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Plastics Industry Achievement Awards 2013

The Plastics Industry Event of the year acknowledges achievements in the plastics industry

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Ausplas, Australia’s national trade exhibition for the plastics industry and the longest-running plastics industry event in the southern hemisphere, will enter a new era in 2014 with its incorporation into Reed Exhibitions Australia’s National Manufacturing Week (NMW).

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Ausplas will participate every three years and the next edition of Ausplas will be held alongside NMW from 13-16 May 2014 at Sydney Showground, Sydney Olympic Park. This will be the first time in 24 years that Ausplas will be staged in Sydney.

The Ausplas @ NMW 2014 floor plan and contract are now available for exhibitors to view and begin planning budgets and space preferences for Ausplas 2014. As a launch addition, space is limited. Contact one of the account managers to book your space today.

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Plastics Industry Achievement Awards 2013

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ALPS introduces New Large Bottle Version of High Speed Linear Leak TesterALPS (Air Logic Power Systems) of Wisconsin USA, a global leader of in-line container leak inspection equipment, have released a new version of their successful Speed Glider high speed linear leak tester, called the Speed Glider 3.85 that has been specifically designed for larger container sizes.

The 3 station continuous motion leak tester is capable of rates up to 185 bottles per minute and has a container pitch of 266mm and is nominally capable of container heights of up to 215mm.

The Timing Screw provides positive container handling and control, in order to ensure high

efficiencies and quick/efficient changeovers at the higher rate demands. The system can be easily mounted to existing contiuous conveyor systems, eliminating the need for additional conveyors and bottle transfers.

Cameras for vision inspection can be placed after the leak tester, with the leak tester's timing screw acting as an automatic spacing device.

The Speed Glider 3.85 offers a higher speed, higher efficiency and easier to setup/changeover alternative to "bottle stop" linear leak testers that stop containers 'on the fly' using cylinders.

ALPS (Air Power Logic Systems) are represented in Oceania by HBM Plastics & Packaging Technologies.

3D Systems provide Cube® 3D printer as door prize for Plastics Industry Achievement Awards.

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NASA aims to have 3D printers designed by Made In Space operating on the

International Space Station in June 2014.

The Telegraph and others report that plastic parts will eventually be created

on-demand, fulfilling roles like printing up broken parts.

"As you might imagine on ISS, whatever they have available in orbit is what

they have to use,” said Nasa's Marshall Space Flight Centre’s Niki

Werkheiser, according to the Telegraph.

"Like they do on the ground, parts get broken or lost and they have to wait

for replacement parts or we have to launch multiple spares.

The concept is often compared to the replicator machine in Star

Trek...MORE

Stratasys and MakerBot Complete Merger

Merger enhances Stratasys' leadership position in 3D printing and additive manufacturing and enables the company to offer world's most popular desktop 3D printer ... MORE

3D printer to be sent to International Space Station

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UK-based Innovia Films says its compostable cellulose-

based material, NatureFlex NVR, has been chosen by

French Fair Trade organic

tea company, Les Jardins

de Gaïa, to pack its range

o f o r g a n i c t e a s i n

individual sachets.Jean

Baptiste Dubois, Marketing of Les Jardins de Gaïa,

notes, “We wanted to keep our product safe and in

premium condition and do something that would stand

out from the crowd. NatureFlex films ensure we are

proud of our packaging!” ... MORE

Compostable NatureFlex Film Adopted By Fair Trade Organic Tea Company

Automotive applications drive the global long fiber thermoplastics market

Global consumption of Long Fiber Thermoplastics is

projected to exceed 326 thousand tons by 2018, driven by

burgeoning automotive applications as per Global Industry

Analysts, Inc.

Driven by advantages such as creep resistance, low

warpage, and impact strength, Long Fiber Thermoplastics

(LFTs) are finding increased use as metal substitutes in a

number of structural and semi-structural applications.

Demand for LFT worldwide grows in tandem with the

developments in the automotive industry, as about 78% of

LFT materials go into manufacturing structural parts of

automobiles. The trend towards sleek, small, lightweight

vehicles is playing an instrumental role in increasing

opportunities for LFT across the automotive sector because

the stiffness offered by the composite material is ideal for

structural parts of shorter lengths.

End-of-Life legislations, particularly in Europe, which make

recycling of materials compulsory is also driving growth in the

market. Long Glass Fiber Reinforced Polypropylene (LGFRP)

is growing in popularity among auto makers, owing to the

latter’s mono-material construction that enables recyclability.

The lightweight, recyclability, and low cost advantage enjoyed

by LFTs will continue to offer long term growth opportunities.

LFT consumption in non-automotive applications is forecast

to grow at a CAGR of 5.3% ... MORE

Polystruct LFT

available in Australia from Duromer Products

Techspan New Zealand reports that ENGEL will participate at the upcoming Drinktec 2013 exhibition in Munich, 16th - 20th September.

Unisort Flake

Colour sorting of granulated plastic, ground materials or metals in the form of fine-grain materials: Reclaiming pure secondary raw materials without contaminants is a complex task. Achieving high-value recycling requires that even the smallest size particles are reliably separated according to their types and colours. The UniSort® Flake is right for your fine-grain materials sorting of plastics, metals or minerals.

