UK Extrusion’s debut Interplas UK September 2021 was certainly a baptism of fire. Not just all the usual anxieties for first-time exhibitors, but unique issues surrounding the pandemic and associated concerns.

Steve Trainor, managing director of UK Extrusion says “It would be arrogant to say we got everything right first time. This has been a learning curve and we have a few things that on another occasion we would do differently, in regard to how we exhibited our machinery. But the long and the short of it is, we were able to talk to large numbers of people face to face and demonstrate how we can help to make them more efficient and cost-effective.”

UK Extrusion sells, install and support Bandera, manufacturer of blown film, foil and sheet extrusion lines and both  Plasmac and Syncro Group products associated with extrusion and post-industrial waste recycling by manufacturers. Steve Trainor comments “One of the things our customers find particularly reassuring about UK Extrusion is that we have a team of engineers based here in the UK. This strategy came into its own during the travel restrictions of the pandemic and is a feature of both of our Finalist entries into the Plastics Industry Awards.

Featured on the company’s Interplas UK stand was the Plasmac Epsilon post-industrial waste recycling system, which attracted a great deal of attention. Taking plastic sprues from an injection moulding machine manufacturing on a neighbouring stand, it demonstrated how quality, uniform pellets can be produced by this small footprint recycling extruder. An order for another model within the Plasmac range of equipment, which was finalised at the exhibition, will be showcased shortly.

Also displayed, was an automatic Typhoon air ring from Syncro Group. Designed for efficiency and accurate profile control, the air ring guarantees the best performances in terms of cooling capacity, bubble stability, minimum pressure drop, and easy handling. Visitors also showed interest in the Syncro Pure Continuous Loss in Weight Gravimetric Blender. Uniquely designed, it is the only inline quality control device to blend multiple components simultaneously for all processes where a homogeneous mix is critical to achieving an excellent final product.

An eye-catching display of the 100% visual inspection system for plastic film from Syncro lived up to its name of ‘EYES’.  Thanks to the high-resolution cameras and the different backlighting configurations available, the system can provide 100% film scanning capability, detecting and categorizing all common defects. EYES’s provides film inspection with a complete mapping of defects detected within each roll.

Bandera lines were clearly prohibitively large to consider installing for display at Interplas UK on this occasion, but video reels were available and UK Extrusion was supported by 2 technical managers from the Italian company who constantly chatted with visiting customers.

Steve Trainor is delighted that a final agreement to purchase a Bandera Smartflex HP Plus 3 layer blown film line was made at Interplas UK by Elite Plastics. Elite is undergoing a multi-million-pound investment strategy that includes investing in state of the art blown film lines to increase Elite’s technical capabilities, sustainability and site capacity. He says “During the specification and quotation phase of this sale, the pandemic created the impossibility of visiting site. Therefore, regular meetings were held via Teams video conferencing between the team from Elite, UK Extrusion and Bandera in Italy.  By using such technology, we were able to bring a group of experts together to discuss Elites technical requirements in detail, which provided them with a great deal of confidence in the outcome of their investment.”

The post Post-Industrial Waste Recycling Lines a Hit at Interplas UK first appeared on UK Extrusion.

The Barrier Flex® Seven is a fresh concept in the Bandera 7-layer co-extrusion Blown Film line series and will be in operation in Hall 17 Stand CO7.

Combining barrier and high barrier film, the Barrier Flex® Seven is an optimised co-extrusion line which offers customers short run, fast production changes and high-throughput polyolefin film production with a ground-breaking core.

The line provides the utmost flexibility, without compromising hourly output performance in polyolefin film production, or end-product quality level (unrivalled tolerance ranges) when producing barrier film.

Reducing Energy Consumption

Bandera has applied low energy drivers and reluctance motor systems to provide synchronised operation for the line and this has resulted in lower noise emissions and significantly streamlined maintenance.

The Best Use of Interconnectivity

The Blown Film line control system has been redesigned to improve process management with the aim to reduce errors and optimise time. Communication with industrial equipment and systems for data collection/monitoring has been maximised.

Impressive User Interface

Visitors to the Bandera stand will be able to experience the innovative and user friendly interface (HMI) which can be used remotely by tablet or smartphone. The 3D synoptic display offers an overall one-glance overview of machinery and system status. A simplified diagnostic for driver and motor predictive maintenance, together with an increased process-control parameter accessibility are all features.

Where to Find UK Extrusion at the K Trade Fair

Steve and Chris will be based at the Bandera Stand in Hall 17.

Get a Personalised Tour

UK Extrusion will be available throughout K2019 to provide UK processors with everything they need to know about Bandera innovative technology.

Get more information prior to your visit to K2019

DOWNLOAD THE INFO BARRIERFLEX_SEVEN_K2019

The post K2019 7 Layer co-extrusion Blown Film Line first appeared on UK Extrusion.

The category of Supplier Partnership – Prime Machinery is a hotly contested one, with major companies hoping to bring home the plastic.

We are delighted to be waving the flag for Bandera film and sheet extrusion machinery amongst so many injection moulding machine manufacturers. Our partner customer, Mister Blister, are one of the UK’s leading manufacturers of thermoformed blister packaging and blister packs and it has been an absolute pleasure to work with them on their challenging project.

This year will be the 18^th anniversary of the Plastics Industry Awards and most of our team have been involved in one form or another for all of those years. Discussing our experiences, we have come to the conclusion that the awards have definitely evolved over this time. These days, Awards night comes with a theme (this year it is Big Band), fabulous food from the Hilton on Park Lane and spectacular entertainment. Not to mention the ‘after party’.

The Plastics Industry Awards is a networking event not to be missed and even if you are not a Finalist, it’s still the place to be on Friday 28^th September 2018.

The post Plastics Industry Awards Finalists for Second Year first appeared on UK Extrusion.

However, this year, UK Extrusion Ltd are super excited to be a Finalist in this category with our manufacturer Luigi Bandera and our customer TDX (Thermodynamix Thermoforming Specialist Services Ltd).

For a supplier of Prime Extrusion Machinery to be a Finalist in these well respected awards is indeed unusual. We believe, that to have made it this far in the process, indicates that the judges have identified the excellence of the Bandera processing lines and the service provided by UK Extrusion.

The Plastics Industry Awards take place on Friday October 27^th in London and we very much hope that on this occasion the Film and Sheet Extrusion sector of the industry will be recognised with a win.

Bandera Film and Sheet processing lines, together with ancillary equipment, are supported in the UK and Eire by UK Extrusion with our own engineers.

The post UK Extrusion Finalists in Plastics Industry Awards first appeared on UK Extrusion.