EXHIBITION REVIEW | K2022
Researchers from the Fraunhofer Institute for Structural Durability and System Reliability (LBF) demonstrated how the quality of products made from recycled plastics can be reliably tested before they go into series production. They are investigating how recycled plastics –
Above: Erema subsidiary 3S demonstrated its screw production technology at K2022
“This saves the customer from having to shut down and restart the plant, remove and reinstall the parts, then clean and measure them – which would usually mean one to two days of machine downtime,” said Alois Anreiter, managing director at 3S. In another highlight, it showed a new screw manufacturing technology. In a special machine, profile grinding can be used to shape materials that would be too hard for conventional production methods. This allows the geometry and outer diameter of screws and other components to be ground in one pass, without re-clamping. Further hardening treatment is no longer needed. When parts are removed from the machine, they are finished and through-hardened – with no final polishing required. �
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Blueforce RJ – a PVC pipe from Fitt with a built-in tensile resistant jointing system – is one of the main winners at the latest Inovyn awards. The Inovyn awards take place every three years – and the 2022 ceremony took place at K2022 recently. It attracted more than 130 entries, according to the organiser. Blueforce RJ pipe was developed for
Right: Fitt’s Blueforce RJ pipe was a winner at the 2022 Inovyn awards
pressurised water distribution. It has been fitted in a number of applications – including a drinking water pipeline in Normandy, France, and to replace an asbestos piping system in Tresigallo in Italy. In another operation, it took a single morning to install 100m of Blueforce RJ pipe using horizontal direct drilling (HDD). Other pipe-related winners at the awards included: Molecor, for its 1200mm PVC-O pipe; and Pipelife for its ‘Hoppet’ project – which supplied sewage pipes made from ‘bio-attributed PVC’ to a pre-school in Gothenburg, Sweden. �
http://bluforce.fitt.com �
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which are being used far more widely – can affect the performance of highly stressed components. LBF’s expertise lies in the complete material development of recyclates – from regrind through additivation and interfacial consideration, analytics and material characterisation, service life estimation and component release. Using appropriate methods of testing and analysis, the researchers have derived parameters for reliable assurance of the service life of plastic recyclates. Thanks to a new material formulation, virgin
materials could be replaced by recyclates when making a white goods component. In this way, around 1.5kg of CO2 is saved for every kg of recycled polypropylene used. �
www.lbf.fraunhofer.de/en
Molecor of Spain has developed an app called GeoTom, which helps installers to geolocate all parts of a piping network that they are fitting – and share project information with multiple users. After downloading it for free – for both Android and IOS devices – the user requests access from Molecor. Once this has happened, pieces of the network – such as pipe lengths – can be overlaid on a map. Molecor components can be added and geolocated automatically by scanning a QR code; other components can be entered manually. Images and information can also be added
about each component. Incidents can be reported directly from the app, to pinpoint its location. The app, which was introduced at K2022, is available in multiple languages. �
www.molecor.com
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