PLAST 2018 | SHOW PREVIEW
Italy’s huge plastics exhibition, Plast, returns to Milan this year, co-located with four other events. Here, we preview some of the technologies that will be of interest to pipe and profile extruders
Plast: making Milan the centre of attention
Plast, the Italian exhibition for the plastics industry, returns to the Fiera Milano this year. Figures released in March show a total of 1,100
exhibiting companies. Of these, 870 are direct exhibitors – of which one-third are from outside Italy. This foreign participation is up 21% compared to last time, said the organiser, Promaplast. Overall, this accounts for around 52,000 sq m of
exhibition space. At the last edition of the show, in 2015, there were 1,584 exhibitors across nearly 55,000 sq m. Promaplast is making much of the fact that Plast is now co-located with four other shows that have some overlapping interests with the plastics industry. However, these shows – which cover packaging, printing, meat processing and logistics – will be of limited interest to pipe and profile extruders. Here, we preview some of the highlights of the show for those involved in pipe and profile extrusion – and will also run a review of Plast in a future edition.
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Smart energy Bausano will exhibit a number of its extrusion machines that feature its new Smart Energy system – which uses the principle of electromagnetic induction to heat the cylinder. “By exploiting the heating effect of a metal when subjected to a variable magnetic field, this system can reduce energy consumption by up to 35%, compared to that of traditional heating,” said the company. The chamber induction heating system has been designed with a special fan that cools the hottest parts of the machine very efficiently. The company says that the main advantages of the system are: maximum cooling efficiency; east of installation through an openable reel heater; and high energy efficiency. The system will be fitted to an MD Plus 130/30
extruder. This machine – along with an MD Plus 75/30 extruder for the production of WPC profiles
May 2018 | PIPE & PROFILE EXTRUSION 47
Main image: Plast returns to the Fiera
Milano again this year
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