Materials & Compounding

Highly Wear-Resistant Screws and Barrels Enable Safe Recyclate Processing Whether film manufacturer, injection molder or line manufacturer: the processing of recyclate involves many challenges because recyclate is a rather complex raw material and a stress test for the plasticizing unit. Highly wear-resistant barrels and screws...

Reifenhäuser Extrusion Lines Provide Carbon Footprint Calculation for More Sustainable and Economical Production Reifenhäuser is presenting a new digital solution for carbon footprint calculation at K 2022: the Carbon Footprint Dashboard. This enables film and nonwovens producers to see how the carbon footprint changes in...

Reifenhäuser Blown Film Provides Technical Solution to One of the Biggest Challenges in the Processing of Recyclate The line manufacturer Reifenhäuser Blown Film presents at K 2022 a technology that makes blown film producers independent of highly fluctuating recyclate qualities and ensures a stable production...

Upcycling of Polyolefins With Innovative Stabilizers At K 2022, Brüggemann will present three new additives for improved stabilization of polyolefin recyclates. These additives result in recyclates with very good mechanical and processing properties, making the need for the addition of virgin material unnecessary. All Bruggolen...

Advanced Hardcoat Technologies for the Automotive Industry At K 2022 Momentive Performance Materials will be presenting the latest developments in Silfort hardcoat technology for use in demanding automotive exterior applications. Among other things, the precise and material-saving digital coating of three-dimensional moulded parts with the...

New LSR Grades for Alternative Drive Concepts and Low Curing Temperatures At K 2022 Momentive Performance Materials will present the newly developed product family of Nevsil LSR and HCR silicone rubbers, which is geared towards the requirements of modern mobility concepts, i. e. New Energy...