CHINAPLAS "Innovation of the Year 2023" gathers the essence of new technologies

Sustainable development, carbon reduction, and high-end technology have been hot topics globally in recent years. Against this backdrop, the leading technology suppliers in the industry have attentively developed innovative, application-effective and market-focused plastics and rubber solutions to be exhibited at CHINAPLAS. This year we have selected over 30 innovative exhibits, focusing on breakthrough technology and environmentally-friendly processes, gathering all kinds of new technologies and materials, and covering various high-end application scenarios, including medical, automotive, optics, and more. Some of the exhibits are even world premieres.

This article will lead you to walkthrough the most representative and attention-grabbing "Innovation of the Year 2023".

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Tufel® 150LT: A biopharma silicone rubber with ultra-low-temperature resistance to -114℃

Momentive Performance Materials Inc.

Ordinary silicone can only withstand temperatures as low as -40°C before losing its elasticity. Momentive's innovative biopharmaceutical-grade silicone can withstand ultra-low temperatures of -114°C while maintaining excellent physical properties, enabling biopharmaceutical processes to be carried out in ultra-low-temperature environments.

New sustainable packaging solutions using Ingeo™️ PLA from NatureWorks and amorphous PHACT™️ PHA from CJ

NatureWorks LLC

Carbon emissions are an important issue in global governance. NatureWorks and CJ Biomaterials are providing a new generation of solutions to the market by combining their expertise and technical platforms. By using amorphous PHA to modify PLA, mechanical properties such as toughness and elongation can be improved while maintaining transparency, accelerating biodegradation, and expanding the performance attributes of compostable rigid and flexible packaging as well as foodservice applications. This lays the foundation for developing products suitable for home composting.

Thermoforming machine SPEEDFORMER KMD 90 Smart

Brueckner Maschinenbau & Kiefel

This world-debut equipment combines the advantages of mature technology form Germany and domestic manufacturing from China, and is used for efficient production of food and non-food plastic packaging, such as trays and containers made of PET, PP, PLA, PS, PE or recyclable plastic materials. It can produce molded products up to 160 mm in height, with a maximum molding area of 870 x 920 mm, and is equipped with highly automated and time-saving mold changing system.

starEX 120-40-C STARextruder

battenfeld-cincinnati

Battenfeld-cincinnati’s STARextruder is designed specifically for PET extrusion applications, with high-efficiency and high-vacuum exhaust capacity, solving the problem of reduced product quality due to PET's moisture absorption during extrusion. In comparison to single-screw extruders that require pre-drying, STARextruder has an advantage in its highly efficient exhaust section. This means that it only requires pre-treatment and has shorter drying times during production, resulting in increased production flexibility, lower production costs, and high energy efficiency.

Injection molding + two-color liquid silicone collapsible lunch box molding solution

Yizumi

Modern industrial production emphasizes efficiency and precision. Yizumi’s UN230CE-BTP all-electric injection molding + LSR multi-component injection molding machine is equipped with special mold for collapsible two-color silicone lunch box. It uses an electrical liquid silicone feeder and WACKER food-grade silicone to break through the industrial barrier and achieve the integrated molding of thermoplastic injection molding + thermosetting liquid silicone. It allows the molding of two-color plastic liquid silicone with complex structures, reduces assembly costs, improves production efficiency and product physical properties, and solves various pain points of the industry in the injection molding.

ALLROUNDER 470 H Comfort & FLEXLIFT

Arburg

Arburg’s 100th anniversary machine ALLROUNDER 470 H Comfort produces adapters for the medical market using PC (polycarbonate), in a three-platen mould with 2+2 cavities, with the cycle time in 25 seconds. The FLEXLIFT robotic arm system includes numerous options, special designs, and practical configurations, and is suitable for cleanroom environments.

New polymer for high-heat EV battery module insulation

Solvay Group

As new energy vehicles become increasingly popular around the world, ensuring driver safety is of paramount importance. Solvay's new high-heat and flame retardant polymer, Xydar® LCP G-330 HH, aims to meet the critical safety demands in EV battery components, addresses challenging thermal and insulation requirements and is targeted particularly at battery module plates of EV models operating with higher voltage systems.

EPS to EPS circular recycling

Useon Technology Limited

The circular economy has gradually become the development direction of major economies. In the plastic industry, this means that all plastic products need to be recycled and reused. The EPS-to-EPS recycling technology is a foaming extrusion technology developed based on the definition of the circular economy. Compressed and crushed EPS waste is fed into a twin-screw extruder, and hexane foaming agent is injected into the material during the extrusion process. The material is then cooled to a temperature suitable for underwater pelletizing. The pellets produced are similar to brand new EPS raw materials and contain foaming agents, and can be used like suspended EPS new materials.