At MD&M West/Plastec West 2022, Conair Group, together with technology partners Davis Standard and Zumbach Electronics, will be demonstrating production of extruded 0.06-inch (1.5-mm) dual-lumen “Double D” thermoplastic elastomer (TPE) medical catheter. In addition, the line will be used to produce 1.7mm filament made of polylactic acid (PLA) biopolymer, which will be used in a […]
Jason Ganim, whose background includes almost 30 years of success in sales, management and executive leadership, as well as a degree in Finance, is the new President of Conair Group, effective Monday, Nov. 8. “We interviewed many highly qualified candidates from a number of industrial equipment companies and several other industries,” said Kirk Winstead […]
Observing all appropriate Covid-19 protocols, Sepro Group will bring a total of 11 robots to Fakuma 2021, which is scheduled for 12 – 16 October in Friedrichshafen, Germany. Seven of those robots will be displayed on Sepro’s own stand (Hall A1, booth 1203) and two of those will be shown on injection-molding machines operating […]
Believed to be the first of its kind, a new smart-device app from AIS Gauging, Terre Haute, IN, continuously monitors essential web-process variables, the operational health of the AIS gauges themselves and automatically alerts key personnel if problems arise. The new app, which will be offered with each new gauging system installed, will make […]
Having demonstrated a prototype of a new, general-purpose 5-axis robot (the Success 22X) at the K 2019 trade fair, Sepro Group has now finished the redesign of the entire range and is bringing two examples to the Kunststoffen 2021 trade show, being held at the Brabanthallen convention center in ‘s-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands. The show runs 15 […]
After a highly successful first half in in the United Kingdom, Sepro Group (La Roche sur Yon, France) is bringing a total of seven of its newest and most advanced robots for plastics-injection molding applications to Interplas 2021, being held September 28-30 at the National Exhibition Centre in Birmingham, UK. “The UK market is buoyant […]
At Plastec/MD&M West 2021, Conair Group is once again partnering with Davis-Standard and Zumbach Electronics, this time to demonstrate high-volume production of medical swab tubes used in COVID-19 test kits. After extrusion and cutting, these extruded polypropylene tubes are tipped with a flocked nylon swab head and used for collecting nasopharyngeal samples for COVID testing […]
Graham Engineering Corporation (GEC), York, PA, has promoted Ms. Jimena Mendoza Homrighaus to the position of Regional Sales Manager – LATAM. “Having managed our Southeast US territory over the past several years, Jimena has a broad understanding of our products and processes, which will be a tremendous asset in introducing GEC products to LATAM customers […]
A redesigned ScrapSaver™ fluff feeder from the Conair Group makes high-volume film-scrap reclaim easy by feeding granulated film scrap (fluff) into a stream of virgin material and delivering the mix to an extruder for processing. Designed for use with in-line granulation systems, the latest ScrapSaver feeder features an enlarged and strengthened main hopper and top […]
AutoWave™, a new feature of Conair’s multi-phase, variable-speed Wave Conveying™ system for plastics materials handling, makes it easy to automatically select and use capabilities to protect valuable resins from damage caused by dilute-phase conveying systems operating at excessive speeds. Designed as a “bolt-on” addition to Conair’s SmartFLX control, AutoWave signals the next stage of development […]