Technology/Machinery at K2016 • Clariant will launch AddWorks LXR920 flame-retardant masterbatch, with UV protection, for polyolefin roofing sheets. It will also showcase new Licocene PE 3101 TP, a metallocene-catalysed PE, as a nucleator for PS foams. It is said to be more economical than standard nucleating agents with similar solubility, viscosity, and drop point. • Vertellus Specialties’s new products are used in compounding as compatibilisers for PA combined with recycled PET, and as chain extenders to produce branched high RV polyamides with lower material and processing costs. • BASF will highlight Tinuvin XT 55 HALS light stabiliser for polyolefin films, fibres, and tapes. With low contribution to water carryover, it is designed for geotextiles and other construction textiles, roofing insulation, barrier structures, and carpets that have to withstand harsh climate conditions such as prolonged UV exposure, fluctuating and elevated temperatures, and environmental pollutants.
Recycling Equipment • Under the banner of Careperformance, Austria’s Erema will unveil its recycling 4.0 initiative at the K2016 show. Building on the high level of automation of its Interema recycling technology, introduced at K2013, the company has developed what it calls a smart factory package for recyclers and producers. Careperformance will be shown live in action at an outdoor 480-sq m Recycling Centre, with an Intarema TVEplus 1108 integrated with Laserfilter, which will be recycling some of the plastic waste from the K show on site. The machine, quality and process data will be transferred in real time to Erema’s booth in Hall 9, Stand C05. The closed product loop, from production to reuse, will likewise be presented in live demonstrations. And lastly, the Recycling Centre will feature an exhibition of products made with recycled material. It will open at 11 am on 19 October in the outdoor area (FG 09.1).
• For the wire and cable industry, US-based Addivant will highlight three products: Lowinox Fast XL for power cables and two new Polybond coupling agents enabling HFFR (zero halogen) cables. In transportation are new stabilisers for PU foam for compliance with new car interior emission standards, and Royaltuf nylon impact modifiers for automotive interior and under-the-hood applications. Others like Ultranox 800 series allow enhanced efficiency for PP. • Chemtura Corporation will showcase its flame retardants and organometallics, a pioneer in co-catalyst and activator systems. Its latest Axion Mao activator technology now fully implemented serves the global single site catalysts market. Chemtura’s flame retardants benefit industries such as electrical/ electronics, insulation, furniture and automotiv
• Croda Europe will be offering live demonstrations on a range of anti-scratch additives, said to reduce scratch width, depth and visibility with no negative impact on parts including low visible bloom, low odour and maintained gloss. The range offers products for a variety of polymers and applications from high gloss surfaces to transparent parts.
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Erema’s smart factory package under the banner of Careperformance
Careperformance consists of four components, with the Intarema system forming the basis of the smart factory application. In addition to the previous machine data, specially integrated sensors, the QualityOn package, can be used to record and evaluate MVR (Melt Volume Flow Rate) and colour. The QualityOn enables recyclers and producers to achieve consistency in the recyclates, in accordance with special requirements of customers, and document these recipes using online data acquisition and analysis. Recipes, thus, can be compared with each other and modified. In order to make use of the data in a user-friendly way, Erema has developed a MES (Manufacturing Execution System) known as re360. It keeps track of the productivity of an entire range of machinery in five modules, works independently of the plant manufacturer, and customers can integrate not only different systems but also their global production locations. It also gives an overview of the capacities/ stoppage times of the systems for management, documents key quality data of the recyclates for the location manager and informs the operator about upcoming maintenance jobs.