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HIPF, the first specialized institute created to serve the Plastics Industry now offers a 6 month Advanced Technology Course in Plastic Fabrication commencing from the 26th of September, 2009 to the 31st of March, 2010. The course is designed to improve the knowledge and skills of the local skilled per-sonnel in the Saudi Plastics Fabrication Industry. The training on, Advanced Fabrication Technologies and High Performance Plastics, is supervised by the Plastic Experts from Japan.
HIPF Administrative Building at 2nd In-dustrial Phone: +966 -1-4989600 ext. 555; City, Riyadh.
S e e -T h r o u g h M u lti -L aye r e d F o o d G r a d e Pac k ag i n g World’s First High Barrier See-Through Asceptic Packag In the world of food packaging there are many transparent packs as well as many highbarrier packages. It was difficult to find products that are high-barrier and sufficiently transparent at the same time. TetraPak has come up with the the Tetra Wedge™ Aseptic Clear 200 S which is the world’s first high barrier clear aseptic package. It has been designed for high and low acid applications. This is a pouch style, shelf stable product and fills the gap for transparent high barrier packages. The package is soft, squishy and has a see through look. It has a PET/SiOx gas barrier be-tween different layers of plastic. This is focused at high volume production with lowest operational
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costs and better opera-tional efficiency. The aseptic process ensures convenient and safe products, maintaining efficiency. The aseptic process ensures convenient and safe products, maintaining efficiency. The aseptic process ensures convenient and safe products, maintaining high quality taste and nutritional value without the use of preservatives or hot filling. This is a recyclable product produced on TBA/19 aseptic filling machine and has been designed as an option to standup pouch and plastic bot-tle. This product has also won the DuPont Diamond Award for Innova-tion in Packaging.
Aseptic Clear 200S used for Nautix
S pecial P oints of I nterest:
I n T his issue :
• Registration invited for Advanced Technology Course
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• Recent Path Breaking Innovations in the field of Plastics • Selected International Plastics centered events & exhibitions • Graduation of the first batch of HIPF students.
See Through Multi Layered Aspetic Packaging Special PP Replacing Metals and Engineering Plastics Compression Stretch Blow Forming MicroCellular Core-Back Technology HIPF Alumini News International Plastics Events
HIGH STIFFNESS, GOOD IMPACT RESISTANCE, HIGHE MELT FLOW AND LOW CLTE ENABLES APPLICATION IN LARGE AND COMPLEX PARTS REQUIRING HIGH STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY
Hifax parts used in Ford Kruga
S pecial PP R eplacing M etals A nd E ngineering P lastics The introduction of Hifax TRC 280X has been a significant step forward in the ability of polyolefins to satisfy the re-quirements of bodywork applications, which have historically been the domain of steel and engineering thermoplastics. The 30 percent talc-filled PP resin, specially tailored for the application, was selected due to its ability to deliver significant cost and weight savings with respect to steel and engineering plastics. It meets auto-makers requirements and specifications in terms of low thermal expansion and high stiffness. Given the Close integration with the rest of the steel bodywork, the thermal expansion was an important factor for auto designers. The Hifax PP compound shows stiffness of
approximately 3000 MPa, whereas standard PP resins used for exterior typically shows 1500MPa. The Hifax PP compound has a melt flow index of 18gm/10min. which helps to produce larger complicated parts with extremely good surface quality for painting. Hifax TRC 280X black is a high melt flow, 30% mineral filled, medium impact, low shrinkage, polypropylene copolymer. It shows a high stiffness for structural rigidity and medium impact strength, suitable for exterior body panels and other exterior/interior applications. The low coefficient of thermal expansion is suitable for tight dimensional tolerances and zero gap designs. High flow for ease in large part processing and complex geometry is an added advantage.
Compression S tretch B low F orming units that turn plastic granulate into finished products in a single cycle. Thus adding the benefits of compression moulding to
SCRAPLESS CONTINUOUS PRECESS WITH LOWER CYCLE TIME AND LOWER ENGERGY CONSUMPTION Compression Moulding has many inherent advantages like lower energy con-sumption, lower cost of use and ease of changeovers. Absence of gates is another asthetic advantage but even then it has limited application since it is not a fast and continous process. Sacmi has come up with a machine named Compression Blow Forming, this hitech machine has a series of continuous rotary
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The undercut, orientation and thickness control is good. It has low energy consumption, low cycle times hence higher productivity, good neck and bottom finishing compared to conventional processes like Injection or Extrusion Blow molding. A wide variety of resins can be used on the same machine. Fin-ished bottles are produced from the PE, PP, PS, PET, etc. This process is also suitable for a wide variety of bot-tle designs from classic containers, food and beverage to bottles to the specially designed pharmaceutical industry bottles.
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M icro C ellular Core -B ack T echnology The modern Plastic Industry is on a continuous process of improving productivity and efficiency. Among them a noteworthy innovation is the merging of core back and MuCell technologies. Coreback differs from both traditional injection- molding and standard MuCell processes. In a core-back cycle, additional gas is injected into the closed mold under pressure. The resin melt in the mold foams and fills the mold cavity. Then operators open the mold a precise amount, increasing its volume. This further expands the foam and adds bulk to the part’s final thickness.
