Engel is one of the winners of the JEC Innovation Awards 2020. Together with FILL, the machine manufacturer has received the award in the category Process for the development of a production line for the manufacture of tailor-made composite blanks.
Around 50 percent lighter than comparable steel design. High bending and torsional strength thanks to multi-axial fiber-layer structure in combination with high-stiffness tapes.
While high-quality thermoplastic elastomers (TPEs) from Kraiburg TPE are used in many everyday applications such as toothbrushes, razors, automotive components, and others, they have also become indispensable in numerous areas of systemic importance.
From toothbrushes to teething rings – many manufacturers of products for dental and oral hygiene are today specifying materials that have been approved for food contact in order to also ensure that they are highly non-irritant for skin and oral applications.
The Austria-based company Pfanner Schutzbekleidung GmbH is having the headband for its Protos Headset Integral manufactured by injection molding of a thermoplastic elastomer (TPE) from Kraiburg TPE. The material provides excellent processability and ensures high wearing comfort.
Kraiburg TPE has developed an innovative material technology that enables the production of thermoplastic elastomers (TPE) with very low density.
Kraiburg TPE has performed extensive tests to examine the suitability of its thermoplastic elastomers (TPEs) for use in additive manufacturing (AM).
Polyaryletherketones (PAEK)is a family of high performance plastics with unique properties. These semi-crystalline aromatic polymers have high mechanical strength even at very high temperatures.
With its broad range of thermoplastic elastomers (TPEs) and specific focus on the trends and challenges of electromobility, Kraiburg TPE is in a good position to support OEMs and system suppliers in advancing decisive innovations in this fast-growing market segment.
Biesterfeld Plastic and DuPont are continuing the expansion of their strategic cooperation.
Samsung supplier’s day (Digital appliance sourcing fair Europe 2019) took place in Poznan (Poland) on November 26. The event united companies producing materials and components for Samsung household appliances.
An innovative new thermoplastic elastomer (TPE) family made by Kraiburg TPE transfers the established properties of injection-moldable TPEs for multicomponent applications with polyamide (PA) to extrusion.
