NEWS
Ford/Roechling share insight at LFTs 2019
Engineers from Ford and Roechling will detail the development of the company’s D-LFT MegaBox multi-functional luggage compartment – which will be launched on the upcoming Puma car – at AMI’s Long- Fibre Thermomplastics conference in Dusseldorf in Germany in December. The MultiBox is the first composite multi-functional luggage compartment box to be put into a series production vehicle by Ford. Manufactured using compression insert mould- ing by Roeching Automo- tive, the part glues to the rear vehicle floor and can be purposed to hold luggage, spare wheel or Li-Ion battery
and Egemen Erbil from Ford Otosan in Turkey, Matthias Hellriegel from Ford in Germany, and Egon Moos from Roechlilng Automotive, in Germany. Attendees at AMI’s third
Ford’s D-LFT MultiBox luggage compartment system will be detailed at Long-Fibre Thermoplastics 2019
according to the specific vehicle specification. The thinking, develop- ment and production of this novel component will be explained by Meltem Öztürk
Engel and HB-Therm to intensify co-operation
Austrian injection moulding machinery giant Engel has announced it “will be further intensifying its co-operation” with HB-Therm, which is based at St Gallen, Switzer- land, and which manufac- tures the Engel-branded E-Temp temperature control units.
As well as further development of E-Temp, the companies will focus on improved energy efficiency and further digitalisation and networking of the temperature control process. This came as Engel revealed that more than 1,000 E-Temps have been
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Right: Engel’s new XL variant of the E-Temp temperature control units which has higher pump capacity
installed in injection moulding machines to date. Inter-system communica- tion is another critical area of focus and the two firms have jointly promoted the Euromap 82.1 recommen- dation for temperature control units, which was released at the beginning of 2019. They will continue to work to establish OPC UA as the communication stand- ard in the plastics industry. Engel added that it has
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Long-Fibre Thermoplastics conference, which takes place on 4-5 December 2019, will also hear from material and technology experts from LFT specialists including Borealis, Cela- nese, Fraunhofer, Lotte Chemical, SABIC, SKYI Composites and Xiamen LFT Composite. To find out more about
the programme and to book a place, download the conference brochure:
bit.ly/LFTs2019.
Italian
machine sales slow
Amaplast, the Italian plastics machinery association, released mid-year figures showing that the country’s trade in plastics machinery continued to decline in H1, albeit at a slower rate in Q2 than Q1. Overall, the associa- tion said imports were 17% down on H1 2018, while exports were 5% down. There was a very slight improvement in the balance of trade. The decline is mainly
the result of a slump in trade with Germany, which is Italy’s largest biggest import and export partner for plastics machinery. Imports and exports fell by 26% and 33% respectively, Amaplast said. Most other European
been devoting special atten- tion to mould temperature in its development work for years, saying this has a significant influence on the efficiency and quality of the injection moulding process. It has worked on electronic temperature control water manifold systems and flow control software. �
www.engelglobal.com
national markets were also down for Italian exporters, as was South America. North America was slightly up but by far the strongest markets were in the Far East and Middle East, with China showing a 39% increase, Thailand 55% and Indone- sia more than doubling albeit from a low base. Looking ahead, the
association predicts ongoing weakness in the plastics market. “Overall, there is concern for the tendency towards a postponement or reduc- tion in orders by custom- ers,” the association said. �
www.amaplast.org
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PHOTO: FORD MOTOR CO
PHOTO: ENGEL
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