LOWER WARPAGE AND SHRINKAGE, LOWER CLAMPING FORCE, LOWER CYCLE TIME, WEIGHT SAVINGS ARE AMONG THE MOST
By carefully controlling the position and clamp force, engineers were successful in producing structural applications with dramatic weight savings and increased stiffness to weight ratios. OEM designers and Injection molders have found it commercially viable to produce almost warp-free light weight parts using Celstran long fibre reinforced thermoplastics for developing large parts and structural profiles. The reason for exceptionally low war-page and high flatness is attributed to the elimination of pack and hold phases in the moulding cycle. The look and feel is maintained as the bubbles in the outer layers are micro-scopic and nearly invisible to the naked eye.
The first batch of trainees from the HIPF will be graduating in a couple of weeks to be an asset and the back bone of the Saudi Plastic Industry. They have had good training in the practical aspects of the machine operations in Injection molding, blown film extrusion, sheet extrusion, blow molding and also have exposure to some of the important quality control test meth-ods. The first Sports Meet in the HIPF has taken place on the 11th of May, 2009. It was a good show of sportsmanship and the overall winners in the tournament were Al Essar.
The presence of these cells also greatly enhances the thermal and acoustic insulation capabilities of the plastic parts. It is now possible to manufacture small thin walled parts with increased insulation properties. The MuCell Technology is found to lower injection pres-sures by around 15% in many instances and the major benefits include lower weight, lower apparent viscosity, lower molded instress, lower warpage, less shrinkage, better flow ability, less cycle time and lesser clamp-ing force. Winners of the First Sports Meet at HIPF
A thin walled MuCell Product
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EXHIBITION NAME: SUBCON VIETNAM Vietnam Contract Manufacturing and Subcontracting Exhibition
Ho chi Minh ( Vietnam ) Saigon Exhibition & Convention Center
08.07 - 11.07 2009
MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY CEBU International Industrial Equipment, Hardware Products, Power Tools, Material Handling and Accessories Exhibition
Cabu City (Philippines) Waterfront Cebu City Hotel
09.07 - 11.07 2009
MINDANAO PACKPROPLAS Packaging & Plastics Exhibition
Davao City ( Philippines ) Bangko Sentral Plenary Hall
23.07 - 26.07 2009
QINGDAO PLASTICS & RUBBER EXPO Qingdao (China) International Plastics & Rubber Industry Exhibition
Qingdao ( China ) Qingdao International Expo Center
28.07 - 31.07 2009
INDOPLAS Indonesia International Plastics Exhibition
Jakarta ( Indonesia ) Jakarta International Expo (JIExpo)
12.08 - 15.08 2009
QINGDAO MACHINE TOOLS EXPO Qingdao (China) International Machine Tools & Moulds Exhibition
Qingdao ( China ) Qingdao International Expo Center
20.08 - 23.08 2009
PDMAEC Philippine Die & Mold Machine Tools, Metalworking Machin-ery, Equipment, Accessories, Hardware and other related Products and Services Exhibition and Conference
Manila ( Philippines ) World Trade Centre Metro Manila (WTCMM)
27.08 - 30.08 2009
CIEME - CHINA INTERNATIONAL EQUIPMENT MANU-FACTURING EXPO China International Equipment Manufacturing Expo
Shenyang ( China ) Shenyang International Exhibition Cen-tre
01.09 - 05.09 2009
CITEXPO China International Tire Expo. Tire Manufactures, Dealers, Traders and other relevant Enterprises from China and overseas
Shanghai ( China ) Shanghai Everbright Convention & Exhi-bition Center
02.09 - 03.09 2009
PETPOINT International Exhibition PET-Bottles, Closures and Filling Equipment
Munich ( Germany ) New Munich Trade Fair Centre
14.09 - 19.09 2009
BRITYREX INTERNATIONAL Tire Industry International Exhibition
Manchester ( UK - United Kingdom ) Manchester Central
22.09 - 24.09 2009
PLASTICS INDUSTRY SHOW International Specialized Exhibition of Plastics Products, Raw Materials, Equipment and Technologies for Their Manufacture
Moscow ( Russia ) Expocentr’ Krasnaya Presnya Fair-grounds
28.09 - 01.10 2009
POLYMERS & GLASS IN PACKAGING Technologies and equipment, raw and auxiliary materials, finished packaging articles made of polymer and glass ma-terials
Minsk ( Belarus ) Belexpo - 27, Yanka Kupala str.
29.09 - 02.10 2009
For more details please contact:
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The establishment of HIPF aims to prepare Saudi youth to participate as skilled technicians in the brooming plastics industry of the Kingdom and to develop the technical knowledge and skills of Saudi workforce towards localization of plastics fabrcation technology. The Editorial board of the Newsletter would like to remind the reader that the articles in this newsletter are collated from the various sources of information. HIPF does its best to verify the sources and confirm the authenticity of the articles published in the newsletter. The HIPF will not assume any legal liability for the content, quality, accuracy or completeness of said information and materials. The sources of the articles and the ‘terms and conditions’ of the newsletter ‘Plastic Link’ are available with the board of Editors and are available on request.s