Feed material: plastic flakes, electronic scrap

Overview Throughput per module: approx. 0.4–2 t/h, depending on the material to be sorted Degree of separation: 85% or better, depending on previous contamination Purity: 90% or better, depending on previous contamination Unit size (h,w,l): 2,000 x 1,500 x 4,100 mm Weight: 1,700 kg Installed load: approx. 11 kW Air requirement: approx. 1,5 Nm3/min, depending on the material to be sorted Fraction size: 3 – 30 mm for colour sorting, Detections: > 24 million/sec. for colour sorting,Nozzle bar: 120 high-speed valves

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Business Vision – Don‘t be Without itBy Scott Bywater

Have you ever heard the saying… ―Be true to yourself‖?

Let‘s look into that saying a little more deeply. Because you essentially have two selves…

1. A Past Self

2. A Future Self

Being true to your past self is easy – you just require a sharp memory and the ability to do what you have always done. Simple, really – but remember: if nothing changes, nothing changes.

However, if you are going to be true to your future self, you need something very few people possess…

VISION

That‘s right. Without vision, you will wander aimlessly. Without vision, you won‘t know what to focus on. Without vision, you will allow others to direct you and guide you off the path.

The truth is, vision is the most important asset you have… and when it becomes stronger than your memory, you will transform your future.

Anthony Robbins says: the past does not equal the future. But it does if you dwell in your memories instead of your vision.

So today, take some time to invest in clarifying your vision.

Decide what you want.

Because whether you realise it or not…

What you see is almost always what you get.

Master the art of SEEING better and you will BECOME better.

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Nominations close August 31 PlastixANZ Plastics Industry Excellence Award -- Presented by Tim Piper

PlastixANZ plastics industry achievement award for excellence.This award recognizes the best business initiative and outstanding achiever for 2013. Plastics industry Achievement Award Categories

Duromer Plastics Industry Achievement Award for ExportThis award recognizes companies that have achieved sustained business export growth

Steinert Australia Plastics Industry Achievement Award for EnvironmentThis award recognizes outstanding effort to increase the awareness for and management of the environment

BASF Australia Plastics Industry Achievement Award for Design & InnovationThis award recognizes break-through design & innovation in the plastics industry, creative successful design of plastic/s components or use of technology.

Australian Vinyls Plastics Industry Achievement Award for Manufacturing and Best Practice AwardThis award recognizes best manufacturing practices, process and productivity improvement

Applied Machinery Plastics Industry Achievement Award for Marketing / DistributionThis award recognizes creative & efficient methods for marketing, distribution & supply chain management and process improvement.

Kangan Institute Plastics Industry Encouragement AwardAward to encourage continuing development in the plastics industry.

ComtecIPE - Manufactured in Australia AwardAward to recognises manufacture of raw materials, equipment plus plastic products & plastic components manufactured in Australia

ComtecIPE - Manufactured in New Zealand AwardAward to recognises manufacture of raw materials, equipment plus plastic products & plastic components manufactured in New Zealand

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Reprinted from editorial, manufacturers Monthly, August issue -- Cole Latimer - Managing Editor

Are we in for a new Industrial Revolution?Digital revolution perhaps?Every day the crew here at manufacturers monthly he is the major newspapers sending the death knell for the manufacturing industry, but what they failed to understand is that the industry isn't dying.

Not in the slightest – it is evolving, and changing into something new.We are entering new territory here – 3-D printingwhile it is been around for a while now, the technology in capability to mass-produce extremely high quality and unique products using the process hasn't really been around until fairly recently.

Smaller 3-D printing machines, the capability of producing highly machined parts, and working parties opening new doors manufacturers and others outside of the industry.

The new technology is also opening up the world manufacturing to more people outside of the wider Australian primary and secondary industries, allowing for amazing designs and products are previously wouldn't have been possible to construct without major investment.

An 3-D printing has really captured the imagination of the general public in a way that the previous manufacturing industry was never able to.

Sitting within the manufacturing industry as we do, we know how this technology has been utilised for some time, but this rampant uptake of its potential over the last few years is simply astounding.

3-D printing festival, a new makers movement, the London School of design has even installed 3-D printers and its museum to allow members of the general public to make things.

The way things are picking up, almost without many noticing, must be reminiscent of the swift, almost overnight buildup experienced by those during the Industrial Revolution.

Except this is now putting the revolution in the hands of the people, instead of a few of the capacity and finance to mass-produce.

It could even lead to a revival of cottage industries, as people take the manufacturing of specialist goods in small batches back in their homes or smaller factories.

And all of this is supported by the widespread use of CAD and came helping people to access these designs.

Cloud computing and the infinite computing ability provides is also helping the smaller manufacturers to a degree.

Sophisticated modelling and more's simulations can be carried out faster, even from the home.

It also takes away the capital intensive nature inherent to manufacturing.

Within a generation or two we could see the end to massive factories, as more people move to the cloud and trade designs, and they white have the large overheads in terms of planet and site.

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