined with Pact and Cleanaway to increase the production and availability of recycled PET resin in Australia. The parties are proud to work with one another to advance the cause of sustainability and recycling. This proposed plant is an important step forward in creating a local plastics circular economy in Australia. This new self-sustaining industry is expected to create dozens of new jobs during the construction phase and operation of the plant.

In describing the deal, Peter West, Ccep Vice President and General Manager Australia, Pacific and Indonesia said, “This new joint venture will deliver a collaborative cross-industry solution to recycle the material that we use to produce our products. Together we can work towards creating a circular economy for PET within the beverages industry, ensuring that we are using more locally processed recycled content for the production of our bottles in Australia.”

Asahi Beverages Group CEO Robert Iervasi said, “This will be a ground-breaking project that will massively boost PET recycling capacity. It will help transform recycling in Australia by providing a new, local source of high-quality recycled PET. The building of this larger PET plant along with the facility in Albury-Wodonga is a major step towards helping us deliver a truly circular economy for our consumers.”

Cleanaway Chief Operating Officer Brendan Gill said, “This project supports Cleanaway’s Footprint 2025 by ensuring we have the right infrastructure in place to create a domestic circular economy. This PET plastic pelletising facility is a huge win for the environment by creating a high value, recycled raw material from plastics we collect and sort through our network. At Cleanaway our mission is to make a sustainable future possible and we see waste as a resource to achieve that.”

Group CEO and Managing Director from Pact Group, Sanjay Dayal said, “We are delighted to be able to bring a scaled cross-industry solution that solves for the local production of recycled resin. We are proud to have Ccep, Asahi Beverages and Cleanaway as partners creating a local circular economy. This partnership shows the value of a solution that works for industry and consumers. This is completely aligned to Pact’s strategy which is to lead the local circular economy through reuse, recycling, and packaging solutions”.

For more details: www.pactgroup.com

The Largest Network Of German And Indian Plastic Industry Located In Europe And Worldwide.

Gippev encourage their members in both the markets bestowing the advantages and opportunities. Gippev purpose is to put German and Indian groups in the focus of commitment. The Company aim to give India a better title in the German and partly in the European Plastics industry and in return to prevent the well-known hurdles and possible snares for German companies starting a business in India. With a drive to facilitate access to each other both business and personal to learn from and benefit from one another and to build healthy lasting business relationships. With its tools and programs, the organization reacts flexibly to the corresponding developments in the German and Indian plastics industry and their market relationships with specific others as well as their position in global competition. The representation of our mission is being suspicious, come together, learn from each other, get to know various others, take profit from each other, finding ambitious partners, and being victorious in your target market. As a standard platform of its members from Germany and India, the organization shall be the hub in inaugurating an export and expansion-oriented collaboration between the Plastics industry of these both countries.

With the vast range of businesses like Chemical materials manufacturing, Recycling & Bio based materials, Composites & High-Performance materials, Auxiliary, Automation, Tool making / Mold making, Prototyping, Recycling, Injection Moulding, Trading, Packaging, Solar, Pipe / Profile / Cable Extrusion Calendaring, Coating, Filament/tape winding, Supplying industry and many more Gippev have footprint.

The central purpose of the association is to promote the export and cooperation of minute and medium-sized enterprises (Smes) in the plastics industry in Germany and India. As a shared platform of its fragments from Germany and India, the association is to be the linchpin in the initiation of export and expansion–oriented cooperation of the plastics manufacturing of these two countries, but also a platform of rapprochement and mutual exchange between the two cultures, There you will be informed about the tendencies regarding Market & Innovation development in Germany and India shortly.

For more details: www.gippev.org